Improvisation dramatically transforms the classroom environment into a dynamic collaborative studio, allowing students to work together without fear of differences, heightening their writing and verbal skills, extending their analytical skills, and helping them to offer opinions and suggestions with greater insight and confidence. All improvisational activities in these classrooms are designed to motivate students to become engaged in the writing process with increased competency.
Students help each other as guides and mentors in the writing and editing process.
O ver sixty South Carolina teachers have worked with the project through classroom workshops, conferences, in-service training, and institutes conducted by the project director. Project workshops and conferences are conducted in collaboration with the Eugene O'neill Theater Center, the South Carolina Arts Commission, and the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Through Improvisation, The Ensemble Process, and Interpreting Literature Through Drama.