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100 1 _aScruggs, Mary,
_eauthor.
_91074293
245 1 0 _aProcess :
_ban improviser's journey /
_cMary Scruggs and Michael J. Gellman ; foreword by Anne Libera.
264 1 _aEvanston, Ill. :
_bNorthwestern University Press,
_c2008.
300 _axxvii, 155 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (page 155).
505 0 0 _g1.
_tAn Improviser's Journey --
_g2.
_tThe Audition --
_g3.
_tA New Journey --
_g4.
_tObjects, Environments, and a Trip Through the Imagination --
_g5.
_tThe Trouble with Words --
_g6.
_tThe Universe Within a Single Point of Concentration --
_g7.
_tLooking Out --
_g8.
_tCouch and Point of View --
_g9.
_tA Small Town Called Henry --
_g10.
_tFive-Minute Porch Plays --
_g11.
_tHere, There Be Dragons.
520 1 _a"Modeled after An Actor Prepares by Konstantin Stanislavsky, Process introduces readers to Geoff, a fictional young actor taking a class based on author Michael J. Gellman's real-life workshops. Geoff, who has just moved to Chicago to pursue an acting career, undergoes the standard trials of audition and rejection before he takes the advice of a fellow actor and turns to improv classes at The Second City. At first Geoff thinks improvisation is about laughs and loosening up, but he soon learns that it is a powerful tool for traditional actors as well as a craft in and of itself. Through Geoff's experience, readers discover key tenets of improvisation: concentration, visualization, focus, object work, being in the moment, and the crucial "yes, and.""--BOOK JACKET.
588 _aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650 0 _aImprovisation (Acting)
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700 1 _aGellman, Michael J.,
_eauthor.
_91074294
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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