Improv


Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation
Improvise.: Scene from the Inside Out
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual
How To Be The Greatest Improviser On Earth
Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up
Improvisation for the Theater
Impro for Storytellers (Theatre Arts)
Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ and Dave Book
Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses "No, But" Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration--Lessons from The Second City
The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond
The Second City Almanac of Improvisation
Behind the Scenes
Art by Committee: A Guide to Advanced Improvisation
Pirate Robot Ninja: An Improv Fable
Whose Improv Is It Anyway? by Amy E. SehamDirecting Improv by Asaf RonenJill Bernard's Small Cute Book of Improv by Jill BernardDo It Now by ParallelogramophonographLes Mcgehee Plays Well With Others by Les Mcgehee
Improvisational Theatre Books
100 books — 3 voters

Improvise. by Mick NapierImpro by Keith JohnstoneArt by Committee by Charna HalpernTruth in Comedy by Charna HalpernImprovisation for the Theater by Viola Spolin
The Books of Improv
47 books — 9 voters
Not Quite the Classics by Colin MochrieDirty Jokes and Beer by Drew CareySmartest Book in the World, The by Greg ProopsMoab Is My Washpot by Stephen FrySelf-Inflicted Wounds by Aisha Tyler
Whose List is it Anyway?
5 books — 2 voters

Whose Improv Is It Anyway? by Amy E. SehamFree Play by Stephen NachmanovitchPlay Your Way Sane by Clay DrinkoImprov(e) by Jen Oleniczak BrownThe Playmaker Mindset by Jeff Rogers
Applied Improvisation Books
94 books — 5 voters

Jen Kirkman
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 e ...more
Jen Kirkman, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids

The world of improv is a portal into mindfulness and magic.
Patricia Ryan Madson, Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up

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Improv A group for Improv lovers and actors
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Improv Book Club Improv nerds unite and read books about improv.
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Improv Roleplay The name is pretty self-explanatory. It's roleplay... but in improv form! Basically, here's how…more
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Impactful guitar books on theory and technique
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