Keith johnstone and viola spolin biography

keith johnstone and viola spolin biography

Biography - Viola Spolin, carousel

    Viola Spolin was an actress, educator, director, author, and the creator of theater games, a system of actor training that uses games she devised to organically teach the formal rules of the theater.

The History of Theatrical Improvisation - Unscripted Project

    Viola Spolin was an actress, educator, director, author, and the creator of theater games, a system of actor training that uses games she devised to organically teach the formal rules of the theater.
Both Keith Johnstone and Viola Spolin formed the seeds of their ideas through working with children.
Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 — November 22, 1994) was an American theatre academic, educator and acting coach.
Keith Johnstone, a pioneer of contemporary improvisational theatre, died on March 11.

Medical Improv has deep roots in education and theatre. Find out where it all began.

Brief history of improv

1920’s – Neva Boyd founds the Recreational Training school at the Hull House in Chicago, pioneering the use of games and play as teaching methods. 

1939-40’s – Viola Spolin, a student of Boyd's, evolves and expands the games into a form of theatre instruction and performance, known as "Theater Games." 

1950's – Paul Sills (Spolin's son) and David Shepherd form the Compass Players, the first professional improvisational theatre company. In England, Keith Johnstone begins independently developing a body of work in improvisational theatre in drama education.

1959 -- The Second City improv theatre company is founded.

1963 — Spolin's Improvisation for the Theater is published.

1970’s-present – Improv spreads around the world.

1979 — Johnstone's Impro is published. 

1990’s-present – Applied Improv evolves; the Applied Improv Network is Founded

Improvisation for the Mind: Theatrical Improvisation ...

  • Over 50 years ago Viola Spolin, created a philosophy that is more relevant and needed today than it has ever been.

    • CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE IMPROVISATIONAL ...

      Viola Spolin (November 7, — November 22, ) was an American theatre academic, educator and acting coach.

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  • Keith continued to teach workshops at the Moose and internationally up until 2018.

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  • Keith continued to teach workshops at the Moose and internationally up until My surprising journey into the world of Keith began in when a close friend handed me a copy of Impro and said that if I liked Viola Spolin, which I did, I would love Johnstone.

    • Del Close | improv, improvisational theater, comedy

      Whether through the Commedia dell’Arte’s comedic brilliance or the transformative methods of visionaries like Viola Spolin and Keith Johnstone, improvisational theatre has left an indelible mark on the world stage.

    Keith Johnstone, Champion of Improvisational Theater, Dies at 90

  • Keith Johnstone's work seems to have happened in isolation from Viola Spolin, as according to his book Impro he didn't hear about Viola's work until an audience.
    • Viola Spolin - Wikipedia