Lisa Kays isn’t just a longtime WIT teacher and performer on the indie team Neighbors, she’s also a licensed social worker who is passionate about improv’s mental health benefits. Lisa is in the middle of her first Improv for Mental Health Professionals class, which helps practitioners apply the lessons of… Read More
Running out of options to entertain your kids? Have they already watched Frozen a dozen times (or more?) Here are three improv games that can help keep them occupied while stimulating their creativity. They’re best suited for kids six and up (but, hey, give ’em a shot with the little ones too!). Top… Read More
WIT alum Zhubin Parang is the head writer for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. He began his long-form improv career with WIT, where he was a member of the long-running ensemble Jackie and festival favorite Dr. Fantastic. He is an alum of the Upright Citizens… Read More
Catching up with WIT student and front of house manager about coming home to improv, karaoke and more. You did improv in high school, but then you took a break from it for a while. Why? And then, what inspired you to pick it back up again this past fall?… Read More
A member of the WIT ensemble Commonwealth and reigning FIST champion with Going to the Movies Alone, Kate recently took the time to share her very insightful thoughts on improv and yoga, finding truth in comedy, and tequila. Read More
Nina is Harold team player and Front of House manager at WIT. She’s also a cognitive neuroscientist. We recently caught up with her to about the applications of improv for scientific research, how improv has helped manage her “Type A” tendencies, and more. You joke… Read More
WIT Profile: Love Onion’s Stephen Carter on growing up weird, taking off masks, and being a politico
Stephen Carter has been an avid fan of improv since he was a little kid. Now, he puts his knowledge of the craft to use as a performer and teacher at WIT — and in his work in political communications. In both cases, he says, the question that motivates him… Read More
Monique Diop is a WIT student and ANC Commissioner in Ward 8. WIT caught up with her recently to chat about how exactly she stumbled upon her first improv class at the Anacostia Arts Center, how learning improv has helped her collaborate with fellow commissioners, and the creative life of Washington,… Read More
Nick describes his transition from WIT@Work to WIT's full curriculum, and enlightens us of all the ways improv has made all things better. Read More
Kaitlyn describes her role at NASA and the various ways improv has improved her daily experience. Read More