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Paul Sills and Viola Spolin Oral History Collection

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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
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections

Viola Spolin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS155
Abstract Viola Spolin has been called the "high priestess of improvisational theatre".  Born in Chicago in 1906, Spolin is best known as the creator of theater games, originally created as a series of exercises to aid students in the study of drama.  In 1955, Spolin conducted workshops for the Playwrights Theater Club, and later at the Compass Theater.  In 1960 she began running improvisation workshops for the cast of Second City.  As an outgrowth of her work with Second City, Spolin published...
Dates: 1925-2003; Other: Date acquired: 03/01/2010
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections

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  • Names: Sills, Paul, 1927-2008 X

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Shepherd, David, 1924-2018 1
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