Author, teacher, and improviser Michael Gellman was given a mission
by Del Close himself: "[T]o create improvised one-act plays of
literary quality from scratch." Already steeped in the world of
improvisation, he took it upon himself to do this, in the form of a
class for other improvisers in which they would build the skills
necessary to execute such a seemingly tall order. Scruggs and
Gellman's book, modeled after Stanislavski's timeless "An Actor
Prepares," follows a fictional young actor taking Gellman's
real-life class.
Scruggs and Gellman introduce readers to Geoff, who has just moved
to Chicago to pursue acting. He undergoes the standard trials of
audition and rejection before he takes the advice of a fellow actor
and turns to improv classes at Second City. At first, Geoff thinks
improvisation is about laughs and loosening up, but he soon learns
that it is a powerful tool as well as an end in itself. Through
Geoff's eyes, the book introduces readers to key tenets of
improvisation: concentration, visualization, focus, object work,
being in the moment, and the crucial "yes, and." His experiences
with the basics of improvisation do serve to get him a few roles,
but his real breakthrough comes when he signs up for an improvised
one-act class with Michael Gellman. He and his classmates arrive
unprepared for the challenge, but with Gellman's prompts and
advice, they slowly move through process to performance over the
course of three seasons in Chicago. The class culminates with their
final project: a completely improvised one-act play performed in
front of a live audience.
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