“A class that helps improvisers better understand and work with their anxiety”
-Suzi Barrett, Yes Also Podcast
Pre-reqs: Some improv experience required
Workshop: 10:00 am-1:00 pm, Sunday, Feb 22, 2026. At The Broadwater Second Stage (6320 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038)
Improv makes every performer a little nervous. But sometimes that anxiety can overwhelm you, take you out of the moment, and make it difficult to have fun on stage. In this workshop we will learn about the function of anxiety and tools to manage it in the context of improv with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Amanda Cassil. We will then put those tools to use with targeted improv exercises from Improv Teacher Ben Cassil.
About the Instructors: Dr. Amanda Cassil is a Clinical Psychologist and the founder of STEM Psychological Services. She is the author of The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person and The Self-Care Plan for the Highly Sensitive Person, and host of the podcast Practicing Failure.
Ben Cassil is an improv instructor, coach, and performer. He has been improvising for over a decade, with training from WE Improv and UCB Los Angeles. You can see Ben perform with the WE Improv House Team Cosmo, Improvised Movie team Hot Set at Shared Experience, and hear him on his improvised podcast Live From the Big Apple.
“A class that helps improvisers better understand and work with their anxiety”
-Suzi Barrett, Yes Also Podcast
Pre-reqs: Some improv experience required
Workshop: 10:00 am-1:00 pm, Sunday, Feb 22, 2026. At The Broadwater Second Stage (6320 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038)
Improv makes every performer a little nervous. But sometimes that anxiety can overwhelm you, take you out of the moment, and make it difficult to have fun on stage. In this workshop we will learn about the function of anxiety and tools to manage it in the context of improv with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Amanda Cassil. We will then put those tools to use with targeted improv exercises from Improv Teacher Ben Cassil.
About the Instructors: Dr. Amanda Cassil is a Clinical Psychologist and the founder of STEM Psychological Services. She is the author of The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person and The Self-Care Plan for the Highly Sensitive Person, and host of the podcast Practicing Failure.
Ben Cassil is an improv instructor, coach, and performer. He has been improvising for over a decade, with training from WE Improv and UCB Los Angeles. You can see Ben perform with the WE Improv House Team Cosmo, Improvised Movie team Hot Set at Shared Experience, and hear him on his improvised podcast Live From the Big Apple.
Instructor: Ben Cassil & Dr. Amanda Cassil
