The Second City almanac of improvisation

1: Beginning

Viola Spolin

First class / Frank McAnulty

The rules

Object work, or "A mime is not a terrible thing to waste" / Tim Kazurinsky

Environment / Bruce Hunter

Give and take

Where we came from: A very brief history of revue / Bernard Sahlins

An improvisational almanac: part one

2: Playing the scene

Martin / Brian Stack

Perfect partner / Martin de Maat

Relationship / Shari Hollett

Transformation of relationships / Avery Schreiber

Perfect partner, part two / Martin de Maat

Status

Living large in the moment / Michael J. Gellman

Play is physical / Dexter Bullard

An improvisational almanac: part two

3: The performer inside the scene

A few thoughts on improvisation / Fred Willard

Finding the funny / Andrew Currie

How do you create characters? or "I do this hilarious guy who has a funny hat" / Dave Razowsky

Playing at the top of your intelligence

Character: playing with intelligence and heart / Nick Johne

In the beginning...making initiations / Susan Messing

Forming opinions / Avery Schreiber

Finding scenic point of view / Sandra Balcovske

Finding your voice / Keegan-Michael Key

An improvisational almanac: part three

4: Improvisation and acting

Building a character within an ensemble through the games / Sheldon Patinkin

An improvisational almanac: part four

5: Long forms, short forms, scenes, and games

Improvisation: the fine line between suck and not bad and how to get away from that line and go to another line where the options are better / Adam McKay

Del Close / David Pasquesi

Top ten performance games of the second city national touring company

An improvisational almanac: part five

6: Creating material

Doing it again / Tina Fey

Pre-planning a second city scene

The ensemble creates a revue

Putting up a traditional second city improv set

Blackouts and extended blackouts

How to bottle lightning for fun and profit / Chris Earle

An improvisational almanac: part six

7: Directing

Blessed obstacles / Ron West

Running orders

Ideal running order / Norm Holly

An improvisational almanac: part seven.