Learn how the games and skills of improv help us to be more resilient in our own life as we engage our brains with spontaneous fun and laughter!

Heather and Val are back this semester for another look at how life throws us curve balls! Being able to pivot in the moment is a skill we can build. Doing so with humor is the cherry on the sundae!

Improv – taking the “gifts” we receive and building upon them – comes out of the theatrical arts, but these games and skills help us to be resilient in our own life, love and work. Join us in a safe, collaborative environment – where everyone’s got your back and there are no mistakes – to engage your brain with spontaneous fun.

No special skills needed. You don’t even need to be funny. Just bring an open mind and a willingness to make stuff up.

What to Expect:

Improv is experiential, so prepare to be on your feet and have fun. We’ll create a safe, collaborative environment and engage you in 10-12 activities to wake up your brain, highlight the principles of improvisation, and help you apply them in your own life.

Feedback from Heather and Val’s last course:

“It was so much fun to try something different. Also, the title was so appropriate.”

“Totally fun and educational! We all shared many laughs in the process of learning some key takeaways for better communication! We need to have Val and Heather back next semester with more sessions!”

“I really enjoyed participating in this class. It was lots of fun!”

Wednesday | March 11 | 10:30 – noon | IN PERSON (at the Easton Family YMCA on Peachblossom) | $30

Heather Hall is a certified Leadership Coach and Step into Your Moxie facilitator who spent most of her career in the environmental service industry. During her corporate career, she incorporated applied improv into her training and meeting facilitation to build teams and develop leaders. Since moving to Oxford, she joined Improv Easton, where she enjoys making stuff up on a regular basis. She has taught improv classes at Londonderry and Bayleigh-Chase, over the past two years, where residents rave about the opportunity to laugh, listen and really connect with each other.

Val Cavalheri has been studying and performing improv for over five years and leading improv classes for the past year and a half. She is a longtime member of Improv Easton, a local troupe known for bringing laughter and connection to stages across the Mid-Shore. Val is also a journalist and has served as the Arts and Culture Editor at The Talbot Spy for over eight years. In addition, she is the host and producer of Shore Stories, a weekday radio show on WHCP and WFHW, NPR affiliates, where she highlights the people and places that make the Eastern Shore unique. With a background in storytelling, Val brings a thoughtful, collaborative approach to improv—balancing structure with spontaneity, and always making room for joy.

Heather Hall

Val Cavalheri

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