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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Beginning | |
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| Viola Spolin | |
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| First Class | |
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| The Rules | |
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| Object Work, or "A Mime Is Not a Terrible Thing to Waste" | |
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| Environment | |
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| "Yes, and..." and "Explore and Heighten" | |
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| Give and Take | |
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| Where We Came From: A Very Brief History of Revue | |
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| An Improvisational Almanac | |
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| Playing the Scene | |
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| Martin | |
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| Perfect Partner | |
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| Relationship | |
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| Relationship Exercises | |
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| Transformation of Relationships | |
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| Perfect Partner Part II | |
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| Status | |
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| Living Large in the Moment | |
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| Play Is Physical | |
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| An Improvisational Almanac | |
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| The Performer inside the Scene | |
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| A Few Thoughts on Improvisation | |
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| Finding the Funny | |
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| How Do You Create Characters? or "I Do This Hilarious Guy Who Has a Funny Hat" | |
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| Three Kinds of Character | |
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| Playing at the Top of Your Intelligence | |
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| Character: Playing with Intelligence and Heart | |
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| In the Beginning . . . Making Initiations | |
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| Crossing the Line and Going Blue | |
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| Forming Opinions | |
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| Finding Scenic Point of View | |
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| Finding Your Voice | |
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| An Improvisational Almanac | |
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| Improvisation and Acting | |
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| Building a Character within an Ensemble through the Games | |
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| An Improvisational Almanac | |
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| Long Forms, Short Forms, Scenes, and Games | |
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| Improvisation: The Fine Line between Suck and Not Bad and How to Get Away from That Line and Go to Another Line Where the Options Are Better | |
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| Del Close | |
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| Del Close Games | |
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| What's Better? Long Form or Short Form? | |
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| What Is Long-Form Improvisation? | |
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| Scenic Structure 101 | |
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| Don DePollo | |
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| Top Ten Performance Games of The Second City National Touring Company | |
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| Editing and Beats | |
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| An Improvisational Almanac | |
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| Creating Material | |
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| Doing It Again | |
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| Pre-Planning a Second City Scene | |
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| The Ensemble Creates a Revue | |
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| Putting Up a Traditional Second City Improv Set | |
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| Blackouts and Extended Blackouts | |
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| How to Bottle Lightning for Fun and Profit | |
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| An Improvisational Almanac | |
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| Directing | |
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| Blessed Obstacles | |
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| Running Orders | |
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| Ideal Running Order | |
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| An Improvisational Almanac | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Attributions | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Acknowledgment | |