Viola Spolin
Who is she?
- an American theatre academic, educator and acting coach- mother of improvisation for her development of Theater Games (directorial techniques to help actors to be focused in the present moment and to find choices improvisationally)
- published the book Improvisation for the Theater (including those techniques, her philosophy, teaching and coaching methods) —"bible of improvisational theater"
Some Spolin Games Used in Performance:
- Emotional Symphony:
Each player is assigned an emotion by the audience. The ensemble is then conducted through an opening "overture".
- Gibberish Relay:
The entire cast immediately as the play in the middle must translate back and forth between players on wither side who speak in gibberish.
- Animals:
After the audience assigns each player an animal, the players must explore the animal physically, verbally, then interact with each other as animals, and finally bring the animals up into human forms with attitudes and traits intact.
- Camera:
As two players do a scene of the audience's choosing, a third player calls out "camera" alternating between giving full mental and physical attention, like the lens of a camera, to each other.
- Contact:
Players do a scene in which dialogue can only occur when some form of physical contact is made.
- Who am I:
A player is sent out of earshot and upon his return must interact will fellow players until he is aware of the famous or occupational identity the audience has chosen for him. Who am I?
- Transformations:
Two players begin a physical activity of the audience's choosing. Through a series of movements, changes, verbal, and non-verbal interactions with each other and other players who join in, they eventually transform their activity into a group involvement, which the audience has also chosen.
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