Spring 2027

Improvisational Theatre for Scientists

A 5-week course teaching scientists improvisational theatre techniques for effective communication, real-time audience response, and vocal/physical presence.

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Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Effectively communicate your work to different audiences

  • Adjust your behavior in real time to respond to audience feedback

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  • Graduate/professional standing
MEDICINE 710

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Student experience

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Improvisers are experts in storytelling, spontaneity, and using observation skills to adjust to their audiences and team members accordingly. Among other skills, this 5-week course will teach you how to (1) effectively communicate your work to different audiences, (2) adjust your behavior in real time to respond to audience feedback, and (3) manipulate your vocal and physical presence to communicate more effectively.

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Topics

  • Storytelling, spontaneity, and observational skills
  • Audience-specific communication strategies
  • Vocal and physical presence manipulation

Skills

  • Communicating scientific work to diverse audiences
  • Real-time behavioral adjustment based on audience feedback
  • Using vocal and physical presence for effective communication

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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  "requirements_status": "valid",
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