Josh Rice has over two decades of experience as an improviser, theater practitioner, and teacher. He co-developed this workshop to integrate the Alda Method and related improvisation theater techniques into training curricula tailored to testifying forensic scientists. Mr. Rice has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Science Communication at Stony Brook, and has designed curricula for Alda Center professional development workshops for Climate Communications, Communicating Science to Policymakers, and Translational Communication for Development Professionals working in STEM, Meteorologists, as well as specializing in custom curriculum design for clients. He has facilitated Alda workshops for various organizations and universities including The Gates Foundation, NASA, the CDC, NOAA, The U.S. Department of Defense, the Nature Conservancy, Ocean Conservancy, Yale, Columbia, the Broad Institute of MIT/Harvard, Scripps Research, among others. As a professional theater practitioner, Mr. Rice is a member of Actor’s Equity, and is the Founder & Producing Artistic Director of Shake on the Lake (SOTL), a rural-focused professional theater company in Western New York State.