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Instant Improv Performance
Using audience suggestions, school themes or curriculum connections. Ed Reggi and two other members of the St. Louis Improv Project create a play on the spot! In addition to watching the "play" unfoldbefore their eyes, audience members may participate by playing necessary objects, characters and even scenery, as they experience this fully interactive theater. The talented members of this troupe giveaudiences a performance that is pure improvisation, while reinforcing teamwork, listening skill and school topics. This program is suitable for all types of curriculum enrichment.
Grades 3-12 / Language Arts, Social Studies, Physical Education, Character Education

Paper Slip Theatre Show Performance
Improv comic and founder of Paper Slip Theatre, Reggi, along with four other professional improv performers, use improvisational games inspired by audiences suggestions written on small sheets of paper to create an on-the-spot full length performance. You never know how the story will turn out, as this performance is filled with unexpected twists, creative ideas and the magic of the theater.
Grades 6-12 / Language Arts, Social Studies, Physical Education, Character Education

Character-Travel Workshop
It's amazing how fun fabrics, interesting props, music and movement can create a whole new world of character. This discovery allows children to understand the world of people who are different from them. improv facilitates this journey where students play with new languages, customs and cultures. Content can be connected to enrich any curriculum.
Grades Pre K-6 / Multicu1tural Education, Language Arts, Physical education

Improv-oke! Workshop
This Karaoke style workshop teaches children the skills to make songs instantly. Finding the beat is essential not only in music, but assists in mathematics, science, visual arts, and language arts curriculum. Students learn to sing in rhymes, patterns, random, Seussical. and other singing styles. Children's songs are worked together to build a theme and performance. Song lyric content can be adapted for any curriculum.
Grades 4-12 / Language Arts, Music Education

Mission improvable! Residency
Discover the creative world of improvisational dramatics! Children experience the improvisation arts of pantomime, storytelling, and spontaneous character creation to construct a short play based on a classroom theme. Ed Reggi chooses from over 50 improvisation theater games that allow students to work on communication, language and critical thinking skills. This program allows each star to shine!
Grades K-12 / Language Arts, Social Studies, Physical Education, Character Education

The Spontaneous Classroom
Improvisational Theatre represents one of the best examples of successful communication and teamwork that the performing arts can model for us. When an improvised performance works, it's magical and contagious drawing the audience closer and building stronger relationships. A classroom is setup much like an Improvisational Theatre - you have actors, the students; and a theme or topic, the curriculum. Ed Reggi leads participants through a series of dramatic improv methods that enable effective classroom discussion, relationships and overall learning in any area of the curriculum. Improvisation is rooted in collaboration and the process of discovery or what Reggi calls, "being present." Using improv games, teachers learn how to encourage quick, creative and positive interaction between students.

date 3/29/2005