by Gary Schwartz | Oct 29, 2014 | Blog
Spolin and Sills Laid Down The Rules. The Generations Who Came After Played by Them. That’s How Chicago Invented Itself by Todd London Originally published as “Chicago Impromptu” in American Theatre, July/August 1990 In the beginning, Viola Spolin wrote the word...
by Gary Schwartz | Jul 6, 2014 | Blog
My Big Breakthrough “…trying to force an insight can actually prevent the insight. While it is commonly assumed that the best way to solve a difficult problem is to relentlessly focus, this clenched state of mind comes with a hidden cost; it inhibits the sort of...
by Gary Schwartz | Jul 1, 2014 | Blog
Playwriting is not Scene Improvisation Some students find it very difficult to keep from “writing a play.” They remain separate from the group and never interrelate. Their withdrawal blocks progress while working on-stage. They do not enter into...
by Gary Schwartz | Jun 6, 2014 | Games, Spontaneity, Theory
In our ever more complex and technological era, true person to person interaction is lost as we interact with each other via technology instead. (witness this blog) The technological revolution has brought us closer in one respect, but the need to interact in a...
by Gary Schwartz | May 29, 2014 | Blog
When you don’t see where you are, all you can do is talk about it. You get a suggestion for a scene: Who – A husband and wife. Where – at Disneyland. What – waiting to get on a ride. Most players will begin the scene with dialogue something like this. Husband: Well,...
