Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out

This expanded and revised edition has a new foreword by The Late Show host Stephen Colbert, additional advice and tips for success, and a full reproduction of Mick Napier's web journal from his time directing the famous show Paradigm Lost for The Second City that included Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, and Kevin Dorff.

Renowned improv instructor and award-winning director Mick Napier has been at the heart of the professional improvisation community for more than 25 years. The first edition of Improvise. quickly earned its position as necessary reading for improv students across the country and around the world and gave birth to a new generation of performers who questioned "The Rules" of improvisation. In this entertaining and incredibly informative book, Napier will teach you the essentials of...

· Why "The Rules" don't matter
· How to take care of yourself in a scene
· Using context to your advantage
· Effective two-person scenes
· Balanced large-cast scenes
· Successful auditioning
· Solo exercises you can practice at home

• Truth in Comedy: The Manual for Improvisation
• How to Be the Greatest Improviser on Earth
• Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ and Dave Book
• Behind the Scenes: Improvising Long Form
• Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual
• Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
• Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
• Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser
• Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques (Drama and Performance Studies)
• The Playbook: Improv Games for Performers