The heart of improvisation is transformation. -Viola Spolin Explore the improvisational acting method of Viola Spolin to enhance your training as an actor, improviser, educator, writer, or director. Named “one of the most prominent acting techniques” by Backstage, Viola Spolin’s […]
The intensive, side-coached by Aretha Sills, is an accelerated version of an introductory theater game workshop. Actors, educators directors, and improvisers learn (through play) how to incorporate Viola Spolin’s transformative techniques into their practice. Workshops are open to beginners and experienced players […]
Through spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves. -Viola Spolin […]
Please sign a petition to add Viola Spolin to the American Writers Museum in Chicago! Jeffrey Sweet, author of Something Wonderful Right Away: An Oral History of The Second City and The Compass Players, has created a petition to add Viola Spolin […]
“Through spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves.” -Viola Spolin Explore the improvisational acting method of Viola Spolin to enhance your training as an actor, improviser, educator, director, or to experience more play in your daily life. Coming this spring: Weekend intensives in Los Angeles, New […]
Viola Spolin’s theater games launched the modern American improvisational theater movement and changed the way acting is taught. Her work has influenced generations of actors, directors, and educators. Explore the transformational theater games of Viola Spolin to enhance your training as […]
Thanks to the players who came from all over the globe for another great season at Paul Sills’ Wisconsin Theater Game Center! These photographs were taken by Gerald Spigel at the final workshop performance of the 2016 Story Theater Intensive with Carol Bleackley […]
Every summer we offer two week-long intensives in the work of American theater legends Viola Spolin and Paul Sills. Actors, theater students, teachers, directors and other players are invited to attend one or both. Workshops are held […]
Dear Friends, We’re happy to announce our new website, ViolaSpolin.org, the official online home of Viola Spolin! It features the most comprehensive biography of Viola anywhere, fantastic archival photographs, plus news about workshops, outreach, publications, and more. We hope you’ll look around and […]
Sills/Spolin Theater Works is happy to announce the launch of ViolaSpolin.org, the official online home of Viola Spolin. The new website features the most comprehensive biography of Viola Spolin to be found anywhere, gorgeous archival photographs, and many other great resources. […]