Improv for Change: Adventures in Improv

Adventures in Improv is one of our most transformative programs we offer. Brought directly into Airway Heights Corrections Center, this program uses the tools of improv to help justice-involved individuals rebuild confidence, strengthen communication skills, and rediscover their ability to imagine a different future.

In a safe, supportive, and creative environment, participants learn how to:

• Practice trust and collaboration

• Communicate clearly and listen deeply

• Manage fear and uncertainty

• Express themselves with confidence and authenticity

• Build connection and community with others

• Be creative, funny, and silly without fear

For many participants, this is the first time they have been encouraged to take creative risks, to be heard, or to experience joy that isn’t overshadowed by trauma. Improv becomes a bridge on journey to heal, to grow, and to practice the skills needed to re-enter their communities with resilience and hope.

Why Your Support Matters

Our instructors spend significant time and expertise to make this program possible, but the need continues to grow. Funding from donors ensures we can:

• Provide more sessions

• Pay professional teaching artists

• Develop expanded curriculum focused on communication, emotional regulation, and confidence-building

• Sustain and strengthen a program that participants describe as life-changing
  
  

What Our Students Are Saying

• It gave me hope for acceptance beyond incarceration

• The instructors were awesome. They made me feel like I was not in prison. They made us feel like normal people.

• It's a total escape from prison and it offered an opportunity for non-likeminded individuals to bond and transform prison relations

• The freedom to be creative and spontaneous

• Freedom to be silly and let my guard down

Help Us Keep the Door Open, Even Behind Walls

Your contribution directly fuels Adventures in Improv. With your support, we can continue offering a program that brings humanity, dignity, and possibility into spaces where hope is often in short supply.

When you give to Adventures in Improv, 

You give second chances.
You give confidence.
You give connection.

You give change.

Thank you for helping us carry this work forward into our 30th year and beyond.