January 25, 2021 | Clay Drinko

How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout the Day

Meditation and mindfulness are not one and the same. After two decades of improvising and then literally writing the book on how improv affects ... Read more

December 10, 2020 | Clay Drinko

The Improv Brain: The Science of Improvisation

The Science: Improv and the Brain In 2008, surgeon, neuroscientist, and musician Charles Limb and neurologist Allen Braun conducted a study ... Read more

December 7, 2020 | Clay Drinko

12 Lessons for Life Inspired by Improv

In grad school, I realized that my experience as an improviser held the key to understanding my own brain. Eventually, I realized that it also ... Read more

December 3, 2020 | Clay Drinko

Benefits of Improvisation in the Classroom

If you're a teacher struggling with students who aren't writing enough, don't listen to each other, or are disengaged, bored, or even ... Read more

December 2, 2020 | Clay Drinko

Applied Improvisation: 7 Fields Improv is Transforming

In the broadest sense of the term, applied improvisation is when you apply improvisation to, well...to something else. It's when improv ... Read more

November 27, 2020 | Clay Drinko

Advantages of Improvisation

Someone once described the moment that he took the stage to perform a totally improvised show as his "threshold of anxiety." Before he took the ... Read more

November 19, 2020 | Clay Drinko

A Comprehensive Look at Theatrical Improvisation and Its Applications

Improvisation has been getting a lot of attention lately. Many people have seen theatrical improvisation, or improv comedy, on stage at the ... Read more

October 28, 2020 | Clay Drinko

Benefits of Play: 7 Reasons to Start Playing Today

Yes, psychologists are now linking the rise in children’s anxiety and depression to a lack of free play. Kids aren't experiencing the benefits ... Read more

October 14, 2020 | Clay Drinko

How to be More Playful: Finding the Game

You might hear an improviser mention "finding the game" of a scene. They're really just talking about discovering a fun moment in the scene ... Read more

October 9, 2020 | Clay Drinko

How to be more Playful (and why you should be)

I still remember stories of my great grandmother waking up every morning to run barefoot in the early morning dew. When she showed us ... Read more