Improv Stuff
You need to this for the game Go to work properly.
What is eye contact?
Viola Spolin began her journey as a theatre teacher in this place made especially for impoverished children in Chicago.
What is Hull House?
Paul Sills began this improv company that is still considered the best place to learn and practice this artfrom.
What is Second City?
Numerical Witticisms.
What is 99 Jokes?
The definition of catalyst (inciting incident).
What is the story moment that begins the rising action? The moment that launches the plot?
Define Active Listening.
What is being affected by what your scene partner expresses to you.
Viola Spolin's son.
Who is Paul Sills?
Modern improv take its inspiration, in part, from this Italian Renaissance artform.
What is Commedia dell'Arte?
Mystery Celebrity.
What is Press Conference?
Storytelling technique that shows character growth/change.
Hint: "vs." is part of this term.
What is Want vs. Need?
This type of improv game involves a player leaving the room and coming back to clues that they have to guess.
What is an endowment?
Paul Sills met this guy at university and they started working in theatre together.
Who is David Sheppard?
Spolin uses this technique to increase communication beyond common language.
What is gibberish?
Opposite sizing of aquatic life.
What is Big Fish Small Fish?
The ups and downs of the characters' journey throughout the story that keeps the audience engaged.
What is Hope vs. Fear?
This is the term for strong story moments for those scenes that get played over and over again (like half-life or scene 3 ways).
What are Signposts?
Paul Sills had Viola use improv to train actors in this theatre company that used an old chinese restaurant for their shows.
What is Playwright's Theatre Club.
This Spolin exercise is intended to help actors find ways to physically connect.
What is Contact?
Mix up the scenes and relationships.
What is Fire Drill?
The period of time where the characters deal with the consequences of the All is Lost moment.
What is The Dark Night of the Soul?
When scenes don't have enough physicality.
What is static?
Paul and David started this company, considered the first American improv theatre.
What is The Compass Players
This is the title of the groundbreaking book that Viola Spolin wrote to help theatre teachers create a curriculum that promotes learning through experience.
What is Improvisation for the Theater?
Replaced by doppelganger.
What is Evil Twin?
Here we are introduced to characters, location and the rules of the world.
What is The Setup or Exposition?