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Absolutely Everything** You Need to Know about Teaching and Performing Improv
Absolutely Everything You Need to Know about Teaching and Performing Improv Author:Trace Crawford Absolutely Everything** You Need to Know about Teaching and Performing Improv is your personal guide to learning how to perform short-form improvisation consistently and successfully. — Every challenge, every activity, and every rule presented in the book is rooted in 20 years of teaching performers from all skill levels. Material has been h... more »and-picked to include only the activities that have consistently proven successful at overcoming the common pitfalls that can plague the improviser-in-training.
Utilizing methods that are simple, easy to understand, and very, very fun, you will learn how to develop a program that allows one to maintain high expectations and create a professional looking product while still maintaining the informal revelry of game playing and humor.
Simply put, by using this book, one should be able to success- fully mount any kind of short-form improv - be it corporate or student, single-team or festival, pre-professional or veteran - to the sound of riotous laughter and thunderous applause.
Table of Contents
Introduction: So, Why Write This Book?
Chapter One: The Five Rules of Improv
The simple principles that guide all successful improv performance.
Chapter One, Part Two: The Seven Deadly Sins of Improv
The most common scene-killing mistakes players make.
Chapter Two: Warm-ups for Improv
How to design a warm-up. The three characteristics of a good warm-up routine. And a huge directory of warm-up games that target specific skills.
Chapter Three: Tune-up Activities for Team and Skill Building
In-depth activities for team practice to target and hone specific abilities.
Chapter Four: Time to Get Up: Improv Challenges
A solid directory of proven team and large group challenges. Tips and tricks to guarantee success in performance. When to use each challenge and what skills it targets.
Chapter Five: How to Structure an Improv Performance
The logistics involved in running a single group or inter-team performance. With bonus sample materials!
Chapter Six: Sample Workshop Formats
Proven workshop structures for sessions lasting from ˝ to 4 hours.
Chapter Seven: A Glossary of Improv Terminology
The only dictionary you'll ever need!
Appendices:
Appendix A: List of 200 Character Endowments
Appendix B: List of 50 Theatre, Movie, and TV Styles
Appendix C: List of Remote Control Buttons
Appendix D: List of 100 Ask-fors to get Variables
Appendix E: List of 75 Die Game Questions & 35 Zulu Suggestions
Appendix F: List of 75 (plus 5) Premises for Scenes from a Hat