by Gary Schwartz | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog
“I don’t believe in success and failure.” – Viola Spolin. Over the years, I’ve had countless new students confess that they signed up for my workshop precisely because Improv terrifies them — and they want to face that fear head‑on. I always admire that kind of...
by Gary Schwartz | Jan 26, 2021 | Improv Games, Warm Up Games
Single File is a good game to play with younger players. It promotes a lot of interaction and cooperation. Players split into two teams. One team lines up and stands at attention while the other team watches. Then they run out of the room or behind a screen and...
by Gary Schwartz | Jan 24, 2021 | Improv Games, Lecture / Explanation, Sensory Awareness, Spacewalks, Viola Spolin, Warm Up Games
Theater Games for the Classroom Project Or Sameaj Montessori in Mexico City teacher/student training program In 2019 I was invited by film director and founder of Or Sameaj Montessori, Jack Zagha Kababbie to conduct a series of Spolin Improv workshops for teachers at...
by Gary Schwartz | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog
The Innovators From Dramatics Magazine 2010-09-09 Viola Spolin – Jeffrey Sweet, author of Something Wonderful Right Away – an Oral History of Second City and The Compass Players Young Viola Spolin wanted to be an actress. She left her home in Chicago and went to New...
by Gary Schwartz | Oct 9, 2020 | Games, Improv Games, Refining Awareness, The Spolin Players, Who Games
FOCUS On holding a facial and bodily expression through a scene. Description Choose a short statement that could embody a ‘life script’ or attitude such as “Nobody loves me.”, “I never met a person I didn’t like.”, “Life...
