Due to Popular Demand
We Have Opened Up More Space . . . please join us and invite others.
As more and more people around the globe deal with “social distancing” and quarantine, the East Side Institute is offering a series of free online play sessions via Zoom. We hope to bring together people from every continent to strengthen connection and build community while playing with emotions, language and challenges. 

The series will be hosted by ESI faculty member Marian Rich. As an improviser, facilitator and international performance activist, Marian will use her expertise at playing online along with her humor and compassion to co-create these sessions with guest co-hosts from around the world.
Creating Connection & Building Community Through Play
Sunday 4/5
Eastern Time: 1:30pm-2:30pm
Central Europe Time (CET): 6:30pm-7:30pm
Co-hosted by Marian Rich w/ ClaudiTa Fanni Fertino & Laura Sonnino from Italy

Saturday 4/18
Eastern Time: 8:00pm-9:00pm
Sunday, 4/19
Japan Standard Time: 9am-10am
New Zealand Time: 1:00 pm-2:00pm
Co-hosted by Marian Rich w/ Mana Mulkaiyach (from Japan) & Nicola Pauling (from New Zealand)

Sunday, 4/26
Pacific Time: 10:30am-11:30am
Mountain Time: 11:30am-12:30pm
Eastern Time: 1:30pm-2:30pm
Co-hosted by Marian Rich w/ Miguel Cortes & Jorge Burciaga-Montoya from Juarez, Mexico
Marian Rich . . .
. . . is an actress, comedic improviser and theatrical director who has spent over 30 years leading playful workshops and programs in which people come together to grow and develop. Her playful and philosophical sessions during the Institute’s International Class residencies have impacted activists, educators and scholars from around the world who are looking for ways to infuse their work with the power of performance. She is the co-author of “Playing Around with Changing the World,” a chapter about this work in The Applied Improvisation Mindset, to be published by Bloomsbury Press early 2021.