Youth Education
All the members of Alligator Mouth Improv are skilled educators, and delight in working with students from pre-K through college. We are available for classroom visits, after school workshops, and residencies. We also offer educational opportunities in the Alligator studio space periodically. For funding ideas, see The ARTS website.
In the Classroom
Classroom visits typically focus on improvisation as a life practice and/or developing language arts skills through improvisational storytelling. See a sample visit to an elementary school, and/or learn more about our classroom programming.
Watch this public television program we did with middle school kids (we're featured about four minutes into the program):
On Stage
For a more immersive and intensive experience, AMI also offers residencies where older students participate in 25 to 30 hours of instruction and rehearsal time to prepare for performing side by side with professionals from AMI. View an introduction to the process by clicking on the video to the left, or click here for more information, including videos from past residencies.
For Teachers
As part of any school program or as a standalone workshop, AMI offers professional development opportunities for teachers. In our “Nurturing Pathfinders” program, educators learn tried and true methods for nurturing innovation, critical thinking, problem-solving and self-expression. This hands-on, participatory workshop allows teachers to experience first-hand what they can teach their students. Fun, engaging, mind-expanding.
Our “Improv to Improve Work Groups” program allows staff members to tune up teams, ramp up innovation, and play with problems. Organizational change can be fun! Participants in these workshops learn to step outside their usual ways of seeing (or not seeing) each other, discover new ways to collaborate, practice listening to each others' ideas, and discover the joys of "ecstatic following." See the Workplace Consulting section of our website for more information.