There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence that improvisation helps people deal better with uncertainty, but Peter Felsman, Sanuri Gunawardena, and Colleen M. Seifert have just published the findings from ...

Albuquerue Police Department Cmdr. Ray Del Greco, right, and Los Angeles Police Department Cpt. Yvonne Ortiz participate in an improvisational exercise lead by The Second City instructors during a ...

Effective communication is the backbone of high-quality health care. Whether between clinicians and patients or among interdisciplinary teams, the ability to exchange information clearly, ...

Nimeet Shah panicked whenever he had to speak before a group at work. "It was pretty severe," the Chicago IT professional said. "Making eye contact was even so difficult for me." Anxiety limited the ...

Ah, the improvisation class. A place where timid, hopeful actors go to become more outspoken, bold and confident in the art of playing pretend. Class participants feed off each other's energy to ...

The Adventure Project blends improvisation, laughter yoga, mindfulness exercises, camp games and retreat activities to create immersive experiences that enable you to be in the moment and connect to ...

CHICAGO -- Three dozen police captains pair off in a Chicago conference room to play a game: They must start a sentence with the last word their partner used. Many exchanges are nonsensical, full of ...

I remember my academic book Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition had just been published. I was living in Downtown, Manhattan with my two ridiculous…ly cute miniature pinschers. They ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Three dozen police captains pair off in a Chicago conference room to play a game: They must start a sentence with the last word their partner used. Many exchanges are nonsensical, full ...