Sunday, November 27, 2011

The (Elderly) Mob Rules

"If it's hot, there's a lot of booze and somebody named Big Daddy. You're on pretty firm footing."

Perhaps not what you'd expect to hear walking into the Santa Monica Senior Center on Ocean Avenue, but professional actor Brian Hamill is not emceeing Tuesday afternoon bingo.

Most Tuesdays between the hours of 12:30 and 2 p.m., Hamill transforms the northern end of the center into an improvisational comedy workshop for one and a half hours of mind-bending activities that keeps his troupe of senior actors on their toes.

Hamill, and other dedicated volunteers like him, do their work through the nonprofit organization Mob Rule, Inc., a loosely-bound coalition of community-minded individuals who run free workshops throughout the Los Angeles area.

The beauty of Mob Rule, Inc. is that anyone with an idea and some energy can get a class going with all the tax benefits of working through a nonprofit and none of the overhead.

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The (Elderly) Mob Rules

2 comments:

Thelma said...

Good to know that the spirit of volunteerism seems to be growing.

Norma said...

I like the idea of this!