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The Comedy Improv Handbook
A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance
Matt Fotis, Siobhan O'Hara
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The Comedy Improv Handbook
A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance
Matt Fotis, Siobhan O'Hara
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The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance is a one-stop resource for both improv teachers and students, covering improv history, theory, maxims, exercises, games, and structures. You will learn the necessary skills and techniques needed to become a successful improviser, developing a basic understanding of the history of improvisation and its major influences, structures, and theories. This book also addresses issues associated with being a college improviser – like auditions, rehearsals, performances, and the dynamics of improv groups.
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Index
1, 2, 3 people walking warm-up 91
1–10 walking warm-up 75–6
185 game 142
A–B exercise 107
A–C patterns exercise 94–6
Abbott, Bud 10
Abbott & Costello 9, 10
access to money 188
accessibility 176
ACME Comedy 201
active choices 35
active listening 37–8
activities, talking about 62
actor’s nightmare game 132
ad game exercise 100–1
advertising a show 177–8
agreement 35, 36–7; exercises 69, 100–1
Alexander, Andrew 15
Alk, Howard 14
alphabet game 124
Annoyance, The 26–7; professional training 194
ants on a cracker warm-up 74–5
appearance 182
aristocrats (non-masked characters) 8
Armando Diaz structure 28, 163–4
ask the audience games 119, 140–1
associative scenes 164
ASSSSCAT 28, 163–4
audience interview 161
audience suggestions, soliciting 181–2
audience text...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- The Comedy Improv Handbook
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- SECTION I Improv History
- SECTION II Improv Rules, Major Theoretical Concepts, and Maxims
- SECTION III Skill Building Exercises
- SECTION IV Short Form Improv Games
- SECTION V Long Form Improv Games
- SECTION VI The College Improv Team
- SECTION VII A Guide to Professional Training
- Your Improv Library
- Index