Welcome to your Laughy Place!
Harnessing the power of laughter improv to boost your mind, body, and soul!
Convenient drop-in sessions in DC and Northern Virginia!
Outrageous fun with good-humored people!
Why Laughter Improv?
In addition to being incredibly fun, laughter improv has some serious real-world benefits that are backed by science:
Laughter and improv can help boost creativity and self-confidence.
Laughter and improv can help ease social anxiety and uncertainty intolerance.
Laughter and improv can help address generalized anxiety and depression.
Laughter and improv are a natural, cost-effective way to boost endorphins and other essential feel-good chemicals.
Why Laughy Place?
Laughy Place is starting out 100% free!
We’ll give you just enough guidance to succeed and then get out of the way so the laughs can flow freely.
We won’t stop for long critiques or recaps and we definitely won’t redirect your improvising mid-scene.
Our hour-long laughy sessions are long enough to boost your mood without monopolizing your time.
Spontaneously sign up for individual laughy sessions that fit your calendar without having to commit to an expensive 8-week series.
Mindset for Improv
You don’t need to be a ‘funny person’ in order to have fun improvising. In fact you’ll probably have better luck if you let go of trying to be ‘funny’, ‘smart’, or any other self-imposed expectation.
Come to improv with an open mind and a willingness to be completely in the moment. Be ready to give full attention to the words and body-language of your co-improvisers. Trust yourself to spontaneously absorb and co-create with the good people around you. ‘Funny’ situations will emerge naturally through spontaneous improvisation.
Improv Good Practices
‘Yes and…’ is at the core of improv. You don’t need to literally say these words, but you do need to embrace (‘Yes’) and build on (‘and’) the scene offered by others.
Add new information to enrich the scene and/or advance the story.
Make sure you’re sharing and taking turns with your co-improvisers.
Be oddly specific. Offer colorful details. Push scenarios a bit too far.
Come on strong. Be bold. Give your co-improvisers a lot to work with.
Reverse course mid-scene and change everything.
Potty themes, profanity, insults and put-downs get old quickly.