BOOK
A Subversive’s Guide to Improvisation: Moving Beyond “Yes, And”
by David Razowsky (a VIF Guest Instructor)
Raz’s book provides methods and exercises that teach you to connect to your partner and the scene without worrying about responding with “yes, and.”
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Pirate Robot Ninja: An Improv Fable
by Billy Merritt (a VIF Guest Instructor) and Will Hines
As an improv comedian, are you a pirate, robot or ninja? Know your type so you can appreciate your strengths while also focusing on what you have left to learn.
BOOK
Improvise Freely
by Patti Stiles (a VIF Guest Instructor)
Students who sign up for classes are taught ‘The Improv Rules’: the strictly right and wrong way to be creative. Exploration is replaced with emulation and curiosity with compliance. How the hell did that happen?
BOOK
Process: An Improviser’s Journey
by Michael J. Gellman (a VIF Guest Instructor) and Mary Scruggs
Author, teacher, and improviser Michael Gellman was given a mission by famed improv coach Del Close: “[T]o create improvised one-act plays of literary quality from scratch.” This book describes that process.
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Improvisation at the Speed of Life
by T.J. Jagodowski & David Pasquesi with Pam Victor (a VIF Guest Instructor)
As Steven Colbert writes, “One of these guys is the best improviser in the world. And the other one is better.”
VIDEO
Trust Us This Is All Made Up
Through interviews, get insight into the minds of improv legends T.J. Jagodowski & David Pasquesi, and then watch a full-length performance of one of their shows.
BOOK
How to Improvise a Full-Length Play
by Kenn Adams (a VIF Guest Instructor)
Kenn Adams has a formula that serves well as a jumping off point for any team that wants to explore this aspect of the improvisational art form.
BOOK
The Complete Improviser
by Bill Arnett (a VIF Guest Instructor)
Bill Arnett’s approach to improv is “if it happens in life, it can happen on stage.” Focus on making your improv scenes more true-to-life.