Improv with Issues

The group had an amazing week mixed with fun and learning.  The students hope to apply some of the improv scenarios to real-life situations.  Some of our highlights were working with Quinn at Pig Iron Theatre, bonding as a group, building trust, and being our genuine selves as we learned techniques to address everyday...

  Today we used the five frames technique and the sculpting techniques we learned earlier in the week to create realistic scenarios and open conversation about body image issues and gender conflicts. We warmed up with games that worked on our improvisation skills and then moved into discussing how we feel about our bodies...

We used improv techniques, such as Complete the Image, Build a Space, and Machines to bring to life teen issues.  Our issue of the day was drug and alcohol use among teens.  We generated a thoughtful discussion with the value game of agree, disagree, and neutral.  Activating the scene was the new technique of...

Today we tackled our first issue – HIV/AIDS. We started our day with an activity that asked us to agree or disagree with statements about HIV/AIDS. After learning some background information about the history of the HIV pandemic and some statistics about infection rates today, we watched a moving and inspiring film, Philadelphia. The...

We are so excited to get started this Friday with our program for Intensive Learning. “Improv with Issues” will teach students physical theatre/improvisational theatre techniques that they can then use to delve into some difficult social issues. The work is based on a program called “Hope is Vital” developed by Michael Rohd, who himself was...