| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
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| Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | v |
| Preface: Why We Wrote Our Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | vii |
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| CHAPTER 1: How To Read Our Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
| CHAPTER 2: What Happened To Yes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| CHAPTER 3: Nice People + Nice Choices = Boring Scenes . . . . . . | 9 |
| CHAPTER 4: Anger Is Okay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15 |
| CHAPTER 5: Afraid of Naming People, Places, & Events . . . . . . . | 21 |
| CHAPTER 6: Misguided Object Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 25 |
| CHAPTER 7: You Are Required To Play the Opposite Sex . . . . . . . | 29 |
| CHAPTER 8: Fear Of Playing Politically Incorrect Characters . . . | 31 |
| CHAPTER 9: By The Way, It's Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35 |
| CHAPTER 10: It's Not The Words, It's the Connection . . . . . . . | 41 |
| CHAPTER 11: Lack Of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 47 |
| CHAPTER 12: Choosing the Funny Over The Craft . . . . . . . . . . | 51 |
| CHAPTER 13: The Improv Committee Resides in Your Head . . . . . . | 53 |
| CHAPTER 14: Stop Wanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
| CHAPTER 15: Yes Begins Offstage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 59 |
| CHAPTER 16: Spreading Yourself Too Thin . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 63 |
| CHAPTER 17: Improv Is Bigger Than You Think . . . . . . . . . . . | 67 |
| CHAPTER 18: Love The Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 69 |
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| Biographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |