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Improv Therapy: How to get out of your own way to become a better improviser
Have you ever wanted to hide or kill yourself after doing a bad improv show? Have you thought you were crazy for feeling fear before, during or after a show? Do you judge your fellow improvisers on stage? Do you want to experience more joy in improvising? Improv Therapy is an honest and insightful book about the things improvisers don't want to discuss: their feelings. Improvisation is as much about technique as it is what's inside your head. Improv Therapy takes a look at the improviser's mind and what blocks improvisers on stage, and gives them practical advice to overcome their issues so they can become the improviser they always dreamed of being. Written by Jimmy Carrane, host of the Improv Nerd podcast and co-author of Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser. He teaches his award-winning Art Of Slow Comedy improv classes in Chicago.
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61 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 11, 2014
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August 14, 2017
Exactly as the title states
This isn't a manual or textbook. It's a book about coping with emotions, like shame and judgement, and finding joy in the act of improvising. In summation: If you aren't having fun, find it or, maybe, move on to another hobby/life.
This isn't a manual or textbook. It's a book about coping with emotions, like shame and judgement, and finding joy in the act of improvising. In summation: If you aren't having fun, find it or, maybe, move on to another hobby/life.
February 22, 2019
New to improv and i lived this.
New to improv but been in theater for a long time. This book is filled with many trurhs that are shown to the light. Someone once said 'Art is a wound shown to the light', or something similar. Thank you for this book.
New to improv but been in theater for a long time. This book is filled with many trurhs that are shown to the light. Someone once said 'Art is a wound shown to the light', or something similar. Thank you for this book.
January 26, 2018
Very useful guide for improvisers who need to address inner issues
February 14, 2017
I like it
Really insightful. Jimmy Carrene is always thoughtful and insightful. Love his podcast and his books I think it's a great read.
Really insightful. Jimmy Carrene is always thoughtful and insightful. Love his podcast and his books I think it's a great read.
December 28, 2014
Good brief insights
Jimmy Carrane does a good job of providing insight into a lot of issues an improviser faces throughout their improv career. By offering a series of very personal examples, the reader is given the opportunity to reflect on these issues and how to work through them in their own improv.
This is a quick read with a ton of useful snippets of information. This shouldn't be treated as the be-all end-all for solving these problems...but does a really good job letting you know they are there.
Jimmy Carrane does a good job of providing insight into a lot of issues an improviser faces throughout their improv career. By offering a series of very personal examples, the reader is given the opportunity to reflect on these issues and how to work through them in their own improv.
This is a quick read with a ton of useful snippets of information. This shouldn't be treated as the be-all end-all for solving these problems...but does a really good job letting you know they are there.
September 11, 2015
The first half of the book is very informative. The second is just Jimmy dealing with his own improv demons. It's only relatable, if you're in the same boat.
July 29, 2016
Good for improvisers who are in their heads (you know who you are!)
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