The Ultimate Improv Book: A Complete Guide to Comedy Improvisation

The Ultimate Improv Book: A Complete Guide to Comedy Improvisation

by Edward J. Nevraumont
The Ultimate Improv Book: A Complete Guide to Comedy Improvisation

The Ultimate Improv Book: A Complete Guide to Comedy Improvisation

by Edward J. Nevraumont

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Overview

This strikingly comprehensive manual effectively shows the who, what, when, why, and how of comedy improvisation. Unlike other improv books, this text provides the tools you need to start an improvisational team or club at your school.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781566080750
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 09/28/2001
Edition description: 1ST
Pages: 250
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 11 - 17 Years

About the Author

Edward J. Nevraumont began improvising with the Canadian Improv Games while in high school. Since then his improv scope has broadened considerably. He has worked in improvised dinner theatre, coached a high school improv team for six years, created the Kingston Improv Games, developed training materials, and facilitated events for drama teachers across Canada. He has studied many different improv schools of thought and worked with everyone from Keith Johnstone to Paul Sills, from Garry Austin to Michael Gellman. He has written training materials for utilizing improvisation in the business world for Queen's University School of Industrial Relations. Currently Edward is using his improvisation techniques as a manager with Procter and Gamble and as one of three directors of "Improv Toronto.

Kurt Smeaton is a professional actor/writer, based in Toronto. A graduate of the George Brown Theatre School, Kurt is a former regional and national champion with the Canadian Improv Games. He has judged, trained, and adjudicated improv across Ontario, and was a founding member of an Ottawa-based sketch troupe: The Pez Family. Kurt has worked extensively in the theatre, performing with such renowned companies as Soulpepper, Theatre Direct Canada, and Actors' Repertory Company. He is currently using his improv skills writing and performing in a number of comedy pilots for television.

Kurt Smeaton is a professional actor/writer, based in Toronto. A graduate of the George Brown Theatre School, Kurt is a former regional and national champion with the Canadian Improv Games. He has judged, trained, and adjudicated improv across Ontario, and was a founding member of an Ottawa-based sketch troupe: The Pez Family. Kurt has worked extensively in the theatre, performing with such renowned companies as Soulpepper, Theatre Direct Canada, and Actors' Repertory Company. He is currently using his improv skills writing and performing in a number of comedy pilots for television.

Table of Contents

Part 1Introduction1
Chapter 1What Is Improv?3
Chapter 2Creating an Improv Team6
Part 2Improv Skills13
Chapter 3Improv Foundations15
Chapter 4Rules of the Stage30
Chapter 5Who? What? Where?35
Chapter 6Physicalization--The "Where"39
Chapter 7Characterization--The "Who"41
Chapter 8Storytelling--The "What"44
Chapter 9The Huddle--Before You Begin51
Chapter 10Teamwork54
Chapter 11Use of Suggestion58
Chapter 12The Presentation63
Chapter 13One Final Concept65
Part 3Structuring69
Chapter 14Flags71
Chapter 15Making Structures74
Chapter 16"Who" Structures76
Chapter 17"What" Structures81
Chapter 18"How" Structures87
Chapter 19"Use of Suggestion" Structures91
Chapter 20Reality-Based Structures98
Chapter 21Other Things to Think About109
Part 4Strategies113
Chapter 22Tips and Hints115
Chapter 23Self-Evaluation117
Chapter 24Putting on a Show120
Appendices131
Appendix 1Improv Games Events133
Appendix 2Practice Schedule147
Appendix 3Games149
Appendix 4Singing and Rhyming239
Appendix 5Lists250
Appendix 6Recommended Reading264
Appendix 7A Glossary of Improv Terms266
About the Authors271
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