"Awaken Your Inner Actor Adventurer" weekend retreat at Unicamp focused on play, theatre improv, storytelling and movement work. Summer 2024 & 2025
“I cannot thank you enough for this workshop. I am so very grateful to learn from you. You are fiercely talented. Your generosity, humanity and vulnerability have inspired me so much”. – Julie Burris
“Lisa’s improv workshop was exactly what I needed. She offers a wide variety of games, scenarios and opportunities to try voice, accessing emotions and body language to convey meaningful interactions with other participants. It was well explained and I was made to feel comfortable and safe while expressing my own weirdness! It rocked!” - Lauren McKinley Renzetti
“It was a magical retreat with Lisa leading us through improv games. Her varied and well thought out games gave us the structure to be able to play and learn with our actions, our emotions, our words and the best part...with each other. Lisa's skillful, gentle, inclusive and comedic guidance enabled the retreat attendees to quickly establish trust and support each other's creativity.” - Meghan Davis
“Thank you, Lisa for holding such a good space for the group to sink so deeply into their characters as well as their play” – Lee Horton-Carter
“Thank you for allowing us to PLAY. Your program was excellent. Loved the variety”. – Tricia Williams
"C'mon Baby Light Your Fire" A six-night creative escape for women on Toronto Island focusing on memoir writing, storytelling/improv/play and yoga. November 2025
"The setting, the new friends, and the magi of a shared experience... this was a genuine creative reset" - Michel Resendes Wilson
"This is one of the best investments I've ever made in myself. No, strike that: THE best." - Julie Charles, Toronto
"I really grew as an artist and feel more confident in pursuing my writing goals, thanks to Anne and Lisa!" - Louise Pyne, London ON
"Anne and Lisa are two lively, spirited women who bring joy into the retreat experience. The sense of community they build is life-affirming - this was an experience far beyond what I could have ever imagined". - Kate Mistruzzi , Burlington, ON
"Thanks to Anne's memoir workshops and the creative play with Lisa, I ended up writing an unexpected, deeply personal story in a truly safe and supportive space." - Gena Lowe, Stratford, ON
"Anne and Lisa provide a safe environment to share stories. if you are interested in writing your memoir and increasing your skills, this is one retreat not to miss." - Paula Deering - Seaforth, ON
"We wrote, read, laughed and cried. It was incredible how quickly we bonded as a group. I would love to do it all over again." - Sharon Babineau, Hamilton, ON
Workshop Feedback
"It was a pleasure to have Lisa lead Act 3 Theatre through a joyful evening of theatre exercises and improvisational games. She presented us with a relaxed evening of fun and laughter and most impressively was ready and willing to adapt her program to the physical restrictions experienced by some in the group." – Marni Walsh, ACT 3 THEATRE
"Wonderful fun, lot of laughs, which are much needed right now. A great way to come back together...." – participants of ACT 3 THEATRE
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