Theater Games for the Lone Actor

Author: Viola Spolin
Publisher: TriQuarterly Books
ISBN: 9780810140103
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This handbook presents theatre games and side coaching for the solo player. It contains over 40 exercises which allow actors to side coach themselves, at home, in rehearsal, or in performance. The author asks the actor to develop the ability to enter present time, a moment of full consciousness and awareness with all the responses awake and alert, ready to guide you.... allowing you, the real you, your natural self to emerge.

Drama Menu

Author: Glyn Trefor-Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781848422858
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Packed full of drama games, ideas and suggestions, Drama Menu is a unique new resource for drama teachers.

Theater Games for the Classroom

Author: Viola Spolin
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810140042
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
A collection of games and music to aid the drama teacher and give ideas for varied classes.

Theater Games for Rehearsal

Author: Viola Spolin
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810127490
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director’s Handbook, first published in 1985, is a practical application of Viola Spolin’s famous method that guides directors and their companies step-by-step through all phases of the rehearsal period. Spolin shows in easy-to-follow detail how her techniques can be used for a variety of theater situations, ranging from selecting plays or material to be performed, casting, and building a harmonious company to warming up actors, creating stage space, and overcoming opening night jitters. The edition reflects Spolin’s wished-for updates: five important exercises have been added, and instructions presenting her improvisational approach have been clarified throughout. Her wealth of useful notes remain undiminished. Sidecoaching instructions and game evaluations are boxed and highlighted for on-the-spot reading by the director, in rehearsal. Viola Spolin has been called "the high priestess of improvisational theater," and the method that she created andpresented in her books not only remains the pedagogical standard but has found an even wider audience beyond theater. Featuring a new foreword by renowned film director Rob Reiner, the updated edition is a necessary addition to any theater bookshelf.

Theater Game File

Author: Viola Spolin
Publisher: TriQuarterly Books
ISBN: 9780810140073
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 78

Book Description
Games and exercises in activity card format designed to teach theater techniques to young students.

Mask Improvisation for Actor Training & Performance

Author: Sears A. Eldredge
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810113657
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
Because mask improvisation work is relatively new in American theater training, this book is designed not only to acquaint readers with the theory of mask improvisation but to instruct them in the techniques of method as well. Featuring dozens of improvisational exercises in the innovative spirit of Viola Spolin, and supplemented with practical appendices on mask design and construction, forms and checklists, and other classroom materials, this book is an invaluable tool for teacher and student alike, as well as compelling reading for anyone interested in acquiring a deeper understanding of masks as agents of transformation, creativity, and performance.

Improvisation for the Theater

Author: Viola Spolin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780810110007
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
Theory and foundation - Exercises - Children and the theatre - The formal theatre_

Handbook of Recreational Games

Author: Neva Leona Boyd
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486232041
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
18 categories of games ? pursuit and escape, throwing and catching, etc. ? with up to 59 games (plus variations) in a category.

Paul Sills' Story Theater

Author: Paul Sills
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557833983
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
(Applause Books). The creator of Story Theater , the original director of Second City , and one of the greatest popularizers of improvisational theater, Paul Sills has assembled some of his favorite adaptations from world literature. Includes: The Blue Light and Other Stories, A Christmas Carol (Dickens), Stories of God, Rumi .

The Improv Handbook

Author: Tom Salinsky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350026174
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 521

Book Description
The Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes, it features a range of games, interviews, descriptions and exercises that illuminate and illustrate the exciting world of improvised performance. First published in 2008, this second edition features a new foreword by comedian Mike McShane, as well as new exercises on endings, managing blind offers and master-servant games, plus new and expanded interviews with Keith Johnstone, Neil Mullarkey, Jeffrey Sweet and Paul Rogan. The Improv Handbook is a one-stop guide to the exciting world of improvisation. Whether you're a beginner, an expert, or would just love to try it if you weren't too scared, The Improv Handbook will guide you every step of the way.