The Ultimate Improv Book: A Complete Guide to Comedy Improvisation Book

Part 1	Introduction	1
Chapter 1	What Is Improv?	3
Chapter 2	Creating an Improv Team	6
Part 2	Improv Skills	13
Chapter 3	Improv Foundations	15
Chapter 4	Rules of the Stage	30
Chapter 5	Who? What? Where?	35
Chapter 6	Physicalization--The "Where"	39
Chapter 7	Characterization--The "Who"	41
Chapter 8	Storytelling--The "What"	44
Chapter 9	The Huddle--Before You Begin	51
Chapter 10	Teamwork	54
Chapter 11	Use of Suggestion	58
Chapter 12	The Presentation	63
Chapter 13	One Final Concept	65
Part 3	Structuring	69
Chapter 14	Flags	71
Chapter 15	Making Structures	74
Chapter 16	"Who" Structures	76
Chapter 17	"What" Structures	81
Chapter 18	"How" Structures	87
Chapter 19	"Use of Suggestion" Structures	91
Chapter 20	Reality-Based Structures	98
Chapter 21	Other Things to Think About	109
Part 4	Strategies	113
Chapter 22	Tips and Hints	115
Chapter 23	Self-Evaluation	117
Chapter 24	Putting on a Show	120
	Appendices	131
Appendix 1	Improv Games Events	133
Appendix 2	Practice Schedule	147
Appendix 3	Games	149
Appendix 4	Singing and Rhyming	239
Appendix 5	Lists	250
Appendix 6	Recommended Reading	264
Appendix 7	A Glossary of Improv Terms	266
	About the Authors	271