Improvisation for the Theater

Title: Improvisation for the Theater
Author: Viola Spolin
ISBN: 9780810140080
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 1999
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 3
Number of Pages: 412
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Publisher Description:

The thoroughly revised third edition of the bible of improvisational theater.

Viola Spolin's improvisational techniques changed the very nature and practice of modern theater. The first two editions of Improvisation for the Theater sold more than 100,000 copies and inspired actors, directors, teachers, and writers in theater, television, film. These techniques have also influenced the fields of education, mental health, social work, and psychology.

The revised edition features:

• 30 new exercises, including introductions (Slow/Fast/Normal; Extended Sound; Mirror Speech; Unrelated Conversation)
• More than 200 updated classic exercises
• new section of traditional theater games for warm-up use
• "Paul Sills' Sayings of Viola Spolin"
• New glossary of side-coaching phrases, with definitions of their meaning and value
• Alphabetical list of all games and exercises