Impro

Author: Keith Johnstone
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136610456
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, working as a play-reader and director, in particular helping to run the Writers' Group. The improvisatory techniques and exercises evolved there to foster spontaneity and narrative skills were developed further in the actors' studio then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers, called The Theatre Machine. Divided into four sections, 'Status', 'Spontaneity', 'Narrative Skills', and 'Masks and Trance', arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific techniques and exercises which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is both an ideas book and a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity.

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_

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.

Improvisation for the Theater

Author: Viola Spolin
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810140080
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 476

Book Description
Presents over two hundred theatre games which bring theatre experience to amateurs of every age and interest.

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.

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 .

Action Theater

Author: Ruth Zaporah
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556431869
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Each chapter of this book presents a single day of the twenty-day training which Ruth Zaporah developed into Action Theater, her investigation into the life-reflecting process of improvisation. This book shows through exercises, stories, anecdotes, and metaphors how to focus attention on the body's awareness of the present moment, moving away from preconceived ideas. Improvisations move through fear, boredom, laziness, and distraction to a sustained awareness of creative options.

Rehearsals for Growth

Author: Daniel J. Wiener
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393701876
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
Reference for psychotherapists on the applications of improvisational theater to psychotherapy for groups, couples, family, and individuals.

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.