Play your Way Sane

Play your Way Sane

I had a lot of experience acting and improvising, and this experience taught me that when things were really flowing onstage, there was no better feeling. As an anxious/worrier-type perfectionist person, it was a tremendous feeling to not be thinking about myself or about the future and to just be creating with my fellow actors.

I knew there was a way to get more of this feeling in my everyday life. So after earning my doctorate in drama and theatre studies, I published my research on the connections between improvisation and cognitive science/psychology, Theatrical Improvisation, Consciousness, and Cognition. I went back to school to receive my Master’s in Education and published an academic chapter on how improv can be used as a guiding principle to foster creativity in classrooms.

Play your Way Sane explores how we can use what we know about the science of improv to enjoy more mindful, joyous, and connected lives.