Theater Games for Rehearsal by Viola Spolin
First published in 1985, this is a practical application of Viola Spolins famous method that guides directors and their companies step by step through all phases of the rehearsal period. In this updated edition five important exercises have been added, and instructions presenting her improvisational approach have been clarified throughout. Her wealth of useful notes remain undiminished.
Viola Spolin (1906–94), the originator of theater games, was introduced to the use of games, storytelling, folk dance, and dramatics as tools for stimulating creative expression while a student of Neva Boyd in Boyd’s Recreational Training School. During her years as a teacher and supervisor of creative dramatics there, Spolin began to develop her nonverbal, nonpsychological approach.
Carol Bleackley Sills, director of Sills/Spolin Theater Works, has been Viola Spolin’s editor since 1983. She studied with Viola Spolin and helped start the Game Theater, Chicago. She collaborated with her husband, Viola’s son Paul, on a new form he called Story Theater. She presents workshops at Paul Sills’ Wisconsin Theater Game Center and, most recently, directed The Tao of Chuang Chou at New Actors Workshop in New York.
Carol Bleackley Sills, director of Sills/Spolin Theater Works, has been Viola Spolin’s editor since 1983. She studied with Viola Spolin and helped start the Game Theater, Chicago. She collaborated with her husband, Viola’s son Paul, on a new form he called Story Theater. She presents workshops at Paul Sills’ Wisconsin Theater Game Center and, most recently, directed The Tao of Chuang Chou at New Actors Workshop in New York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780810127494 |
| ISBN 10 | 0810127490 |
| Title | Theater Games for Rehearsal |
| Author | Viola Spolin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
| Year published | 2011-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 117 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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