Process An Improviser's Journey

Name: Process An Improviser's Journey
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ISBN: 9780810124721

ISBN-10: 0810124726

ISBN-13: 9780810124721

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mary Scruggs, Michael J. Gellman, Anne Libera

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nbsp; Author, teacher, and improviser Michael Gellman was given a mission by Del Close himself: “[T]o create improvised one-act plays of literary quality from scratch.” Already steeped in the world of improvisation, he took it upon himself to do this, in the form of a class for other improvisers in which they would build the skills necessary to execute such a seemingly tall order. Scruggs and Gellman’s book, modeled after Stanislavski’s timelessAn Actor Prepares, follows a fictional young actor taking Gellman’s real-life class. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Scruggs and Gellman introduce readers to Geoff, who has just moved to Chicago to pursue acting. He…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication date: 12/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Note on the Text


Acknowledgments



An Improviser's Journey



The Audition



A New Journey



Objects, Environments, and a Trip Through the Imagination



The Trouble with Words



The Universe Within a Single Point of Concentration



Looking Out



Couch and Point of View



A Small Town Called Henry



Five-Minute Porch Plays



Here, There Be Dragons


Afterword


Appendix


Suggestions for Further Reading