Friends,

As the seasons change and that classic "back to school" energy fills the air, it’s easy to slip into the autumn routine of overworking and overthinking. But who says kids get to have all the fun this season?

If you’ve been craving a weekly routine that actually reduces stress, builds real-world confidence, and guarantees big laughs, enrollment for our Fall Improv Term is officially OPEN!

Classes kick off the week of September 8th. Pick your flavor of fun below:

The Fall Class Lineup

​Foundations | Mondays, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
The ultimate starting line. Learn the core building blocks of improv in a super supportive space. Zero theater experience required, and absolutely no pressure to be a comedy genius.

​Daytime Playtime | Tuesdays, 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Designed for freelancers, folks with open schedules, or anyone craving a midday joy break. Come make new friends, play big, and transform how you communicate.

​The Improv Workshop | Tuesdays, 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Ready to stretch your creative muscles? This course helps you refine your skills, dive into longer stories, and trust your spontaneous instincts.

​Improv for Personal Development | Thursdays, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
The ultimate real-world superpower. Use improv tools to quiet your inner critic, ease social anxiety, and build unshakeable confidence for everyday life.

Pssst...Take Advantage of Early Bird Pricing!

The first four people who sign up for classes will get a discount. Once those slots are filled, registrations will go to the normal cost, so take advantage while you can! Below are linkable images to our entire class lineup. Click to learn more.​

STOP TALKING ABOUT GROWTH.
START EXPERIENCING IT.

Some of you have already booked time with David for 1-on-1 Improv Training. As a working actor with over 30 years of on-stage and on-screen experience, he'll continue to offer this service, either in person or virtually.

What's new is that our studio is now extending our private 1:1 training menu to include business training and life coaching, either in person or virtually.

These 75-minute customized sessions get you on your feet to actively break through creative blocks, master executive presence, or navigate big transitions using applied improv and embodied practice.

David has now worked with individuals, families, business owners in transition, and others using applied improv techniques. The results are powerful and real: new promotions landed; difficult conversations successfully navigated; family dynamics improved; managing a challenging team made far easier, and more.

Each session begins with a 15 min strategy discussion. The next 60 min is for unscripted exercises, interactive role playing, and exploring how various approaches yield different results. The experience creates transformation you can understand intellectually and actually feel in your body.

Coaching for the Stage & Screen ​If you've hit a wall with your improv/acting practice, I'll help you break through. In our one-on-one coaching sessions, we'll identify your blocks and then build the specific skills you need to move past them.

Personal & Life Coaching ​If you're being challenged — in a relationship, a career, or in your own head — we're excited to help. Applied or "process" improvisation is an incredible tool that we use achieve personal breakthroughs, often in surprisingly powerful ways.

Business & Leadership Coaching ​If you're a business leader who is closed off, confrontational, indecisive, or non-collaborative, these sessions will help you break through. In our one-on-one coaching sessions, we'll identify what's actually happening under pressure.

In the News...

Clinical Study: How "Thera-Prov" Unlocks Breakthroughs for Anxiety & Depression

Can unscripted play actually heal the mind? Psychiatrists and clinical researchers set out to answer this question by designing "Thera-Prov"—a structured clinical intervention using improvisational theater exercises to treat adults living with anxiety and depression.

The clinical team led by Dr. Kristin Krueger evaluated outpatient participants through a series of therapeutic improv sessions. The result? A remarkable, statistically significant transformation across key mental health markers:

1. Significant Reduction in Anxiety & Panic: Participants experienced a dramatic drop in anxious symptoms after engaging in spontaneous, playful group exercises.
2. Measurable Relief from Depression: Depressive symptom scores fell sharply, showing medium-to-large clinical effect sizes.
3. Boosted Self-Esteem & Self-Compassion: Self-esteem scores saw a statistically significant surge as participants built trust in themselves and others.
4. Quieting Perfectionism: The practice of "no mistakes, only gifts" helped quiet rigid perfectionist tendencies.

Anxiety feeds on overthinking, isolation, and fear of judgment. Improv directly counters these patterns by forcing us into the present moment, encouraging low-stakes risk-taking, and celebrating spontaneous connection. It turns mental wellness from a passive conversation into an active, joyful practice.

Published in the Journal of Mental Health.

David's Micro-Lesson

David explains why the best practice for improvisers (and all humans, really) is to engage with strangers and... to even be a wee bit silly.
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We can't wait to welcome you to the studio this Fall, Reader!

Warmly,
Brittney van Eck
Studio Manager, Change Through Play