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| Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | vii |
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| Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| PART ONE: Improvisational Conflict Among Individuals . . . . . . . | 3 |
| 1. Improvs for Developing Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
| 2. Comedy Improv Through Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 17 |
| 3. Monolog Improvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
| 4. Two-Character Improvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 45 |
| 5. Improv Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 59 |
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| PART TWO: Improvisational Conflict with Non-Human Forces . . . . . | 77 |
| 6. Situation Improvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 79 |
| 7. Condition Improvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 89 |
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| PART THREE: Body Position, Opening Line, and Object Improvs . . . | 103 |
| 8. Body Language Improvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 105 |
| 9. Character and Object Improvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117 |
| 10. Opening Line Improvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 129 |
| 11. Scene Improvs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 145 |
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| PART FOUR: Improvising Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 159 |
| 12. Improvising Existing Plays to Develop Characters . . . . . . . | 161 |
| 13. Using Improv to Write Original Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 177 |
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| Selected Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 188 |
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| About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 189 |