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Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as improv)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,529 ratings — published 1994
Improvise.: Scene from the Inside Out (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as improv)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,149 ratings — published 2004
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as improv)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,238 ratings — published 1979
The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as improv)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,348 ratings — published 2013
How To Be The Greatest Improviser On Earth (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 60 times as improv)
avg rating 4.53 — 967 ratings — published 2016
Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as improv)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,666 ratings — published 2005
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as improv)
avg rating 4.27 — 716 ratings — published 1963
Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ and Dave Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as improv)
avg rating 4.35 — 277 ratings — published 2015
Impro for Storytellers (Theatre Arts)
by (shelved 42 times as improv)
avg rating 4.18 — 467 ratings — published 1994
Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses "No, But" Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration--Lessons from The Second City ― A Guide for Leaders and Teams (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as improv)
avg rating 3.65 — 1,390 ratings — published 2015
The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as improv)
avg rating 3.97 — 231 ratings — published 2008
Behind the Scenes (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as improv)
avg rating 4.25 — 106 ratings — published 2015
The Second City Almanac of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as improv)
avg rating 4.08 — 132 ratings — published 2004
Art by Committee: A Guide to Advanced Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as improv)
avg rating 3.82 — 187 ratings — published 2006
Pirate Robot Ninja: An Improv Fable (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as improv)
avg rating 4.39 — 225 ratings — published
How to Improvise a Full-Length Play: The Art of Spontaneous Theater (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 19 times as improv)
avg rating 4.17 — 65 ratings — published 2007
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as improv)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,133 ratings — published 1990
Jill Bernard's Small Cute Book of Improv (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as improv)
avg rating 4.61 — 152 ratings — published 2002
Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as improv)
avg rating 3.90 — 104 ratings — published 2006
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as improv)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,077,032 ratings — published 2011
Process: An Improviser's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as improv)
avg rating 3.86 — 81 ratings — published 2007
Long-Form Improv: The Complete Guide to Creating Characters, Sustaining Scenes, and Performing Extraordinary Harolds (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as improv)
avg rating 3.68 — 88 ratings — published 2012
Improvising Now: A Practical Guide to Modern Improv (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as improv)
avg rating 4.49 — 105 ratings — published 2014
Improv Therapy: How to get out of your own way to become a better improviser (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as improv)
avg rating 3.75 — 131 ratings — published 2014
Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as improv)
avg rating 3.98 — 587 ratings — published 2017
The Playbook: Improv Games for Performers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as improv)
avg rating 3.80 — 42 ratings — published 2014
Directing Improv (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as improv)
avg rating 4.13 — 39 ratings — published 2005
The Complete Improviser: Concepts, Techniques, and Exercises for Long Form Improvisation (1)
by (shelved 10 times as improv)
avg rating 4.43 — 53 ratings — published
Acting on Impulse: The Art of Making Improv Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as improv)
avg rating 4.39 — 28 ratings — published 2002
Group Improvisation: The Manual of Ensemble Improv Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as improv)
avg rating 3.96 — 56 ratings — published 2003
A Subversive's Guide to Improvisation: Moving Beyond "Yes, And" (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 4.43 — 70 ratings — published
Long-Form Improvisation & The Art Of Zen: A Manual For Advanced Performers (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 3.63 — 41 ratings — published 2009
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 3.85 — 567,072 ratings — published 2014
Musical Improv Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 4.15 — 46 ratings — published 2003
Something Wonderful: An Oral History of the Second City & the Compass Players (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 4.08 — 74 ratings — published 1978
The Triangle of the Scene: A simple, practical, powerful method for approaching improvisation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as improv)
avg rating 4.25 — 71 ratings — published 2015
Aerodynamics of Yes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as improv)
avg rating 3.93 — 34 ratings — published 2012
Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as improv)
avg rating 4.17 — 231 ratings — published 1986
Improvisation for the Spirit: Live a More Creative, Spontaneous, and Courageous Life Using the Tools of Improv Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as improv)
avg rating 3.67 — 69 ratings — published 2008
Improv for Everyone (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as improv)
avg rating 3.89 — 90 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Chicago Improv: Short Cuts to Long-Form Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as improv)
avg rating 3.45 — 29 ratings — published 2002
Play Your Way Sane: 120 Improv-Inspired Exercises to Help You Calm Down, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace Uncertainty (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 3.88 — 78 ratings — published 2021
The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of LIfe (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 4.07 — 264 ratings — published 2019
Getting to "yes And": The Art of Business Improv (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 3.57 — 107 ratings — published
Improv ABC: The A-Z Guide to Becoming An Unstoppable Improviser (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 4.09 — 11 ratings — published 2015
Theater Games for the Lone Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 4.11 — 65 ratings — published 2001
Guru: My Days with Del Close (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 4.03 — 256 ratings — published 2005
The Improviser's Way: A Longform Workbook (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as improv)
avg rating 4.47 — 36 ratings — published
Improve: How I Discovered Improv and Conquered Social Anxiety (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as improv)
avg rating 3.67 — 324 ratings — published
Improvise Freely: Throw away the rulebook and unleash your creativity (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as improv)
avg rating 4.58 — 31 ratings — published 2021
“These games inspire laughter, spontaneity, ensemble building, physical and vocal expression, concentration, self-discovery/reflection, self-esteem, and, ultimately, I believe, good health. They get adults, and teenagers too, playing again, which is no small feat.”
― Zoomy Zoomy: Improv Games and Exercises for Groups
― Zoomy Zoomy: Improv Games and Exercises for Groups
“I can barely forgive myself for the time when I negged Billy from my improv troupe onstage. He said, “I have a gift for you,” and my first instinct was to say, “No you don’t.” The scene died right then and there. See what happens when I try to nurture something? I know it seems dramatic to relate destroying an improv scene to possibly destroying a child’s life, but improv and child rearing are not so different. Both are jobs that people volunteer for and complain about endlessly, and they bore everyone around them as they talk about the process.”
― I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids
― I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids
