Creativity Labs

Unblocking expression through interdisciplinary techniques

About the Labs

We are all naturally creative. It’s a matter of plasticity, nurturing the creative muscles that allow us to enter flow-states with more ease and joy. Through a nimble, interdisciplinary approach to writing, play, and experimentation, together we’ll develop our ability to:

  • Improve our relationship to the imagination

  • Play with ideas and stories with greater fluidity

  • Calm the inner-critic and perfectionist

  • Enhance curiosity, presence, and joy in the creative process

Whether you're developing particular creative projects, have been thinking about it, or just want to bring more spontaneity into your life, the Labs welcome all backgrounds and experience levels. Bring yourself and see what shows up!

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About the Instructor

Jo Garrity is a Californian improviser, writer, and filmmaker based in Barcelona. Working backwards, Jo learned of improv while working as a research intern at Saturday Night Live. Watching weekly shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, he learned gradually that improv was not exclusively for Extreme Extroverts or Professional Actors. In 2010, he stepped nervously into his first class at the YWCA Berkeley, catching a bug that has plagued him through the training programs of Bay Area Theatre Sports Improv (SF), the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (NY), and the Groundlings (LA). He earned an MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside, where he majored in screenwriting with a minor in creative nonfiction. He writes essays, poetry, and screenplays, including his personal tragicomedy, Twinsburg.