Improvise Freely
Author | : Patti Stiles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-06-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 0645176508 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780645176506 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Improvisation is an art of spontaneity, freedom and impulse. Audiences the world over flock to shows where anything could happen! But lurking at the heart of many companies that perform it is a contradiction, a bait and switch. Students who sign up for classes are taught 'The Rules': the strictly right and wrong way to play make-believe. How the hell did that happen?Patti Stiles is an actor, improvisor, director, teacher and playwright who has worked professionally in theatre since 1983. In Improvise Freely, she turns 'The Rules' of improvising on their head and shows that there is another way. Is it okay to ask questions? Why do we Who? What? Where? And what if it's time to say 'No thanks' to 'Yes And'?