Improv Nonsense: All The Posts

by Will Hines

This is a book about long-form improv, the art of making up comedy scenes as you go (meaning no script) on a stage. Improv Nonsense was a critically acclaimed blog about long-form improv, written by Will Hines, a teacher and performer from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. The blog ranged from Will's off-the-cuff musings like "New students sure do like to use the name 'Janice'" to long, detailed essays like "Why are there fewer women then men on improv teams?." It was sharp, opinionated, made no effort to include the newcomer, interesting, friendly, helpful and often completely wrong. Six years of posts, almost 600 pages of stuff.

714 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2016

About the author

Actor, writer, improviser in Los Angeles, California. Longtime performer/teacher at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Lived in NYC for almost 20 years, sheesh. Previous lives; computer programmer, journalist.

Reviews

[Will Hines · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this book. It is a complete collection of a blog I wrote for five years on long form improv comedy. The quality is very hit or miss. But the authenticity is high: I was passionately interested in everything I wrote as I wrote it.