Portland, Oregon Improvisational Theater for Kids

Creativity is an attitude, a way of looking at something, a way of questioning, perhaps a way of life – it may well be found on paths we have not yet traveled. -Viola Spolin, Improvisation for the Theater

Why do we play? We play for enjoyment, entertainment, and fun, but we also play to learn. When we play together, we learn to trust each other. It takes a brave person to risk looking silly in a group of others, and it happens all too soon that we grow into rigid, uncompromising individuals who are too afraid to try new things for fear of what people might think.

Improvisational Theater provides an outlet for individuality as well as an inlet for creative collaboration.
This program is designed to fulfill the requirement of play inherent in all of us from birth. It introduces students to the art of improvisational performance through the structured playing of games, physical activities, and creative movement exercises. Participation in this program develops a student's ability to explore choices of action on stage by establishing and maintaining a focus on theatrical play, encouraging students to view improvisation as a life-enhancing experience extending beyond the classroom/workshop space.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than you can in a year of conversation. –Plato

Free Care between 12pm-1pm if you sign up for Theatrical Production for Kids on the same day.