by Gary Schwartz | Apr 3, 2026 | Blog, Theory
The Theory of Play By Neva Boyd Summary For Neva Boyd, play is its own end. Further, she sees play as transcending cultural and historical lines and believes that human play has the same characteristics in primitive man and in modern man. Beyond this, she finds play...
by Gary Schwartz | Aug 22, 2021 | Games, Giberish, Improv Games, Spontaneity, The Spolin Players
Fluency with Gibberish and Verbal Agility One player goes out. Audience co-creates a story. The focus is for one player to tell that story in gibberish to the returning player. The player who does not know this story must translate each part of the gibberish story...
by Gary Schwartz | Jun 25, 2021 | Games, Improv Games, Refining Awareness, Verbal Agility, Who Games
FOCUS On the sidecoaching received. Description Single player describes an experience or recollection. While relating the story, the player is to accept and utilize the prompts and suggestions* provided by the sidecoach. * note to the sidecoach: listen carefully and...
by Gary Schwartz | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog
The Trouble with Yes, and… Written by Gary Schwartz “Information is a very weak form of communication” – Viola Spolin I have been working with Spolin Games for the last thirty years. I first began in an improv comedy class learning how to be fast and funny with...
