Certified

Matt on October 4, 2012

You can read the following in latin that the top of my Improv Certificate: “If this unusual thing is true, then what will happen next?” I’ve finished my basic improv training from the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre, but this nugget of truth, for me, is a tough skill to master.  What they are saying to […]

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Matt on May 4, 2012

Overview Imagine stepping onto a stage with a group of 7 people and you have nothing planned, nothing scripted.  The audience expects to be entertained for the next 20 to 30 minutes. A single performer steps forward and asks the audience for a one-word suggestion. From this one word the group builds a series of […]

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In June 2010, I joined a team from Mercy College that made a cross-country trip to LA for the Faculty Learning Community Facilitator and Developer Institute.  We were all prepared to become learning community facilitators.  Each year, Milton Cox and Laurie Richlin, offer this intensive, week-long, institute in a community oriented environment. The conclusion of institue inculded […]

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