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Creativity is the energy of change. Applied Improvisation and storytelling are creative

Applied Improvisation training-professional development
Continuing Ed for social workers-NYS provider #0270
Storytelling Workshops

04/15/2026

A new episode of Improv In Real Life dropped today featuring the brilliant Joel Veenstra, Chair of the Drama Dept at UC-Irvine and author of a new book “Working In Theater: Collaboration and Leadership.” We have a very rich - and fun - conversation about how improv can help us be more present in the face of discomfort, to stay in the moment and tolerate uncertainty

04/13/2026

I just designed an improv exercise called “That’s Not How You Cook The Kielbasa” which I can’t wait to try in the online class happening tonight at 6:30 pm EST. It’s about characters who have unusually strong opinions about usual things (in a world where kielbasa is usual of course). You can jump in and see how it plays out. The link is in bio

04/10/2026

A fun evening is in store for you tomorrow on Long Island at (mostly) TRUE THINGS - a game wrapped in a storytelling show. We have a terrific line up of storytellers who tell a true story from their own life - but some include subtle little lies. Some slightly altered details. You get to question the storytellers-which is a part of the show that is as fun as the stories - then vote for the person you think told it with no lies. There are prizes involved, if you can believe that. Details: Saturday April 11, 7 pm at The Performing Arts Studio, 224 E Main St, Port Jefferson NY. Tickets (includes a bottle of water to keep you hydrated) $20 online$25 at the door (cash only) stories by Marc Abbott-horror fiction writer, Moth Grand Slam winner; Thomas Arsenault, retired Emmy-winning television broadcast engineer; Dawn Powers Borchers, a wonderfully warm funny storyteller who is also an international sales marketing executive; Peter Lotus Arevelo, poet? Massage therapist, host of The MUSE Exchange, and me-host Jude Treder-Wolff who will take any opportunity to tell a funny story onstage. Ticketing link in bio Join us!!

04/07/2026

This awesome podcast Long Island Tea featured a segment about Improv In Real Life, a podcast that is recorded on Long Island and produced by Lifestage, a Long Island-based company. It is a very nice segment that explains the relationship between improv skills and creative thinking, mental health and most importantly- finding joy and fun in daily life. The link to listen is in bio. Find out about classes on our website - link in bio Special thanks to the hosts of Long Island Tea!

04/05/2026

Starting tomorrow night at 6:30 pm EST!! In this class, we will focus on 3 elements that generate interesting, engaging improv scenes - the combination of action and inspiration within the “frame” or structure of a scene or game. We will warm up with exercises that connect us to one another and tap into the group’s spontaneity, so we can explore dimensions of being human in a fun, supportive space. Through improv exercises, we will discover ways to dig into relationship dynamics between characters in scenes as well as inter-connected scenes as we world we build together. We will aim for maximum fun and expanding our capacity to imagine. It might be more fun than anyone can handle but we will totally handle it. The registration link is in bio

04/01/2026

New April online improv classes start next week. Registration links are on our website - link in bio.
Mondays 6:30-8 pm EST
SO MANY SCENES
Through improv exercises, we will discover ways to dig into relationship dynamics between characters in scenes as well as inter-connected scenes in the worlds we build together. We will aim for maximum fun and expanding our capacity to imagine. It might be more fun than anyone can handle You have to be there to find out.

Tuesdays 6:30-8 pm EST
Fun and Games and Scenes and Stories Online Improv
We will play games that promote a shift into creative flow and the capacity to find inspiration in anything, focus on finding the fun or unusual element to a character or relationship dynamic between characters in scenes, and strengthen the skill to deepen and play with the tensions in a scene that are similar to the tensions in a game. We do not know how it is going to turn out, and here are there for all of it.

03/28/2026

We have a very Long Island-with-a-side-of-Brooklyn line-up for the April 11 (mostly) TRUE THINGS Storytelling show in Port Jefferson, NY. Stories on the theme CHANCE which may or may not be entirely true will be told by Thomas Arsensault, a retired Emmy-winning television broadcast engineer living in Stony Brook, storyteller, and improviser; Dawn Powers Borchers, international sales executive based in Port Jefferson Station, storyteller; Marc Abbott, Moth Grand Slam winner, Brooklyn-based award-winning horror fiction writer Peter Lotus Arevelo, poet, host of The MUSE exchange. And me! Tickets are $20 online, $25 at the door (cash only). Ticketing link with complete information is in bio

03/27/2026

I was so happy to be in the audience for a live podcast recording of The Drama Book Show, at Drama Book Shop featuring my friend and colleague the brilliant Joel Veenstra who has a new book Working Together In Theater. It’s about collaboration- which is essential in theater and theater collaboration is a way to experience the magic human beings can create together on and off the stage.

03/26/2026

I’m teaching a 4-week storytelling class called Long Story Short: Take Your True Personal Story From The Page To The Stage at The Hive Creative Studios in Port Jefferson Station NY starting April 23. We will do exercises that help look at life experiences through the storytelling lense, learn the structure that makes stories fascinating to the listener and keeps them emotionally invested, and have some fun with the whole process. The link to read more or register is in bio.

03/21/2026

This is the front page of the Features section of Newsday when they put (mostly) TRUE THINGS on the cover and wrote a great piece about the show. The wonderful Alicia Peterson-abstract artist- was in the show the reporter attended. This was in 2014 and we didn’t know we’d still be going strong 12 years later. Our next show is Sat April 11 in Port Jefferson NY, with stories by Marc Abbott (Moth Grand Slam winner, award-winning horror fiction writer); Dawn Powers Borchers (international sales marketing executive based on Long Island) Pete Lotus Arevelo (poet, host of The MUSE Exchange)and Thomas Arsenault (retired Emmy-winning television broadcast engineer who is also MARRIED TO ALICIA-it’s a full circle moment!) The theme is CHANCE. It’s going to be a great night! Ticketing link is in bio.

03/18/2026

Today’s brand new episode of Improv In Real Life features the great Kenn Adams of Synergy Theater in Walnut Creek, CA, who originated The Story Spine-a creative tool everyone should know and if you listen you will!!). We talk about improvised plays, the power of telling stories about life that has already happened and about the life we hope to create. He is so wonderful to listen to and learn from. I hope you enjoy!! (The podcast page in the Lifestage bio has links to Apple, Spotify and other platforms)

03/16/2026

There are stories only you can tell, and there are techniques that make the story feel real and immediate to a listener. This article describes some of them. I hope it helps you crush it when you get onstage! The link is in bio.

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