Improv Theatre Has Many Benefits

Most of us think of improv as being comedy. It really is so much more. Ed Reggi shares his love of this form of theatre in “The Converstion” where we ask questions and Ed enlightens us on the benefits of improv for people of all ages.


Country music singer/songwriter Tyler Filmore.

Back roads and willows: Rising star reflections

Country music powerhouse Tyler Filmore, who performs under the stage name Filmore, would be the first to admit that he has everything he has ever dreamed of in Nashville. He has established a career there that has already snagged him a slew of hit songs. He is also surrounded there by family, friends, and his wife. But there is something missing.


Missouri artist Doug Freed in his studio.

Ambiguity and atmosphere

Missouri art lovers may know Doug as the former director of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art in Sedalia. Doug helped found this extraordinary museum, where visitors may be surprised to find world-class works by artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Richard Diebenkorn, and Robert Motherwell. Doug was a close friend of the museum’s namesake, Dr. Harold F. Daum, who had amassed an impressive art collection over the course of many years. Harold asked Doug to help plan a museum founded on this collection, and the artist oversaw its development from 1999 until its opening in 2002.