Yes, And ... Your LIFE!

Four steps to yes, and! Bring them to your staff, students and LIFE!

Business

Whether your business needs conflict resolution strategies, lateral leadership coaching or innovation strategies, Improvisation is the foundation to build upon.

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Education

If only we embedded the soul of an improviser on the youth of our society, children would grow up to be the leaders and innovators we need.

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Personal

Learn the system created by YAY LIFE.  Purge your life of the things that hold you back, and embrace the elements improvisers find essential for success.

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Performance

Need a performance for a meeting or seminar?  Don’t be the same talking heads your staff will forget in 5 minutes!  We can customize a performance to your industry and business. Yes, I want to Learn more!
Yes, and … this is who we are!

The skills improvisers use on stage have the power to be transformative in how we communicate, work together and live.

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Yes, and … our contemplations

Always Trust

I am often asked, “so how do you start?  What is the first step to ‘Yes, And…’?” Instructing people to simply say, “yes”, to everything, is seldom the way to[…]

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June 27, 2018 0

How You Receive is More Important Than How You Give.

We spend a lot of time and resources training employees on how to communicate, but do we spend enough time training them how to receive communication? That is an interesting[…]

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April 21, 2018 0

The worst gifts can be the best!

As Christmas comes to a close and we set forth into a new year, perhaps there is time to play with your new toys, cash in that certificate or even[…]

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January 5, 2018 0

Yes, and … they loved it!

“Dominic, working with you and your team was an outstanding experience!  Our messaging was brought to life in a fun, impactful and relevant way – engaging the 200+ global participants!”

Barb Ingold
Senior Director, Global Supply Chain & Sustainability
McDonald’s Corporation

“The staff is still talking about how much they enjoyed your time with us and applying what they learned from you in their classrooms.”

Anne Paonessa
Principal

Yes, and … our troupe

To instill and foster the soul of an improviser into your staff, students and self.

Dominic A. Cattero

Founder & CEO

Dominic has studied and taught improvisation for 17 years.  He has trained improvisers who are performing from LA to Chicago.  He is the creator of the YAY LIFE’s, “Four Steps to Yes, AND!”

Jeremy Schaefer

Troupe Leader

Jeremy is an actor, improviser, storyteller, writer and facilitator.  He is a regular improviser and instructor at Laugh Out Loud.  As a facilitator he has led workshops in both the US and UK.

Ricky Haschemeyer

Improviser/coach

With over a decade of experience within the improv community Ricky has toured the country extensively with the award-winning group, Octavarius.  He is also the producer for the College Improv Tournament.

Lizzie Daniels

Improviser/coach

Lizzie has been learning, performing and teaching for 15 years.  She has toured across the country including performances in New York City, San Francisco, and Honolulu.

Jin Kim

Improviser/Facilitator

Jin Kim has been performing improv and theatre for 18 years and now performs regularly with Face Off and Laugh Out Loud.  He also serves as Laugh Out Loud’s Training Center Director.

Claudia Martinez

Improviser

Claudia was born raised and trained in the beautiful city of Chicago. She’s had the pleasure of performing, facilitating corporate workshops and teaching at The Second City, i.O. Chicago, Annoyance, and companies nation wide.

Emily Leonard

Improviser

Emily Dugan Leonard has been an improvisor since her youth, playing on teams in high school and college before moving to Chicago to pursue her dream of performing and teaching comedy. In addition to training at Second City and ComedySportz training centers, Emily is a regular performer and workshop leader with ImprovPlayhouse, Chicago Improv Productions, and her own Idea Box Integrated Arts.

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