Here's what Andrea learned about God on the Las Vegas Strip!
When I started taking improv classes, it was just a way to have fun and improve my stage skills. After completing the Training Conservatory at The Second City in Detroit, I figured I was done with improv. It was a great experience and I definitely learned a lot.
But then we moved to Vegas. After living there for a few months I found out that The Second City in Vegas was casting for a new all-improvised show to run on The Strip. Long story short...I auditioned, I was cast, and I had the amazing opportunity for several years to perform in that show.
Shortly after the show began I started to see these parallels between what I was learning about improv and my own faith. In fact, I was surprised about how much improv was teaching me about my relationship with God and what it means to be part of a community. For a long time these concepts simmered in my mind. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do with the ideas, but I always had this sense that I was meant to share them in some way.
It wasn't until many years later that I came to the conclusion that I was supposed to share them in the form of a book. So I just started writing. And writing. And writing. And writing. The result was Scriptless: What I Learned About God on the Las Vegas Strip. The book is filled with stories about the show, experiences that happen when you are making stuff up on stage as you go, and the spiritual truths that I learned along the way.
If you read my book, whether you are a performer or far from it, or a person of faith or far from it, I hope you will find truths that encourage you in whatever your journey happens to look like.
What does a Vegas show have to do with learning what it means to follow God? In this book, Andrea Coli talks about her experience in the sact of an improv show in the Strip and how God revealed Himself in an unlikely way. Her conversational style invites you to step onto the Las Vegas stage and discover spiritual truths hidden in the rules of improvisation. In the end, you'll agree that life, like improvisation, can be surprisingly remarkable when you're scriptless!
To order your own personal copy of Scriptless or an e-book for Kindle, click here.
For a sneak peek of my book, check out Chapter 1.
When I started taking improv classes, it was just a way to have fun and improve my stage skills. After completing the Training Conservatory at The Second City in Detroit, I figured I was done with improv. It was a great experience and I definitely learned a lot.
But then we moved to Vegas. After living there for a few months I found out that The Second City in Vegas was casting for a new all-improvised show to run on The Strip. Long story short...I auditioned, I was cast, and I had the amazing opportunity for several years to perform in that show.
Shortly after the show began I started to see these parallels between what I was learning about improv and my own faith. In fact, I was surprised about how much improv was teaching me about my relationship with God and what it means to be part of a community. For a long time these concepts simmered in my mind. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do with the ideas, but I always had this sense that I was meant to share them in some way.
It wasn't until many years later that I came to the conclusion that I was supposed to share them in the form of a book. So I just started writing. And writing. And writing. And writing. The result was Scriptless: What I Learned About God on the Las Vegas Strip. The book is filled with stories about the show, experiences that happen when you are making stuff up on stage as you go, and the spiritual truths that I learned along the way.
If you read my book, whether you are a performer or far from it, or a person of faith or far from it, I hope you will find truths that encourage you in whatever your journey happens to look like.
What does a Vegas show have to do with learning what it means to follow God? In this book, Andrea Coli talks about her experience in the sact of an improv show in the Strip and how God revealed Himself in an unlikely way. Her conversational style invites you to step onto the Las Vegas stage and discover spiritual truths hidden in the rules of improvisation. In the end, you'll agree that life, like improvisation, can be surprisingly remarkable when you're scriptless!
To order your own personal copy of Scriptless or an e-book for Kindle, click here.
For a sneak peek of my book, check out Chapter 1.