Improv Saves! World Agrees.

** S2E5:  “Take the mask off”: Improv in Neurodivergent and LGBT spaces with Alena Dingeldein and Brian Jones Host: Mike Garvin Guests: Alena Dingeldein and Brian Jones This episode is part of a series of episodes interviewing leaders of identity-affirming improv workshops as a part of an Unscripted initiative called Changing the Face of Improv Leadership, funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Comm...

** S2E4:  “Yourself, with a twist”: Bridging bicultural identities with Julian Hernandez and Sara Fidelholtz Host: Mike Garvin Guests: Julian Hernandez and Sara Fidelholtz This episode is part of a series of episodes interviewing leaders of identity-affirming improv workshops as a part of an Unscripted initiative called Changing the Face of Improv Leadership, funded in part by the Tennessee Arts C...

S2E3:  Embodied improv: Embracing vulnerability with Sarah Edwards Waldrop and Sofia Apuzzo Host: Mike Garvin Guests: Sarah Edwards Waldrop and Sofia Apuzzo This episode is part of a series of episodes interviewing leaders of identity-affirming improv workshops as a part of an Unscripted initiative called Changing the Face of Improv Leadership, funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission. In t...

S2E2:  Environment of mutual trust: Teaching improv across generations with Bill Hillsman and Emery Whitiker Host: Mike Garvin Guests: Bill Hillsman and Emery Whitiker This episode is part of a series of episodes interviewing leaders of identity-affirming improv workshops as a part of an Unscripted initiative called Changing the Face of Improv Leadership, funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Commi...

Play as Liberation: Improv in BIPOC spaces with John Gebratatose and Christina Ashworth Host: Mike Garvin Guests: John Gebratatose and Christina Ashworth This episode kicks off a series of episodes interviewing leaders of identity-affirming improv workshops as a part of an Unscripted initiative called Changing the Face of Improv Leadership, funded in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission. In this...

S1E5:  Improv for Personal Growth: Managing Anxiety with Jessica Morrison Host: Mike Garvin Guest: Jessica Morrison In this episode, Mike chats with Jessica Morrison, a jack-of-all-trades who took Unscripted’s “Improv for Anxiety” class via Zoom during the pandemic and then in person when classes resumed, and then kept taking more improv classes afterwards. At the time of the interview, Jessica wa...

S1E5: Connection with the Audience and Storytelling with Brian Jones Host: Mike Garvin Guest: Brian Jones In this episode, host Mike Garvin chats with Brian Jones, an accomplished performer of countless disciplines, and they discuss the importance and power of connecting with your audience, honesty in play, and how improv saved Brian when he was mugged.  While many improvisers choose to ignore the...

Episode Notes For the Love of the Game: Patient, Slow Improv with Ashley Rube and Ryan Myers of Touch Baseball Host: Mike Garvin Guests: Ashley Rube and Ryan Myers (Touch Baseball) In this episode, Ashley Rube and Ryan Myers of Touch Baseball sit down with host Mike Garvin and talk all things duoprov (or “twosies”), Group Mind, teaching improv, and what it means to slow down and be present with yo...

Episode Notes Finding Your Personal Rhythm: Reducing Avoidance with Jack Henderson Host: Mike Garvin Guest: Jack Henderson Jack Henderson is his name, and in this episode of Improv Saves: World Agrees, host Mike Garvin and producer Emma Supica sit down with him to discuss the intersection of being someone who “stutters across a lifespan” and being an improviser. Jack experienced two formative expe...

Episode Notes Unbreak Your Imagination: Finding What's Possible with Jordan Scott Host: Mike Garvin Guest: Jordan Scott In this episode of Improv Saves: World Agrees, host Mike Garvin and producer Emma Supica sit down with Jordan Scott — Program Director of Backlight Productions, a theatre company that works with adults with disabilities. Backlight works to pair professional performing artists wit...

Episode Notes Lifelong Improv: Hustle, Heart, and Glitter with Lynda Drewry Host: Mike Garvin Guest: Lynda Drewry In this episode of Improv Saves: World Agrees , host Mike Garvin sits down with Lynda Drewry — a powerhouse of heart, humor, and resilience. Growing up in rural West Tennessee under tough, patriarchal conditions, Lynda carved her own path through grit, creativity, and a refusal to stay...