Before ‘Elvis,’ Improv Students Exchange Ad-Libbed Vows
The New York Times
Dr. Dana Cohen and Henry Caplan were instantly attracted to each other during an improv course in 2011. But their decision to marry at a Las Vegas chapel was the opposite of spontaneous.
When Dr. Dana Cohen and Henry Caplan met as classmates at a Manhattan improv course in 2011, both were partially motivated to be there by their careers.
Mr. Caplan, 57, had previously worked as a theater actor and director; from 2000 through 2010, he performed off and on in New York and on a tour of Japan as the M.C. at “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding,” a show that includes audience participation.
He enrolled after starting his current career as an independent corporate communications coach, thinking he might be able to learn exercises to use in his coaching. (The course was also being taught by a friend who needed to fill an extra spot. “I could be a ringer for you; a participant who asks good questions,” Mr. Caplan recalled telling him.)
