On Saturday, May 14th, 2017, the Global Improvisation Initiative (GII) Symposium will welcome Giovanni Alva, the Artistic Director of Latinx Improv based in Portland, Oregon, to Chapman University where he will moderate the "Multilingual/Multicultural Improv Within and Beyond the U.S." panel. Latinx Improv will also be performing TELENOVELA on Thursday, May 11, as part of the Coup de Comedy Festival at UC Irvine (to reserve a free ticket for this performance, go to: https://w

Patricia Ryan Madson is a Professor Emerita at Standford University. She introduced improvisation into the curriculum at Stanford University in 1990 and founded the Stanford Improvisers and the Creativity Initiative. Her book, IMPROV WISDOM: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up, was published in 2005 and is now in its 19th printing and also available as an Ebook and Audiobook. It has been translated into 9 languages and is used as a text in courses ranging from Drama, Design Thinkin

The Global Improvisation Initiative has the privilege of welcoming the talented pair, Nanci Carol Ruby and James Ruby to the GII Symposium 2017. Nanci Carol Ruby is a faculty member of Chapman University’s Department of Theatre. She has taught at The Theatre School of DePaul University, Northeastern Illinois University, and California State University, Fullerton. At Chapman, she co-directs the Senior BFA Showcase with film director, John Badham, and recently directed Dog Sees