WHAT: A Saturday Dose of Fun (improv games for grownups with Henry Balzarini)
WHEN: Saturday, Mar. 16, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
WHERE: The LAVA Center, 324 Main St., Greenfield
https://www.facebook.com/events/378762111547176
CONTACT: info@thelavacenter.org or 413-376-8118
GREENFIELD, MA — The LAVA Center will host a free improv workshop for adults, led by local improv teacher and performer Henry Balzarini, on Saturday, Mar. 16, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Warning: This workshop may cause multiple moments of mirth, foster greater comfort in new situations, inspire creativity, lift your mood, release stress, make you more spontaneous, ease you into connecting enjoyably with other people and even make you laugh out loud.
Using improv games, we will become a fast thinking, in the moment, loose goose brigade.
You’ve been warned.
Oh and it’s free!
No improv experience necessary. Intended for adults. Limit of 15 please, so sign up now: email hbquit@hotmail.com.
about your host:
Henry Balzarini is a native of Boston. In the 1980’s he lived in New York City where he studied acting and tapped into Big Apple essence. Back to Boston, he acted in various scripted roles and then found improv, and hasn’t been the same since. He performed in improv groups and productions in Boston and Brattleboro, and taught teen groups in Keene, NH and most recently, Zoomed improv during the pandemic.
Henry says, “Many of the surefire routes to joy, in my life, have been the times I’ve spent doing improv-based activities, whether it’s creating, playing, performing or just transforming a moment. To me it’s more a state of mind/being. When I watch the joy and transformation that comes about when people play improv games and work together as a group, I’m transformed as well. In a safe setting, participants, especially adults, can let loose and go places they never thought they could. It’s the act of letting go, of enjoying a perfect synthesis of minds. It’s all made me a better person. It’s time again to share that joy.”
The LAVA Center is a community arts space in Greenfield, MA whose mission is to create opportunities and build inclusive community in and through the arts and humanities. We are focused on making The LAVA Center a space where all artists, including marginalized communities and individuals, can have their voices heard. The LAVA Center is located at 324 Main St., in downtown Greenfield, MA. https://thelavacenter.org