| CONTENTS | |
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| PART ONE | |
| INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| Chapter One: What Is Improv? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| Chapter Two: Creating an Improv Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 |
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| PART TWO | |
| IMPROV SKILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
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| Chapter Three: Improv Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 15 |
| Chapter Four: Rules of the Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 30 |
| Chapter Five: Who? What? Where? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 35 |
| Chapter Six: Physicalization - The "Where" . . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 |
| Chapter Seven: Characterization - The "Who" . . . . . . . . . . . | 41 |
| Chapter Eight: Storytelling - The "What" . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 44 |
| Chapter Nine: The Huddle - Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . | 51 |
| Chapter Ten: Teamwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 54 |
| Chapter Eleven: Use of Suggestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 58 |
| Chapter Twelve: The Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 63 |
| Chapter Thirteen: One Final Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 65 |
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| PART THREE | |
| STRUCTURING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 69 |
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| Chapter Fourteen: Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
| Chapter Fifteen: Making Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 74 |
| Chapter Sixteen: "Who" Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 76 |
| Chapter Seventeen: "What" Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 81 |
| Chapter Eighteen: "How" Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 87 |
| Chapter Nineteen: "Use of Suggestion" Structures . . . . . . . . . | 91 |
| Chapter Twenty: Reality-Based Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 98 |
| Chapter Twenty-One: Other Things to Think About . . . . . . . . . | 109 |
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| PART FOUR | |
| STRATEGIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 113 |
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| Chapter Twenty-Two: Tips and Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 115 |
| Chapter Twenty-Three: Self-Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 117 |
| Chapter Twenty-Four: Putting on a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 120 |
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| APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 131 |
| Appendix One: Improv Games Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 133 |
| Appendix Two: Practice Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 147 |
| Appendix Three: Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 149 |
| Appendix Four: Singing and Rhyming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 239 |
| Appendix Five: Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 250 |
| Appendix Six: Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 264 |
| Appendix Seven: A Glossary of Improv Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . | 266 |
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| About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 271 |