Improvisation

Last night I brought my son to his first play rehearsal. There were only a handful of kids there, as it's mainly an adult production. We few parents tried to sit apart from the other adults so it was clear we weren't there for practice, but just to be there for our kids.

Let's do some warm-up exercises before learning the main song, one of the leaders suggested, and began directing groups of 7 or 8 to go up on stage for some improvisational skits. We parents sat back comfortably and laughed a...