Surviving and Thriving: The Benefits of Play and Improvisation
Join improvisation facilitators Jay and Kat to talk about the health and social impacts of comedy and improvisation.
Articles mentioned in the lecture:
- A SEARCH FOR COMMUNITY: NEVA BOYD, VIOLA SPOLIN, PAUL SILLS AND THE ORIGINS OF IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER IN AMERICA: KEYNOTE SPEECH AT AIN 2019
- Using Humor to Help Heal Grief
- The Mental Health Benefits Of Improv: How Making Things Up Together Helps Us Deal With Reality
- New Research Highlights the Brain-Boosting Benefits of Improv
- Mental Health Benefits of Improvisation Training: Games and Exercises
- Improv For Alzheimer’s: ‘A Sense Of Accomplishment’
- Treating Pain and Anxiety with Mindfulness and Improv
- IMPROV FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE