Embodied Playwriting (eBook, ePUB)

Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising
Redaktion: Haft Bucs, Hillary; Menefee, Charissa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Embodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising is the first book to compile new and adapted exercises for teaching playwriting in the classroom, workshop, or studio through the lens of acting and improvisation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000898132
• Artikelnr.: 68259130

Autorenporträt

Hillary Haft Bucs is a Professor of Theatre at Western New England University, where she teaches Playwriting, Acting, and Improvisational Comedy. With Valerie Clayman Pye, she co-edited Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics in Practice: Perspectives on Activating the Actor (Routledge 2020). Charissa Menefee is a playwright and poet, the Artistic Director of The EcoTheatre Lab, and a Professor of English and Theatre at Iowa State University, where she co-directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Creating Characters 1. The Meet and Greet: Creating Opportunities
for Surprise and Discovery 2. Improvising Between the Lines: Enhancing the
Script by Embodying Subtext 3. Using Improv to Create Original Plays:
Respectfully Writing Diverse Characters 4. Character's Search for
Authenticity: Improvisation for the Revision Process Part 2: Body and Mind
5. The Picture Project: Originating Story through Movement 6. Physical
Expressions in Devised Playwriting 7. Active Group Playwriting:
Psychodramatic Techniques Adapted for Playmaking Part 3: Playing Games 8.
Building the World of the Play Through Collaborative Performance 9. It's
All About Play: Locating the Game in Embodied Playwriting 10. Folkgames as
Creative Stimulus for Devising: The Case of Chaskele Part 4: Changemaking
11. 'Laughter that shatters': Improv Techniques for Social Justice Comedy
Playwriting 12. Writing for Change: Guiding Activist Playwrights in
Classrooms and Communities 13. Community-Based Play Creation 14. Writing
Climate Justice: Personal Storytelling and Source Material Devising as
Embodied Methodology Part 5: Curated Exercises 15. Embodied Playwriting
Exercises for Classroom, Workshop, and Studio: Skill-Building and Content
Generation 16. Embodied Playwriting Exercises for Classroom, Workshop, and
Studio: The Revision Process