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Improvisation (Acting)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Barbara Harris (1935-2018) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 55/58
Abstract

The Barbara Harris (1935-2018) Papers consists of 3 boxes devoted to materials related to the actress’s career on stage, film, and television. The materials span the years 1961 to 2011 and includes biographical materials, playbills, teaching notes, photographs, VHS and audiocassette tapes, and 1.86 gigabytes of digitized files.

Dates: 1961 - 2018

Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS198
Abstract

Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection is a project to collect oral histories documenting improvisational theatre, particularly in the Chicago region.

Dates: 2020 - 2021

Records of the Practical Theatre Company

 Collection
Identifier: 55/47
Abstract The Practical Theatre Company (PTC) was a Chicago-based theatre company founded by Northwestern University students and active throughout the 1980s. Its productions included new plays, satiric agitprop, rock and roll events, and a series of successful improvisational comedy revues. The PTC, whose motto was “Art is Good”, is notable for the fact that the entire cast of its 1982 improvisational comedy revue, “The Golden 50th Anniversary Jubilee” (Brad Hall, Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus,...
Dates: 1979 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1979 - 1989; Other: Date acquired: 04/09/2012

David Shepherd (1924-2018) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS199
Abstract

The David Shepherd (1924-2018) Papers consists of 36 boxes and 24.1 gigabytes of born-digital files containing materials related to his work in improvisational theater.

Dates: 1934 - 2019