Description
Rick Kerby
Improvisation is easy, quick, and stimulating. In fact, it’s a hit with older actors.
Book + Flashcards = Improv Success
When you purchase both the book and its companion the flashcards, you not only save money, you have everything you need to do improv with older actors. First the book gives you a collection of games and exercises that will work for novice improvisors to the most advanced actors. And then when you add in the 100+ deck of cards, you’ll have even more ideas to build on the activities in the book.
Why improv?
The free-flowing format brings out the creativity in everyone as strangers become friends. Everything is fresh because in an improv, you never know what will happen next! Use this book to learn the basics, explore warm ups, incorporate memories, and build stories. Discover how easy it is to transform the improvs from classroom to performance. Understand how to adapt improvs for those with mobility issues. This useful guide, filled with great ideas, will be one you’ll turn to time and again.
Better together! $39.50 for both
Information about the flashcards
About Rick Kerby
Rick Kerby, the Artistic Director of the Manatee Performing Arts Center, has always known that actors are at their best when they are laughing. So when he began teaching Senior Theatre at retirement and assisted living facilities, he naturally turned to improv. Here are his most successful sessions clearly outlined for older actors, from active to frail. For use wherever seniors gather, you’ll find they keep participants more active, mentally alert, and laughing. Rick helps you get creative juices flowing!
- Participating in improvisation increases cognitive skills in older adults and helps keep their minds sharp and alert. – Dr. Anthony Pizzo, MD
- Rick’s improv work with our residents has built a sense of trust and confidence within the group. It’s been an eye-opening, character building, and life-enhancing experience.- H. Sroka, Enrichment Director
- Improv has made me a better conversationalist. It teaches me to listen more, be aware of what the other person is saying, thinking, or feeling, and to react. – C. Elan, Improv Participant
- I LOVE fun and laughter! Improv gives me a boost. It makes me laugh more! – C. Tomala, Improv Participant
- Improv was scary and made me feel vulnerable, but Rick’s encouragement and patience eased the discomfort. Now it’s not scary. I’ve learned that sometimes it works out great, sometimes not so great, but I can do it and I’m no longer afraid. – E. Goldsby, Improv Participant
