Episode 2: Conversation with Marcy Willis - Theatre actress and improvisor integrating both joys into facilitating transformational leadership experiences.
In this episode, Marcy shares her theatre training background and how we can find our voices through applying improv and exercises to practice before conversations & public speaking, especially for introverts! In this challenging time amidst the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement, Marcy shares more about the emotional roller coaster experiences we may feel through the behavioral change curve.
A trained theatre actress, improviser and member of the Screen Actors’ Guild, Marcy’s appeared in plays, independent films, national commercials and training videos. Marcy integrates modalities of theatre training and improv into transformational leadership experiences.
Minji Wong is the founder of At Her Best and the host of the At Her Best Podcast. Our podcast features conversations with modern courageous women who pursue their passion amongst adversity and hustles with heart. At Her Best partners with Fortune 500 companies and individuals to help achieve goals to help YOU be at YOUR best.
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Fear of change? Improv can help: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/277707
Presence, voice and being in “second circle” https://youtu.be/Ub27yeXKUTY
Tips for applying improv to business: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/277707
Take an online improv class with Viola Spolin’s granddaughter: https://www.violaspolin.org/bio
Marcy’s note: Viola Spolin is the mother of improv in America, as we know it, because she worked at the Hull House in Chicago under a social worker named Neva Boyd and with Neva’s mentorship and her theatre background, got really good at devising games to support non-actors in what we would today call social-emotional learning (emotional intelligence, communications skills, etc.) Viola Spolin was the mother of Paul Sills, one of the founders of Second City. Her granddaughter and Paul Sills daughter, Aretha, teaches pure Spolin work, here in Los Angeles and is now moving to do this online. It’s a great time to explore improv games, as you don’t need to drive anywhere!
Executive Producer: Pauline Ang
