Develop the skills you need for a changing world.
This adult-level Zoom class offers a playful space to connect with friends—old and new—from around the globe. In each 90-minute drop-in session, you’ll explore games and improvisational activities designed to build spontaneity, adaptability, collaboration, and the courage to take social-emotional risks.
We’ll introduce the core principles of improvisation through fun, accessible exercises. You’ll leave each session with practical tools you can use in everyday life—whether you’re parenting, teaching, leading, coaching, or simply building stronger relationships with the people around you.
This class will help you build skills to:
Think on your feet
Maintain presence under pressure
Collaborate and work as a team
Present ideas with clarity and confidence
Navigate the unexpected with flexibility
Listen deeply and share control
Make your partner look good
Led by a skilled coach who creates a safe, welcoming environment, this experience will stretch your boundaries, spark joy, and reveal the life lessons hidden inside improv.
Join us for a low-stakes, high-play jam that meets you where you are—and helps you grow.
Schedule
Mondays from 6:00 – 7:30 PM California time on Zoom (I will share a link)
2025 Mon 7 Jul
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2025 Mon 3 Nov
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2025 Mon 1 Dec
2025 Mon 8 Dec
2025 Mon 15 Dec
2025 Mon 22 Dec
2025 Mon 29 Dec
2026 Mon 5 Jan
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2026 Mon 19 Jan
2026 Mon 26 Jan
NO GATHERINGS
2025 Mon 25 Aug
2025 Mon 18 Aug
Tentative Weekly Outline
Class #1: Names, Spontaneity, Giving and Receiving
Class #2: Saying YES! No Blocking
Class #3: Cooperation: Sharing Control
Class #4: Telling Stories Together: Narrative
Class #5: Final Class: Favorite Games
Join anytime – $25 per session
Or grab a 4-session pack for $80 and save $20!
Packs can be used flexibly—no need to commit to four consecutive weeks.
Madson, Patricia Ryan. Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up, NY, Bell Tower Books, Random House, 2005.
“Improv can give us confidence and wings to fly. Come and learn to play games that provide laughter and new ways of seeing the world. I have known Vince Ricci for over 30 years. He is one of the top teachers of this work/play. I recommend his workshop.” – Patricia Ryan Madson, Improv Wisdom author and founder, Stanford Improvisors
"Success now belongs to people who can improvise. No one I know can show us how to do it better than Vince Ricci." – Bryant Welch, J.D., Ph.D., author of State of Confusion: Political Manipulation and the Assault on the American Mind, St. Martin's Press, 2008, 2018.
ABOUT VINCE
A graduate of Stanford (B.A. 92) and NYU (M.A. 01), Vince is a lifelong educator, long-time improviser, cross-cultural communications trainer, and leadership coach. While at Stanford, Vince served as the founding Education Director of The Stanford Improvisors under the guidance of Patricia Ryan Madson. In 2023, he served as her Stanford Continuing Studies course assistant. An Oakland, CA native, Vince has lived in Tokyo, Japan, since 2002. He is married to a Japanese national and has an 18-year-old son.