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IMPROV FOR PEOPLE WHO STUTTER

Tightrope Theatre is excited to partner with Columbia Speech and Language Services Inc. to offer The UnBlockables, an improv course for those who stutter. By focusing on presence & saying yes, cultivating laughter, and celebrating mistakes, we will play improv games to support participants to speak with confidence.   


What makes this workshop special is the course will be co-facilitated. Joining Dan (our Director of Work and Wellness) will be Wendy Duke (Speech Language Pathologist and founder of Columbia Speech and Language Services Inc), and Robert O’Brien (Author and Educator).  Robert is a trained actor and has published a book on his experiences as a person who stutters. 


“The ability to think like a performer totally takes the edge away when standing in a stutterer’s shoes and brings real world practices to the world of stuttering. The Unblockables pilot program was such a fresh approach towards stuttering and coping with it.” - Sahil Chawla


The course series will be delivered over zoom.

THE UNBLOCKABLES

We are ecstatic to announce that Improv for Stuttering is back with 16 fully funded spots available over the span of 3 workshops! 


Saturday, April 1st

Saturday, May 6th

Saturday, June 3rd

1pm-3pm PST



Applications are now closed!


For any questions, please email rosemary@tightropetheatre

Recent Press about the Program

As seen on CTV News

This is not about managing a stutter, rather

it is about teaching you how to express yourself without the need for perfection. Learning to

celebrate mistakes and laugh at yourself takes the fear out of stuttering. When that fear is removed,

you can truly play, tell your stories and inspire others.

News Clip

Some Stutter, Luh! - Valentine's Day special

Check out this incredible video created by "Some Stutter, Luh!" featuring a panel of individuals who stutter sharing their valuable insights on dating. You won't want to miss the amazing contributions from Robert O'Brien, one of the facilitators of The UnBlockables, along with the rest of this outstanding panel!

Feature Podcast

We're pleased to announce the Robert O'Brien Scholarship. Anyone facing financial challenges can apply for support to participate. To apply for the scholarship, please send an email with a few sentences on why you'd like to take the course to: dan@tightropetheatre.com

About YOUR FACILITATORS

Dan Dumsha

Robert O'Brien

Dan Dumsha

Dan is thrilled to lead Tightrope’s offerings for the Workplace and for Health & Wellness. His passion is to bring learners into the moment together, where co-creation can happen. A graduate of Queen's University Drama (B.A.H) and Artist in Community Education (B.Ed), Dan has been performing and teaching theatre and improv for over twenty years.

Wendy Duke

Robert O'Brien

Dan Dumsha

Wendy is a scuba diver, very bad amateur jazz drummer, and traveller. When she isn't playing, she is a registered speech-language pathologist who has been working with people who stutter since before any of you were born. She is the Clinical Director at Columbia Speech and Language Services Inc. and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences at UBC

Robert O'Brien

Robert O'Brien

Robert O'Brien

Robert is an author and an educator who immigrated to Canada over ten years ago to study acting in Vancouver. Having stuttered his whole life, he turned to performance as way to embrace his speech. Today he is committed to sharing his experience and empowering others to do the same with the message that there is nothing to fix.

This course was Developed, and is owned by: Dan Dumsha, WEndy Duke, And Robert O'Brien ©2022

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