From left, Henry Quinn-Pasin, 11, Amaya Coleman, 12, and librarian Jessica Bartz play a game of reverse charades trying to illustrate a sand castle in the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

From left, Cheryl Kinnaird, Henry Quinn-Pasin, 11, and librarian Jessica Bartz play a game or reverse charades trying to get their teammate to guess the phrase double chin during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

Areil McDaniel, 12, laughs as her team plays a game or reverse charades in the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

From left, Areil McDaniel, 12, Paris Hall, 12, and librarian Christi Hawn play a game of reverse charades acting out a piano man in the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

Christi Hawn mimics holding a babu in a game where you act out a command told to you in a Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

Henry Quinn-Pasin, 11, plays an infected man who was picked up as a hitchhiker during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

Phrases from cards used in a game of reverse charades where the entire team acts out the phrase and one person guesses during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

Areil McDaniel, 12, left, and Amaya Coleman, 12, act out a scene where Henry Quinn-Pasin, 11, is a serial killer in their house during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

Librarians Christi Hawn, left, and Jessica Bartz laugh as kids act out scenes that they create during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

Areil McDaniel, 12, left, and Amaya Coleman, 12, act out a scene where they pick up a hitchhiker during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

The entire group gets together to act out a forrest scene with each participant jumping in as a different character during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

Amaya Coleman, right, 12, plays the hitchhiker game during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media

From left, Amaya Coleman, 12, Areil McDaniel, 12, Ndea Allah, 13, and Paris Hall, 12, act out an scene made up by a librarian during the Teen Improv Workshop on Jan. 31, 2012 at Maze Branch Library in Oak Park. The monthly workshop is for kids 11 and up and seeks to get teens to open up and learn to express themselves. | Rob Hart-Sun-Times Media