Eco-Improv Workshop

​Feeling overwhelmed by the climate crisis? Are you looking to feel more comfortable improvising? Let’s turn those emotions into creative action and storytelling.

​Join us for a free hands-on improv theatre workshop that explores climate emotions like grief, hope, anxiety, guilt, and empathy. Through fun, collaborative exercises, we’ll reflect on our experiences of the climate crisis and imagine new ways forward. Improv is a playful opportunity to “act” in a context in which we so often feel powerless and paralyzed. Come move, laugh, feel, and co-create stories rooted in agency and constructive hope.

• ​Who can participate?

  • ​Anyone who is curious to explore their climate emotions in a creative and collaborative setting

  • ​No improv/drama experience needed, all are welcome!

• ​What to expect?

  • ​Participants will learn basic improv theatre skills over the course of a 2h workshop led by an experienced improv teacher

  • ​Various exercises, games, and scene work will integrate environmental experiences and climate emotions

  • ​Humorous, playful, and collaborative learning space!

• ​What to bring:

  • ​Wear clothes you feel comfortable moving around in

  • ​Water bottle

• ​About the facilitator:

  • ​Anaïs Pronovost-Morgan is an experienced improv performer and a member of the Vancouver-based troupe False Creek Fools. She recently graduated from the University of Cambridge, where she explored how improv theatre can help teens express eco-emotions and foster a sense of agency in uncertain times. She is thrilled to be hosting this workshop and look forward to meeting you!

• ​About the sword fern collective:

  • ​The sword fern collective is an emotion-centered community engagement group that uses the arts to help people connect to climate action in a hopeful and compassionate way. The sword fern collective's mission is to encourage collective organizing through individual empowerment. The sword fern collective is led by Paige Hunter, Victor Yin, and Erica Binder, three youth who bonded over their shared passion for climate action, art, and dialogue.

​Doors open at 6:15, and the workshop begins promptly at 6:30!

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