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Embodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising book cover

1st Edition

Embodied Playwriting Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising

Edited By Hillary Haft Bucs, Charissa Menefee Copyright 2023
304 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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. The book provides access to the innovative practices developed by seasoned playwriting teachers from around the world who are also actors, improv... Read more

Part 1: Creating Characters

1. The Meet and Greet: Creating Opportunities for Surprise and Discovery

Charissa Menefee

2. Improvising Between the Lines: Enhancing the Script by Embodying Subtext

Amy Seham

3. Using Improv to Create Original Plays: Respectfully Writing Diverse Characters

Stephanie Rae

4. Character’s Search for Authenticity: Improvisation for the Revision Process

Muneeb ur Rehman

Part 2: Body and Mind

5. The Picture Project: Originating Story through Movement

Sarah Kozinn

6. Physical Expressions in Devised Playwriting

Luane Davis Haggerty and Aaron Kelstone

7. Active Group Playwriting: Psychodramatic Techniques Adapted for Playmaking

David Kaye

Part 3: Playing Games

8. Building the World of the Play Through Collaborative Performance

Mike Poblete

9. It’s All About Play: Locating the Game in Embodied Playwriting

John P. Bray

10. Folkgames as Creative Stimulus for Devising: The Case of Chaskele

Solomon Y. Dartey

Part 4: Changemaking

11. ‘Laughter that shatters’: Improv Techniques for Social Justice Comedy Playwriting

Elspeth Tilley

12. Writing for Change: Guiding Activist Playwrights in Classrooms and Communities

Dana Edell

13. Community-Based Play Creation

Hope McIntyre

14. Writing Climate Justice: Personal Storytelling and Source Material Devising as Embodied Methodology

Joan Lipkin and Kasey Lynch

Part 5: Curated Exercises

15. Embodied Playwriting Exercises for Classroom, Workshop, and Studio: Skill-Building and Content Generation

Edited and Curated by Hillary Haft Bucs and Charissa Menefee, Exercises by Alexis Lygoumenos, Gabrielle Sinclair Compton, Ramón Esquivel, Jeanne Leep, Wesley Broulik, Rachel Lynett, Dennis Schebetta, Steve Kaliski, Meredith Melville, Elizabeth Hess, and Tiffany Antone 

16. Embodied Playwriting Exercises for Classroom, Workshop, and Studio: The Revision Process

Edited and Curated by Hillary Haft Bucs and Charissa Menefee, Exercises by Matt Fotis, Ramón Esquivel, Sage Tokach, and Tiffany Antone

Biography

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.

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