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COMEDY IN RWANDA:
“Ed Greenberg brought to Rwanda a vast knowledge of what it takes to create comedy and comedy cinema. From the first day, Ed was more than a teacher and mentor. He became a friend to all of us.”
— Eric Kabera, Kwetu Film Institute
PLAY! (PARTICIPATORY LEARNING AND YOU!):
“The young people who participated have learned and practiced lessons in teamwork, leadership, problem solving, collaboration, communication – skills that are essential for effective learning in the 21st Century.”
— Erin Reilly, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab
BETTER HEALTH THROUGH LAUGHTER:
“Veterans who had previously struggled with the isolation that can accompany the gamut of serious medical and psychiatric diagnoses, have now found a time and place to ‘lighten up’ and express their strengths as individuals.”
— Carl Najman, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
THE FUNNY CLASS:
“I can’t begin to tell you how amazing your class was last week. It was very magical. Every time I step in a commons area, I’m assaulted with ‘Yo, when we doing that funny class again.”
— Dan McCollister, Pacific Lodge Youth Services
SOME WORDS FROM IMPROV ICONS:
“Ed Greenberg comes from a tradition of improvisational acting practiced by my mother, Viola Spolin, myself, and many of the players that we trained at The Second City, The Committee and through Story Theater. Ed continues that tradition through his own teaching and directing, adding to it his own experience and understanding of the work.”
— Paul Sills, Founding Director, The Second City
“Greenberg’s instinct for the work is in-(explitive deleted)-credible!”
—Del Close, Improvisational Theater Visionary and Icon
