Description
About the Author
Viola Spolin, the originator of theater games, was introduced to the use of games, storytelling, folk dance, and dramatics as tools for stimulating creative expression in the 1920s while a student of Neva Boyd at Chicago's Hull House. During her years as a teacher and supervisor of creative dramatics there, she began to develop her nonverbal, non-psychological approach. Her books have been translated into Swedish, German, and Portuguese. She died in 1994.
Paul Sills is Viola Spolin's son and the founding director of Chicago's Second City and of Story Theater. He is the co-editor of the third edition of Improvisation for the Theater.
Reviews
Her book is the bible." -Rob Reiner
"It's like basic research ... she [has] changed the theater for generations." -Alan Alda
"She has genius and shares it." -Valerie Harper
Book Information
ISBN 9780810140080
Author Paul Sills
Format Paperback
Page Count 412
Imprint Northwestern University Press
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Weight(grams) 635g