BOOKS ABOUT IMPROV
We love learning about Improvisational Theatre and hope you'll find these books educational.
- 101 Improv Games for Children and Adults – Bob Bedore
- Acting on Impulse: The Art of Making Improv Theater – Carol Hazenfield
- The Art of Chicago Improv: Short Cuts to Long-Form Improvisation – Rob Kozlowski
- Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere – Charlie Todd & Alex Scordelis
- Comedy Improvisation: Exercises and Technique for Young Actors – Delton T. Horn
- The Compass – Janet Coleman
- Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art – Stephen Nachmanovitch
- Games for Actors and Non-Actors – Augusto Boal
- Group Improvisation: The Manual of Ensemble Improv Games – Peter Gwinn
- House of Games: Making Theatre From Everyday Life – Chris Johnston
- Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre – Keith Johnstone
- Impro for Storytellers – Keith Johnstone
- Improv! A Handbook for the Actor – Greg Atkins
- Improv Ideas: A Book of Games And Lists – Justine Jones and Mary Ann Kelley
- Improvisation for the Spirit: Live a More Creative, Spontaneous, and Courageous Life Using the Tools of Improv Comedy – Katie Goodman
- Improvisation for the Theatre: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques – Viola Spolin
- Improvisation Through Theatre Sports – Lynda Belt and Rebecca Stockley
- Improv for Actors – Dan Diggles
- The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond – Tom Salinsky & Deborah Frances-White
- Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up – Patricia Ryan Madson
- Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out – Mick Napier
- Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser – Jimmy Carrane & Liz Allen
- Improvising Real Life: Personal Story in Playback Theatre – Jo Salas
- Musical Improv Comedy: Creating Songs in the Moment – Michael Pollock
- The Playbook: 370 improv games for performers – William Hall
- The Second City Almanac of Improvisation – Anne Libera
- Something Like a Drug: An Unauthorized Oral History of Theatresports – Kathleen Foreman and Clem Martini
- Something Wonderful Right Away – Jeffrey Sweet
- Theatre Games – Clive Barker
- Theatre Games for the Lone Actor – Viola Spolin
- Theatrical Improvisation: Short Form, Long Form, and Sketch-Based Improv – Jeanne Leep
- Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation – Charna Halpern
- The Ultimate Improv Book: A Complete Guide to Comedy Improvisation – Edward J. Nevraumont