Whose Improv Is It Anyway? Beyond Second City

Name: Whose Improv Is It Anyway? Beyond Second City
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ISBN: 9781578063413

ISBN-10: 1578063418

ISBN-13: 9781578063413

Edition: 2001

Authors: Amy E. Seham

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Drawing on the experiences of working improvisers, this book provides an account of developments beyond the mainstream approach to the genre. It explores the power games, inequalities and racial tensions of improvisation.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication date: 6/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 258
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Amy E. Seham is an assistant professor of theater and dance at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. In Connecticut she has served as artistic director of Performance Studio in New Haven and of Free Shakespeare on the Green in New Haven and Stamford.



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction



The First-Wave Paradigm


Interlude: The Second Wave



ImprovOlympic: The Truth about Improv



ComedySportz: Play's the Thing


Interlude: The Third Wave



The Annoyance Theatre: Carnival of Misfit Toys



The Free Associates: The Rules of the Game



Improv in Black and White


Conclusion


Notes


Works Cited


Index