Play Your Way Sane

Improv, science, and the everyday.

Clay Drinko, Ph.D.

The Improv Anxiety Treatment?

Is theatrical improvisation an effective anxiety treatment? New research is beginning to say yes.

Killing Creative Mortification

Shame can lead to creative mortification: when we give up on a creative pursuit altogether. Improvisation can teach us how to prevent creative mortification in three ways.

How Improvisation Changes the Brain

Research is finally revealing that theatrical improvisation can teach us how to reduce our inner critic and let creativity flourish.