Improv For Life

If you're interested in hosting a class in your facility or somewhere near where you live, or would like to be contacted when classes are scheduled, please please email Registration@ImprovforLife.net, or call 617....

Any questions? Please feel free to call Improv for Life at 617-448-7473 or send email!

This is a list of the classes that are available. At present, none of them are scheduled. If any of them interest you, please feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you'd be interested in taking so I can contact you when it's scheduled, or we can talk about scheduling a class through an organization near you.

No experience necessary!

People with dementia live in the moment. Too often caretakers and loved ones of those with dementia struggle to bring them into our world, trying to remind them of a past that they have trouble connecting with. This can lead to frustration, confusion, anger and conflicts. Improv for Dementia Caregivers offers another way: to go with them and join our loved ones or patients in their moment. By using the tools employed by professional improvisational actors, learn how you too can join others in the moment to find beauty, fun, connection and joy with your loved ones or patients.  Available as a single-session introductory workshop or as an extended class depending on the needs and interests of your group.

No experience necessary!

Do you want to be more outgoing, funny, light-hearted, or fun to be around? Do you want to be able to find the humor in a situation and be able to enjoy it yourself or share it with others? Do you wish you were a more engaging speaker when in front of an audience, meeting, or classroom? Have you ever watched a show like "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and wished you could be playful and spontaneous like the performers on stage? In Improv for Fun, you'll learn to play like an improvisational comedian through games, exercises, and scene work. Strengthen your comedic skills as well as your ability to listen, express yourself, and much of what's offered in the other Improv For Life classes (in smaller doses, of course), while have a great time doing it! Having a good time isn't all fun and games - check out what The New York Times has to say about how fun is actually serious business.

No experience necessary!

Do you ever wish you were a little more like someone you know, or a little less like someone else you know? Is there some part of how you act that you'd like to change, enhance, or get rid of?  If so, Improv for Change can help! Using games, exercises, and scene work, Improv for Change will give you the opportunity to explore new ways of expressing yourself, and allow you to practice being the person you want to be in a safe and supportive space.

Improv for Difficult Conversations

No experience necessary!

Few people enjoy difficult conversations, but sometimes they have to happen. There are times when you have to tell someone you care about something they don't want to hear, ask for something you don't think you'll get, admit to wrong-doing, go to an interview, or put yourself in some situation that might be stressful for you. Improv for Difficult Conversations will allow you, through both serious and comedic scene work, the opportunity to practice having the conversations you'd rather avoid, and gain insight into the other side of the conversation, all in a supportive environment. Best of all? You'll have fun doing it!

No experience necessary!

It's so easy to coast through life on auto pilot, not being fully engaged in what you're doing. But while you're thinking about what you're going to do later tonight, or about how great your weekend was, or about the email you wish you could be sending right now, you could be missing out on something that's happening right in front of you. In Improv for the Moment, you will participate in an enjoyable series of exercises and games that will challenge and hone your ability to stay focused on the moment at hand rather than allowing your mind to wander.

No experience necessary!

Life can be "no fun" if you let it. If you look, you can find plenty of reasons to be unhappy. Or angry. Or to doubt yourself. Or to feel self-conscious. Improv for Levity offers an alternative - taking yourself, and life, just a little less seriously. Enjoyable exercises, games, and scene work will challenge you to expand your comfort zone and give you the tools to take make your life easier.

Advanced Improv for Fun

Prerequisite: Any improvisational comedy class or program that included scene work.

Have you taken Improv for Fun and want more? Have you finished all the classes at another program and are looking for another place to learn? Have you taken another Improv For Life class that includes scene work and want to try out Improv For Fun? Or are you a performer who wants to work on specific skill set? If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, Advanced Improv for Fun is the class for you. Advanced Improv for Fun will allow you to continue to explore improvisational comedy performance techniques in a fun, supportive setting, while getting individual attention to support your specific goals.

Improv for Life

No experience necessary!

Can't figure out which class to take, and want to try a little bit of everything? Improv For Life will take you through the basics of improvisational comedy techniques, and give you a taste of what each of the other classes at Improv For Life has to offer.

Improv for Flexibility

No experience necessary!

Do you get stressed out when things don't go as you planned? Do you find yourself at odds with other people because they don't do things the way you want them to? There is a skill to going with the flow and taking things as they come, it's one of the basic building blocks of improvisational comedy, and it can be improved with practice. In Improv for Flexibility, you'll have the opportunity to practice the art and skill of taking life as it comes and accepting what other people bring to your day and life through enjoyable games, exercises, and scene work.