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Portsmouth Improv Learning Lab – PILL Holiday Hoo Ha!
It has been a little quiet on the PILL improv front these last few months. Not anymore! Things are cooking. A few students have been getting together with me online to reconnect and play. It feels so...
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Peace on Earth Message from PILL!
Improv activities can be so joyful. Below, Portsmouth Improv Learning Lab (PILL) students create a ‘machine’ that portrays Peace on Earth. AND, if you’d like to see us in our first show for family and...
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PILL Improv is Kinda Like Playing in the Intramurals!
We don’t take ourselves too seriously and sometimes not seriously at all. We sure do have fun with improv though. Here’s a clip of us trying out an activity called, “Book Club.” If you want to see us...
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Free Online Improv Event 12/31/20 – Ring OUT 2020 with VIF!
VIF = Vintage Improv Festival and for this FREE event all ages and experience levels are welcome! Let’s Ring Out 2020! Schedule Register for the Free NY Eve WorkshopsFB Page : Let’s Ring Out 2020!...
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Connecting ‘Yes And’ with ‘No’!
Saying “No” is an element of assertiveness as is self-awareness, confidence, the ability to set limits, delegate tasks, or own one’s part of a conflict or mistake. It is a vital communication skill...
View ArticlePILL Improv – Nurturing the Human Spirit!
Portsmouth Improv learning Lab – PILL! PILL stands for Portsmouth Improv Learning Lab where we fondly say, “Take a PILL and laugh a lot”! It feels great, even spiritual, to cooperate, help each other...
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2 Human Spirits Journey Their Way Back to Friendship
A dear and wise friend recently shared a story that inspired me to share it with you. It is short and intellectually simple, especially since details of the conflict are unknown to me. Yet profound,...
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Fluidity, Imperfection & Joy in Dance Class!
It was a fleeting moment at Jubilation studio. As I was kicking my right foot forward, I noticed that our instructor, Katie Breslin, was kicking to the side. In that moment, I adjusted. I wasn’t...
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“Hello/Goodbye”– Ease Into Improv Activities with Video On/Off!
As a student in a recent improv class I noticed how challenging it was for me to do an activity that required me to jump in via putting my camera on. Technically easy, emotionally not. The group was...
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What I was learning in therapy, I could practice in improv!
“We have to figure out how you got here!” Those were some of the first words my therapist said as I sat opposite her crying. OK, sobbing. My partner of 10 years had left me for someone else. I was the...
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