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Insights on laughter, leadership, and team culture direct from our founder

January 31, 2025

Is It Award Season for Improv Comedy?

‍In the category of “Best Way to Improve Productivity," the nominees are...Mental Health Benefits, Paid Maternity AND Fraternity Leave, Kombucha On Tap, and…INTERACTIVE IMPROV WORKSHOPS!”

January 22, 2025

Laughter is a Survival Skill

“I’m not sure any of these are really my style,” I say, digging through an old Home Goods bag of someone’s used clothing.

January 9, 2025

FIRES: No Laughing, Take Action

Laughter On Call is based in Los Angeles where, to put it mildly, 2025 has kicked off in a true crisis. A well known equation for comedy, tragedy plus time, means you won’t be getting any jokes here today. Instead, I am

December 31, 2024

Year End Highlights, 2024

I’ve been getting hit with a lot of reflections for 2024. I definitely enjoy a greatest hits newsletter whether it's from a family I don’t see often or a small business that’s forging new ground. I love hearing about per

December 23, 2024

Laugh Lines that Work

It’s HOLIDAY SEASON - all caps! This means it’s likely that the next few weeks may yield some unanticipated “challenges.” A polite way of saying that close proximity to family, spending, alcohol and cookies (maybe just m

December 19, 2024

A Comedian and A Pope Walk Into a Bar…

One of the first Broadway shows I worked on was John Guare’s “House of Blue Leaves.” Directed by Jerry Zaks, it was equal parts manic comedy, heartfelt family drama and social commentary. The play had a crazy cast with Ben Stiller, Stockard Channing, Swoosie Kurtz, Christopher Walken and more.

December 12, 2024

Fa la la la ME TIME!

Maybe because I just drove up and back to Santa Barbara from Los Angeles in eighteen hours, after sleeping on a lumpy bed, but the concept of self-care is really calling out to me tonight. Plus, as we know it’s the holid

December 5, 2024

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

I spent my adolescence in Connecticut where Christmas was born. Or so it felt. At my high school the “Candlelight Concert,” held in December was the highlight of the year for the whole town. We wore white gowns and as pr

December 3, 2024

What's More Satisfying than Black Friday? Giving Tuesday!

Yes, Giving Tuesday! A calendar reminder to express gratitude to those who are pushing the way forward with causes that are close to our hearts. For us, we go back to where LOC all started - fighting Alzheimer's and Deme

November 26, 2024

I’d Like to Thank...

As some of you may know I started out as an actor, back when we were still called actresses. In my acting class days, I have a distinct memory of being assigned to write and deliver an acceptance speech for your hypothetical Oscar. In a “if you build it they will come,” way of thinking.

November 14, 2024

Just Say Yes…to Showing Up! It matters!

There you are, lying on the couch in your son’s girlfriend's Brandi Melville sweatpants that are as comfortable as the owner is sleazy, watching Love is Blind: the Reunion after a week of feeling battered by the news and

November 6, 2024

Don’t Let Disappointment Take You Out!

Stating the obvious, whatever side you come down on in this week’s election, according to the numbers about half of us are disappointed. To put it mildly.