Merle Perkins has been with Urban Improv since it began in 1992, as just a nine-week program for 4th graders at the Tobin and Farragut Schools in Roxbury. After 26 years of working as an actor-educator, Merle now facilitates the workshops, guiding student participation and dialogue. Urban Improv Artistic and Education Director Yaa D. Acheampong
Dear Rehearsal for Life Friends, As many of you know, our two flagship programs, Urban Improv and the Freelance Players, are newly unified under the name, “Rehearsal for Life.” Having founded the Freelance Players in 1974, it has also been my privilege to be one of the founders of Urban Improv, our youth empowerment program,
Urban Improv and Banned in Boston are featured in Boston Herald's Thursday, January 18 SideTrack Column! Olivia Vanni highlights Banned in Boston whose expected guests include Aerosmith bass player, Tom Hamilton; co-host of NESN’s “Dining Playbook,” Jenny Johnson; Ray Magliozzi, co-host of NPR’s “Car Talk;” State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz; and Jim Peyser. Check out the
