TY  - BOOK
AU  - Napier,Mick
TI  - Improvise: scene from the inside out 
SN  - 032500630X
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Portsmouth, NH
PB  - Heinemann
KW  - Improvisation (Acting)
N1  - What is improvisation? -- Rules -- How to improvise -- "What about my partner?" -- Context and scenes -- Common problems -- More than two people in a scene -- Advanced improvisation -- Advice and guidelines for improvisers -- Improvisation and the second law of thermodynamics -- Exercises to do at home -- Annoyance
N2  - For more than 20 years of directing, teaching, and participating in improvisation, Mick Napier has watched thousands of scenes. His experience has led him to continually question why and how scenes work or don't work and what one must do in order for a scene to be successful. In this book, he takes an irreverent but constructive look at the art and practice of improvised scenes. He covers such topics as: two-person scenes; group scenes; entering scenes; techniques to achieve richer, more layered scenes; auditioning; solo exercises for practice at home. Napier also challenges the conventional wisdom of the rules of improvisation, examining what's behind them and how they came to be in the first place. Get helpful, tangible guidelines for bringing strength and direction to your scenes. Just improvise.--Publisher description
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