Improv Lessons #2

by Greg Sullivan

STOP! Please check out Improv Lessons 1&2 before making any purchase decision. That book contains Lessons #1 AND Lessons #2 AND the full text of my GS IMPROV TECHNIQUE book. Whether your interest is in comedy improv or dramatic improv, Greg Sullivan’s techniques and insights will help actors achieve better improvisation results and enable non-actors to develop their listening, creativity and teamwork skills. The exercises and forms in this book are ones which Greg has taught to great effect for 20 years. While there’s no substitute for a live class, this book is the next best thing. In Lessons #2, you get a summary of Greg's GS IMPROV Technique and will then learn nine great, fun improvs, including four classic warm-up exercises (PASS THE CLAP, BIPPITTY BIPPITTY BOP, MAL OCCHIO and GOING AND TAKING) plus Greg's choice for the most important skill-building exercise (CELL PHONE) and forms THE HAROLD (the basis for long-form improv) and SPIN ROTATION (a staple of Greg's KLAATU improv shows, it mashes up two traditional forms, requiring both great discipline and a strong sense of freedom from the players.) Greg Sullivan has taught for 20 years at his own GS IMPROV classes in NYC. He was a substitute at HB Studio (13 years), founded the improv troupe KLAATU and was featured in three BACK STAGE cover stories. He is the Book Review Editor and Podcast Host for Flight Journal magazine's "Flying Off the Shelves." Greg has also performed numerous stage roles, including the male leads in Arsenic & Old Lace, The Mousetrap, Rehearsal for Murder, Romantic Comedy and Strange Bedfellows. He has studied with many wonderful acting teachers, including Michael Beckett, Ginny Borton, Sam Groom, Anne Jackson, Rasa Allan Kazlas, Salem Ludwig, John Monteith, and Austin Pendleton.

31 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 19, 2016