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The Improviser’s Way: A Longform Workbook
The Improviser’s Way is a workbook for longform improvisers at any level. Follow the twelve-week programme with your team or on your own. Become a better improviser and a better person! Develop a work ethic for your craft and find ways to cope with bad gigs, jealousy, fear of missing out and your inner critic. Katy Schutte’s book is full of exercises, essays, techniques and advice for learning faster and becoming (more) amazing at improvisation.
About the Author:
Katy Schutte is an improviser, writer, comedian, actor and director. She trained in Drama at the University of Hull before finding her true passion at iO Chicago, Second City Chicago and with teachers from The Annoyance Theatre, UCB and other world-class improv training schools. Katy has been a member of award-winning improv company The Maydays since their founding year in 2004. She performed in a twoprov with Rachel Blackman for over a decade and performs in science-fiction show Project2. Katy is a Funny Women Finalist and has written and starred in several acclaimed live comedy shows including Schutte the Unromantic and Who Ya Gonna Call? (the Ghostbusters fan-tribute musical). You can often catch her in TV commercials and nerdy comedy shows. Katy lives in London and teaches and performs all over the world.
About the Author:
Katy Schutte is an improviser, writer, comedian, actor and director. She trained in Drama at the University of Hull before finding her true passion at iO Chicago, Second City Chicago and with teachers from The Annoyance Theatre, UCB and other world-class improv training schools. Katy has been a member of award-winning improv company The Maydays since their founding year in 2004. She performed in a twoprov with Rachel Blackman for over a decade and performs in science-fiction show Project2. Katy is a Funny Women Finalist and has written and starred in several acclaimed live comedy shows including Schutte the Unromantic and Who Ya Gonna Call? (the Ghostbusters fan-tribute musical). You can often catch her in TV commercials and nerdy comedy shows. Katy lives in London and teaches and performs all over the world.
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March 7, 2020
I should stress that i've read most of this, and not done half the exercises yet, but it's fab :) Not the sort of book you read in one go, so I'm marking it as 'read'.
Nice to have an improv book that is practical as a workbook that can be used solo or with a group, and also allows for some reflection and introspection. Katy's advice is sound and thought provoking.
Nice to have an improv book that is practical as a workbook that can be used solo or with a group, and also allows for some reflection and introspection. Katy's advice is sound and thought provoking.
February 21, 2018
Learning improv from a book is a bit of an oxymoron. The whole point of the art form is that you make things up as you go along, so there's only so much that sitting around and reading can help you do it. With that in mind, Katy Schutte has managed to write a book that has had a genuine impact on my life as an improviser.
By structuring her book as a 12 week Katy both breaks down the material into small, workable chunks, and helps keep you focused on the most important thing; going out there and doing improv. The book itself is full of guidance, exercises and essays on a wide variety of topics that will teach you something new regardless of how experienced an improviser you are. It's already inspired a variety of practice sessions for my troupe.
Having said all that, what made this book for me is its voice. Katy's essays are hilarious, insightful, and relentlessly focused on encouraging you to be the improviser you want to be. There are no right or wrong answers beyond those you decide for yourself. That message is one I now wholeheartedly believe in.
So if you're an improviser, buy this. And if you're an improviser in London, see if you can track down Katy for a class. You won't be disappointed.
By structuring her book as a 12 week Katy both breaks down the material into small, workable chunks, and helps keep you focused on the most important thing; going out there and doing improv. The book itself is full of guidance, exercises and essays on a wide variety of topics that will teach you something new regardless of how experienced an improviser you are. It's already inspired a variety of practice sessions for my troupe.
Having said all that, what made this book for me is its voice. Katy's essays are hilarious, insightful, and relentlessly focused on encouraging you to be the improviser you want to be. There are no right or wrong answers beyond those you decide for yourself. That message is one I now wholeheartedly believe in.
So if you're an improviser, buy this. And if you're an improviser in London, see if you can track down Katy for a class. You won't be disappointed.
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