Aretha Sills A Family Legacy of Improvisation

Join me and meet acting and writing coach Aretha Sills, who comes from improvisational theater royalty. Her grandmother was Viola Spolin, the “mother” of improv, and her father Paul Sills started The Second City. Her mother, Carol Sills, was the editor of Viola Spolin’s “Improvisation for the Theater” and worked with Paul on many of his shows and productions. Hear Aretha talk about her father and the work he did in Door County, Wi., where Aretha recently returned to live. Aretha also speaks about shifting to on-line teaching since the pandemic. I’ve had the wonderful pleasure of studying several sessions with Aretha and she is a magical teacher. I know you will learn so much listening to her in this podcast.

Learn more about Aretha Sills:

Follow this link to check out her upcoming classes:

www.ViolaSpolin.org

More Sills/Spolin links:

www.PaulSills.com
www.facebook.com/sillsspolin
www.instagram.com/sillsspolintheater/

Photographer is Melanie Chapman @TipheadPictures

You might want to listen to my fascinating discussions with other improv teachers and innovators including Tara Langella and David Leventhal *Improv Interviews podcast‘ is introduced by Susan L. Parker of yourinternationalvoice.com