Artículos
News
/ 29 de April de 2024
This quarter no books have been presented, but we have added many new ones to the list, and we rescued one recently published. New this quarter: Last year, the Argentinian improviser Paula Farías presented her “Manual de clases”, an eminently practical guide for putting together twelve sessions of improvisation classes (for both online and in-person modality). A self-edition now available in easy-access digital format, you must contact the author for an edition in physical format. Nuevos en el listado: In addition, the following have been added to the list of improv books. Mainly books about theatrical play and by Argentine authors....
Find the best improv books, now in english
News
/ 26 de March de 2024
The improv book catalog on this website currently has 210 titles, of which 44 are available in Spanish and the main part are available in English with 165 titles. There are also 10 titles in Portuguese (mainly Brazilian), 9 in French and 3 in Italian. Obviously these figures overlap because there are many titles that have been translated from their original edition into other languages. And we know that there are still many books we have to continue incorporating and classifying, especially in French and other languages outside of those mentioned above. Any suggestions to add to this bibliography of improv books are welcome. This month, the work has been to translate all the information already available into English, so that more people can access this bibliographic compendium, trying to create the best resource to find impro books. If y...
Improv beyond the stage
Guides
/ 31 de January de 2024
Applied improv is the branch of theatrical improvisation that tries to apply its principles and mechanisms to other areas such as work, teaching or life....
Novedades del cuarto trimestre 2023
News
/ 9 de January de 2024
We close the year, we close the quarter and we look back to review the new improv books that we have added to the list. We have not detected any release, so we stopped to see the latest work by Alexis Díaz-Pimienta. If we have missed a new improv book, leave it in the comments. Quarter editorial novelties: The work of the Cuban repentista Alexis Díaz-Pimienta is extensive, important are his academic books on improvisation of “decimas”. This book, made for the National Autonomous University of Mexico, is available for free download. New additions to the improv book list Additionally, the following have been added to the list of improv books:...
Amy Poehler, a life on improv and comedy
Guides
/ 20 de November de 2023
Since she was little she liked theater and her first approach to improv was at university. She studied at Boston College where she belonged to the improv group. Later he deepened his training in improvisation and comedy with Charna Halpern in ImprovOlympic and later in The Second City in Chicago where she met Tina Fey. He founded the improv company Upright Citizens Brigade in Chicago. In 1996 the group moved to New York where they started a small theater. The success came when his show became a 30 minutes weekly on the Comedy Central television network. To read the entire history of UCB I recommend reading the book High-status Characters, in which journalist Brian Raferty interviews the company’s cast to outline its history. From 2001 to 2008, Poehler was a main cast member of Saturday Night Live, where she again met Tina Fey. Toget...