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Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 —
November 22, 1994) was an
American theatre academic,
educator and
acting coach. She is
considered an
important innovator...
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basic tenets of improvisation.
Schwartz states that he
never heard Viola Spolin propose anything similar and that in fact she
would have been categorically...
- training. By the mid-1960s,
Viola Spolin's classes were
handed over to her protégé, Jo Forsberg, who
further developed Spolin's methods into a one-year course...
- City. Sills, Aretha; Sills, Carol. "Viola
Spolin: Biography".
Viola Spolin Official Website. The
Viola Spolin Estate.
Retrieved May 31, 2023. "Planet Improv...
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inventiveness that can just come to mind, body and
spirit as an inspiration.
Viola Spolin created theater games as a
method of
training improvisational acting. Her...
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Littlewood and
Keith Johnstone in the UK and
Viola Spolin in the US; see
Johnstone (1981) and
Spolin (1963).
Brown (1998, 441),
Cartledge (1997, 3–5),...
- comedy.
Spolin also
became interested in how the
process of
learning improvisation was
applicable to the
development of
human potential.
Spolin's son, Paul...
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teacher and
writer Viola Spolin, who aut****d the
first book on
improvisation techniques,
Improvisation for the Theater.
Spolin in turn was the student...
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improvised comedy,
McClurg studied improvisation with
Viola Spolin, and
became a
player with
Spolin Players. On
April 9, 2007, she made an
appearance on Thank...
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classroom with the "theatre games" of
Viola Spolin and
Keith Johnstone in the 1950s.
Viola Spolin, who was one of the
founders the
famous comedy troupe...
