Planet Improv understands that (as of the date of this post) there are still 23 days until Halloween. However, our curriculum allows our students to celebrate Halloween early. As we teach them the important elements of “playing a character,” in improvisational theatre, drama, imagination and creativity, we include at least one class in which [...] The post Playing Dress Up appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

Are students less patient these days? Do they want what they want immediately most of the time? Can a student be taught to be more patient? As always when it comes to our students, the answer is complicated. (Below) is a post from www.kirstenskaboodle.com that discusses delayed gratification in our students and how to [...] The post Wait a Minute appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination. If we are fortunate as younger children, we may have persons in our lives who read and/or tell us stories on a regular basis. If we are fortunate as older [...] The post Tell Me a Story appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

As Planet Improv progresses in the new school year, we have a whole new group of students who are either dipping their toes into the water of creativity, while feverishly holding on to the side of pool or unabashedly diving cannonballing into the deep end. As someone who has always been passionate about creativity, [...] The post Why Can Creativity Be So Scary? appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

Since Planet Improv began spending more and more days inside the same educational organizations for an entire school year, it has witnesses firsthand ongoing teacher shortages and how it affects all involved. (Below) is a post from www.charlotteobserver.com discussing continuing teacher shortages, the potential reasons why and who these shortages hurt the most. ‘It’s [...] The post Why is One of the Most Important Jobs the Most Difficult to Fill? appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

School bells have been and will be ringing through the Labor Day holiday to welcome students back to the classroom for the 2024-25 school year. For some students the return to school is a joyous or at least tolerable experience. For other students the return to school can be a debilitatingly emotional time. (Below) [...] The post Back-to-School Anxiety appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

Since Planet Improv is a grassroots educational nonprofit organization, we neither have the time nor the funding to take an actual summer vacation. However, that doesn’t mean that we weren’t busy or that we didn’t have fun this summer. (Below) is a list of activities in which we participated (slightly before) and during our [...] The post What We Did on Our Summer Vacation appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

Last week Planet Improv completed our second 2024 “Whose Camp is it Anyway?” week-long improvisational theatre summer camp at the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. It was another wonderful experience filled with creativity, imagination, fellowship, teamwork, smiles, laughter, and perhaps most importantly, joy. (Below) is a post from amle.org discussing the importance of infusing joy [...] The post Joy To the Classroom appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

At the risk of narcissism, egotism and/or boastfulness I have IT/The IT. I also believe that in an extremely short amount of time, I can tell if someone has IT/The IT. However, I don’t know exactly how to define IT/The IT. (Below) is a post from www.nethervoice.com that discusses the ever-elusive IT-Factor. Defining the [...] The post The IT-Factor appeared first on Planet Improv, Inc ..read more

Planet Improv was recently made aware of an organization called This is My Brave. This Is My Brave is a nonprofit organization that uses the performing arts to end stigma surrounding mental illness and addiction. Over the last several weeks it has been our honor and pleasure to assist with auditions for speakers/performers for three This Is My Brave invigorating and inspiring productions which will take place in Charlotte in September of 2024. (Below) is more information on the history of This Is My Brave. From www.thisismybrave.org… The mission of This Is My Brave is to empower individu ..read more