Improvisation for the Theater

The thoroughly revised third edition of the bible of improvisational theater. Viola Spolin's improvisational techniques changed the...
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Improvisation for the Theater by Spolin, Viola

Improvisation for the Theater

$30.60

Improvisation for the Theater

$30.60
Author: Viola Spolin
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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


Author: Viola Spolin
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 07/28/1999
Pages: 412
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.03w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780810140080


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/12/1999 pg. 88
Library Journal 08/01/1999 pg. 94

About the Author
VIOLA SPOLIN, the originator of theater games, was introduced to the use of games, storytelling, folk dance, and dramatics as tools for stimulating creative expression in the 1920s while a student of Neva Boyd at Chicago's Hull House. During her years as a teacher and supervisor of creative dramatics there, she began to develop her nonverbal, nonpsychological approach. Her books have been translated into Swedish, German, and Portuguese. She died in 1994.

PAUL SILLS is Viola Spolin's son and the founding director of Chicago's Second City and of Story Theater. He is the coeditor of the third edition of Improvisation for the Theater.

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