Improvised Dialogues is the first social-scientific study of Chicago improv theater. It focuses on the collaborative verbal creativity that improvising actors use to generate their unscripted dialogues. The author spent two years as a performer, and videotaped 15 different Chica…
The book charts the development of collaboratively-created performances from the 1950s to the present day. Companies discussed include the Living Theatre, Open Theatre, Australian Performing Group, People Show, Teatro Campesino, Theatre de Complicite, Legs on the Wall, Forced En…
The book charts the development of collaboratively-created performances from the 1950s to the present day. Companies discussed include the Living Theatre, Open Theatre, Australian Performing Group, People Show, Teatro Campesino, Theatre de Complicite, Legs on the Wall, Forced En…
Truth in comedy: the manual of improvisation
by Halpern, Charna, Close, Del, Johnson, Kim
Truth in comedy: the manual of improvisation
by Halpern, Charna, Close, Del, Johnson, Kim
Truth in comedy: the manual for improvisation
by Halpern, Charna, Close, Del, Johnson, Kim
Furnishes a comprehensive guide to improvisational techniques as used in stand-up comedy.
Truth in comedy: the manual of improvisation
by Halpern, Charna, Close, Del, Johnson, Kim, Myers, Mike
This improv manual introduced the concepts of the "Harold"--The improvisational tool that helped Saturday Night Live's Mike Myers, Chris Farley, George Wendt, and many others on the road to TV and film stardom. The concepts are described fully in this theatre book that has becom…
Truth in comedy: the manual for improvisation
by Halpern, Charna, Close, Del, Johnson, Kim
Furnishes a comprehensive guide to improvisational techniques as used in stand-up comedy.