Two hands hold a set of colorful blocks arranged to spell "PLAYSHOP." Each block features a different letter and color, creating a vibrant and playful display, perfect for sparking, play, social therapeutic interactions or improv activities.

Playshops

aka "Workshops"

Come learn about and develop sessions on applied improv, play, and social therapeutics for personal, social, and community development!

Two hands hold a set of colorful blocks arranged to spell "PLAYSHOP." Each block features a different letter and color, creating a vibrant and playful display, perfect for sparking, play, social therapeutic interactions or improv activities.
Intensives & Drop-In Sessions

Playshops

Playshops are excellent opportunities to explore and practice the principles of applied improvisation and social therapeutics and include four overarching and interwoven parts:

A laptop screen shows a virtual meeting with eight smiling participants in individual windows, engaging in a social therapeutic session. The laptop is on a wooden table with a yellow mug and a small potted cactus. There are green plants in the background.

  • The method(s):

    What is applied improvisation? What is social therapeutics?

  • Practice of method(s):

    Experiential activities, such as: playing short-form applied improvisation games and  long-form applied improvisation forms and creating social therapeutic conversations

  • Talking about method(s):

    Reflections and wonders about our experiential activities

  • Building method(s):

    Opportunities for practical possibilities for you and your organizations/communities. 

Playshop Demo

"Playtelligence"

Here's a quick snippet of playing with the amazing GPB (Global Play Brigade)!

Playshops can take a few modalities:

While playshops can be one-time events, people who attend and create them find that multiple sessions of a given playshop offer rich opportunities to learn, create, play, and develop together and facilitate transformation. Reach out and let’s explore possibilities.

Virtual Offerings

Attend Playshops

Check out my calendar and sign up to virtually attend a Playshop I’m offering.

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Customize

Playshops Made for You

Customize a series of virtual playshops to serve you and/or your community/organization.

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In-Person

Playshops On Site

Invite me to facilitate already-existing and/or customized playshops in person, on site.

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Luke Perone's logo is a colorful abstract design featuring a central red circle with twelve arms extending outward, alternating in colors of blue, green, yellow, and orange. Each arm ends in a purple circle, resembling stylized human figures in a radial pattern—like an imaginative improv session with a social therapeutic vibe.
Luke Perone, Ph.D.

Virtual Playshop Offerings

Playshops may include:

  • Co-creating radically humanizing learning environments with and for adults with applied improvisation
  • Professional intimacy: Exploring social therapeutics to build relationships among teams

Special pricing is listed for students, unemployed individuals, and those with low income. See ticket options.

What People Say

“Not only have I had the opportunity to grow mentally, but also socially and emotionally....I have also enjoyed learning how to create a bond and relationship with colleagues again….Moreover, I have grown emotionally…I was so in tune with my own personal feelings and how this community and budding bond was making me feel…”

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Connection Call

Let's Create a Conversation!

Unsure where to start but curious to work/play with Luke Perone? Well, as we say in improv, “Initiate a Scene.” Schedule a 30-minute free Connection Call to get to know each other and discuss possibilities for us.

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