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Improv Books
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Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as improv)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,469 ratings — published 1994
Improvise.: Scene from the Inside Out (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as improv)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,136 ratings — published 2004
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as improv)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,000 ratings — published 1979
The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as improv)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,306 ratings — published 2013
How To Be The Greatest Improviser On Earth (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 56 times as improv)
avg rating 4.53 — 911 ratings — published 2016
Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as improv)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,585 ratings — published 2005
Improvisation for the Theater (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as improv)
avg rating 4.27 — 712 ratings — published 1963
Impro for Storytellers (Theatre Arts)
by (shelved 40 times as improv)
avg rating 4.18 — 460 ratings — published 1994
Improvisation at the Speed of Life: The TJ and Dave Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as improv)
avg rating 4.33 — 267 ratings — published 2015
Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses "No, But" Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration--Lessons from The Second City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as improv)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,347 ratings — published 2015
The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as improv)
avg rating 3.99 — 227 ratings — published 2008
The Second City Almanac of Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as improv)
avg rating 4.08 — 132 ratings — published 2004
Behind the Scenes (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as improv)
avg rating 4.25 — 102 ratings — published 2015
Art by Committee: A Guide to Advanced Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as improv)
avg rating 3.82 — 184 ratings — published 2006
Pirate Robot Ninja: An Improv Fable (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as improv)
avg rating 4.39 — 207 ratings — published
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as improv)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,000 ratings — published 1990
Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as improv)
avg rating 3.91 — 101 ratings — published 2006
How to Improvise a Full-Length Play: The Art of Spontaneous Theater (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as improv)
avg rating 4.18 — 62 ratings — published 2007
Jill Bernard's Small Cute Book of Improv (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as improv)
avg rating 4.60 — 147 ratings — published 2002
Bossypants (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as improv)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,058,794 ratings — published 2011
Process: An Improviser's Journey (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as improv)
avg rating 3.86 — 80 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 — 84 ratings — published 2012
Improvising Now: A Practical Guide to Modern Improv (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as improv)
avg rating 4.47 — 99 ratings — published 2014
Improv Therapy: How to get out of your own way to become a better improviser (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as improv)
avg rating 3.76 — 130 ratings — published 2014
Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as improv)
avg rating 3.96 — 571 ratings — published 2017
The Playbook: Improv Games for Performers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as improv)
avg rating 3.80 — 41 ratings — published 2014
Directing Improv (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as improv)
avg rating 4.08 — 36 ratings — published 2005
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 — 55 ratings — published 2003
Long-Form Improvisation & The Art Of Zen: A Manual For Advanced Performers (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 3.62 — 40 ratings — published 2009
The Complete Improviser: Concepts, Techniques, and Exercises for Long Form Improvisation (1)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 4.44 — 52 ratings — published
Musical Improv Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 4.15 — 46 ratings — published 2003
Improvisation for the Spirit: Live a More Creative, Spontaneous, and Courageous Life Using the Tools of Improv Comedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 3.65 — 65 ratings — published 2008
Something Wonderful: An Oral History of the Second City & the Compass Players (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as improv)
avg rating 4.08 — 72 ratings — published 1978
A Subversive's Guide to Improvisation: Moving Beyond "Yes, And" (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as improv)
avg rating 4.46 — 63 ratings — published
The Triangle of the Scene: A simple, practical, powerful method for approaching improvisation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as improv)
avg rating 4.24 — 66 ratings — published 2015
Yes Please (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as improv)
avg rating 3.85 — 557,618 ratings — published 2014
Aerodynamics of Yes (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as improv)
avg rating 3.88 — 32 ratings — published 2012
Improv for Everyone (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as improv)
avg rating 3.88 — 89 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Chicago Improv: Short Cuts to Long-Form Improvisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as improv)
avg rating 3.48 — 27 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
Improve: How I Discovered Improv and Conquered Social Anxiety (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 3.67 — 308 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 Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 4.18 — 231 ratings — published 1986
Business Improv: Experiential Learning Exercises to Train Employees to Handle Every Situation with Success (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 3.69 — 29 ratings — published 2011
Theater Games for the Lone Actor (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 4.12 — 65 ratings — published 2001
Guru: My Days with Del Close (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as improv)
avg rating 4.04 — 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
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
The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of LIfe (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as improv)
avg rating 4.08 — 246 ratings — published 2019
“The practice of improvisation (in contrast, say, to that of writing or painting) teaches something that we are hungry to understand: how to be in harmony with one another and how to have fun. We practice improvisation not only to “express ourselves” but to connect with others in a more immediate way.”
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“Improvisors connect for the same basic reason you and your friends connect. Say you meet someone. You like something about them and they like something about you. Your mutual interest begets mutual play. Play begets cooperation and mutual understanding, which, trampolined by fun, becomes love. Love is the highest form of play.”
― Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
― Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
