Alyssa is joined by Hugh Yemon to discuss the history of Improv and Theatre Games.
SHOW NOTES:
NYT: Viola Spolin, 88, a Teacher Who Inspired Improv Theater
The Difference between Spolin Games and Popular Improv
HuffPost: Why Ayn Rand Does Not Matter (and Viola Spolin Does)
NPR Illinois: From Hull House to Second City: How Chicago immigrants helped change theater
The Second City: Backstage at the World’s Greatest Comedy Theater
A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago
Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
National Women’s History Museum: Jane Adams
Viola Spolin Quotes About Improvisation
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