Book List

  1. Cover of Comedy Writing Step by Step Comedy Writing Step by Step by Gene Perret How to write and sell your sense of humor by Bob Hope's head comedy writer.
  2. Cover of Creating Unforgettable Characters Creating Unforgettable Characters by Linda Seger A practical guide to character development in films, TV series, advertisements, and short stories.
  3. Cover of Free Play: Improvisation in Life and the Arts Free Play: Improvisation in Life and the Arts by Stephan Nachmanovitch An intense and superb guide to creativity regardless of the medium.
  4. Cover of Games for Actors and Non-Actors Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto Boal A companion handbook to Boal's Theatre of the Opressed.
  5. Cover of Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone An idea book with a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity.
  6. Cover of Improvisation Improvisation by John Hodgson and Ernest Richards This practical book focuses on the way in which improvised drama helps people draw on their imaginative resources.
  7. Cover of Improvisation for the Theater: 
A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques Improvisation for the Theater: 
A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques by Viola Spolin The most recent edition of the improviser's Bible from the originator of theatre games.
  8. Cover of Respect for Acting Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen A textbook on acting by one of the greatest living actors with a passion for the craft.
  9. Cover of Sanford Meisner on Acting Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell and Sydney Pollack A glimpse into the creative mind of the best known and beloved teacher of acting in the country.
  10. Cover of Something Wonderful Right Away Something Wonderful Right Away by Jeffery Sweet An oral history of the The Second City and the Compass Players through interviews with prominent alumni.
  11. Cover of Successful Stand-Up Comedy Successful Stand-Up Comedy by Gene Perret Advise on gathering material, rehearsing, and polishing an act by Bob Hope's head comedy writer.
  12. Cover of The Compass The Compass by Janet Coleman A history of the improvisational theatre that revolutionized American comedy.
  13. Cover of The Inner Game of Tennis The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey A handbook on the mind/body connection and the art of focusing.
  14. Cover of Theatre of the Opressed Theatre of the Opressed by Augusto Boal A combination of analysis and practice that is indispensable to those involved in dramatic theory as well as performance technique.
  15. Cover of To the Actor : On the Technique of Acting To the Actor : On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov A standard text for students of the theater clarifying the pivotal role of the actor's imagination.
  16. Cover of Truth in Comedy : The Manual of Improvisation Truth in Comedy : The Manual of Improvisation by Charna Halpern, Del Close and Kim Johnson The improv method handbook from Chicago's Improv Olympic with a foreword by alumni Mike Myers.