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Chicago Improv Festival Productions:
Facebook.com/collegecomedychampionship
CIF Partners:
Around The Coyote Arts Festival
CIF 2007 Co-Presenters:
Annoyance Productions
CIF 2007 Star Sponsorship:
Heineken Premium Light: CIF 2007's Official Beer
CIF 2007 Co-Star Sponsorships:
Essex Inn of Chicago: CIF 2007's Official Hotel
CIF 2007 Ensemble Sponsorships:
Chipotle
CIF 2007 Official Bars:
Dick's Last Resort
Improv-Related Links:
Bay Area Theatresports
Comedy-Related Links:
30 Rock
Other Links of Interest:
Acorn Theater
Recommended Books Acting on Impulse: The Art of Making Improv Theater, by Carol Hazenfield Action Theater: The Improvisation of Presence, by Ruth Zaporah Art by Committee: A Guide to Advanced Improvisation, by Charna Halpren The Art of Chicago Improv: Shortcuts to Long-Form Improvisation, by Rob Kozlowski Backstage At Saturday Night Live, by Michael McKenzie Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcom Gladwell Book on Acting: Improvisational Technique, by Stephen Book The Compass, by Janet Coleman Days and Nights at The Second City, by Bernie Sahlins Directing Improv: Show the Way by Getting Out of the Way, by Asaf Ronen The Funniest One in the Room: The Lives and Legends of Del Close, by Kim "Howard" Johnson Group Improvisation: The Manuel of Ensemble Improv Games, by Peter Gwinn & Charna Halpren Guru: My Days with Del Close, by Jeff Griggs How to Run a Theater, by Jim Voltz Impro, by Keith Johnstone Impro for Storytellers, by Keith Johnstone Improv! A Handbook for the Actor, by Greg Atkins Improv Comedy, by Andy Goldberg Improv For Actors, by Dan Diggles Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Theatre, Comedy and Beyond, by Tom Salinsky & Deborah Frances-White Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up, by Patricia Ryan Madson Improvisation For The Theater, by Viola Spolin The Improvisation Game, by Chris Johnston Improvise: Scene from the Inside Out, by Mick Napier Improvise This! How to Think on Your Feet so You Don't Fall on Your Face, by Mark Bergren, Molly Cox, and Jim Detmar Improvise Yourself: Business Spontaneity at the Speed of Thought, by Joseph A. Keefe Improvising Better: A Guide for the Working Improviser, by Jimmy Carrane & Liz Allen Innovation At The Speed of Laughter: 8 Secrets To World Class Idea Generation, by John Sweeney Interactive Acting: Acting, Improvisation and Interacting for Audience Particpatory Theatre, by Jeff Wirth Jill Bernard's Small Cute Book of Improv, by Jill Bernard Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, by Tom Shales & James Andrew Miller Musical Improv Comedy: Creating Songs in the Moment, by Michael Pollock Musical Direction For Improv And Sketch Comedy, by Michael Pollock Never Have Your Dog Stuffed And Other Things I've Learned, by Alan Alda Process: An Improviser's Journey, by Mary Scruggs & Michael J. Gellman Saturday Night Live, by Anne Beatts & John Head Saturday Night Live, by Rolling Stone Press SCTC: Behind The Scenes, by Dave Thomas The Second City Almanac Of Improvisation, by Anne Libera and various writers The Second City: A Backstage History of Comedy's Hottest Troupe, by Donna McCrohan The Second City: Backstage at the World's Greatest Comedy Theater, by Sheldon Patinkin Something Wonderful Right Away: An Oral History of The Second City and The Compass Players, by Jeffery Sweet Story Theater: Adapted for the Stage, by Paul Sills Story Theater: Four Shows, by Paul Sills Theater Games For The Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook, by Viola Spolin Theater Games for the Lone Actor: A Handbook, by Viola Spolin A Theater Of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago, by Richard Christansen Theatre Of The Oppressed, by Augusto Boal Truth In Comedy, by Charna Halpren, Del Close & Kim "Howard"Johnson Whose Improv Is It Anyway: Beyond Second City, by Amy E. Seham Recommended Thesis Playing The Fool: Paradigms of Face in Improvisational Comedy Training, by Brooke O'Neill, 2004, The University of Chicago |
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