Join us and Ellen Flaks of Improv Innovations (a JCC Affinity Fellow) outside for a free improv show featuring an inter-generational cast of performers along with plenty of audience participation. FUN & LAUGHTER!

This community event is made possible with an Affinity Fellows grant with the Shames JCC on the Hudson, the UJA Federation NY, and by the Dobbs Ferry Public Library.

About Ellen

Ellen Flaks is a facilitator of creativity.  She is the director/owner of Improv Innovations.  She is a creative drama instructor, improvisational theater specialist, a scene study, monologue and audition coach, an educational puppeteer, a director, a stage manager, a birthday party savior and a supporter of the Arts.  She has worked with many of the local children’s theater companies and has taught enrichment programs in dozens of schools and senior centers in Westchester, Rockland, and NYC. Ellen creates a super safe and comfortable environment where her students have a blast “stretching their imagination muscles.”  She works with all age groups from 3-103! She is currently teaching ZoomProv and providing acting and audition coaching privately online.

​Ellen holds a B.F.A. in Theater from Syracuse University, a Masters in Teaching from Manhattanville College, and has completed the Core training program at the New York School of Playback Theatre.

​For more information, email Rabbi Ben Newman at [email protected].