Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser

Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser

<p><i>Improvising Better </i>is an easy to read self-help book created with the new generation of improviser in mind. It's written for today's performers, looking for a quick fix to their performance problems. This book is a fast read with long-lasting results.</p> <p>Jimmy Carrane and Liz Allen have improvised, taught, and directed in Chicago for over thirty years combined, and have either seen or experienced the most common problems facing improvisers today. <i>Improvising Better</i> will give you simple tools for repairing your improvisation through original and enhanced exercises. This book addresses the improviser as a whole, including how offstage issues affect onstage performance. Speaking candidly about this very personal art form, Carrane and Allen offer common-sense solutions, some tough love, and a little inspiration along the way. </p> <p>Whether you are a beginner or a veteran, <i>Improvising Better</i> will catapult you to the next level in your career as a working improviser.</p>