The author, as a first grader.
The author, as Carol Burnett
Lucy, a chicken.
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About The AuthorAuthor, performer, and teaching artist Joanne Brokaw knows a thing or two about anxiety. Despite a host of accomplishments, including two decades as an award-winning freelance writer and humor columnist, she spent a lifetime plagued by fear, self-doubt, and a chronic case of paralysis by analysis.
But for her 50th birthday, she attended an improv class and life changed forever - and she has been exploring, creating, and sharing what's she learned ever since. Through workshops, classes, and interactive creative experiences, she's helped countless people discover their inner artist by encouraging them to take risks, celebrate mistakes, and focus on the process, not the product. With a contagious passion for creativity and a gift for inspiring others, Joanne encourages people of all ages to discover the joy of self-expression. Joanne hails from Rochester, NY, where she is active in the local art and theater community. She's the host of the Exquisite Collaboration Project, which brings people from around the world together to create poetry using a technique called the exquisite corpse. Her second book, "Suddenly Stardust: A Memoir (Of Sorts) About Fear, Freedom & Improv" (Wordcrafts Press), is a quirky recounting of how improvisational theater changed her life. Joanne is member of The Applied Improvisation Network and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, where she serves on the board at Contest Director. * * * * * * RECENT MEDIA/PRESS
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A few improv and stage productions of note:
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