Becca Barish speaks about how concepts core to improvisation can make people feel valued and validated.
We can look ahead, empowered, unafraid of failure, aware of the real, imperfect world we live in, but confident in our ability to continue to change it.
At Second City, we sweat the details in customizing our message to our audience.
“Where are all the old white guys,” I blurted out, accidentally voicing what I was thinking. Everybody in the room looked at each other and grew quiet. It was a terrible question.
‘Tis the season for Pumpkin Spice Everything, and companies large and small are gearing up for the last quarter of the year.
As an artist, you long for the day that you finally find your voice; that unique perspective that lends to your experience, observations and opinions.
The irony is not lost on me that I am sitting here with writer’s block while I try to write an essay on creativity – and yet, it is this exact problem that has plagued the creative mind from its inception.
Being bored is my least favorite state of mind.
Because I work for The Second City, a lot of people assume all I do at my job is laugh.
So…I went to Harvard. But honestly, I’m not being modest when I say, I’m not that smart.