1: Beginning
Viola Spolin
First class / Frank McAnulty
The rules
Object work, or "A mime is not a terrible thing to waste" / Tim Kazurinsky
Environment / Bruce Hunter
Give and take
Where we came from: A very brief history of revue / Bernard Sahlins
An improvisational almanac: part one
2: Playing the scene
Martin / Brian Stack
Perfect partner / Martin de Maat
Relationship / Shari Hollett
Transformation of relationships / Avery Schreiber
Perfect partner, part two / Martin de Maat
Status
Living large in the moment / Michael J. Gellman
Play is physical / Dexter Bullard
An improvisational almanac: part two
3: The performer inside the scene
A few thoughts on improvisation / Fred Willard
Finding the funny / Andrew Currie
How do you create characters? or "I do this hilarious guy who has a funny hat" / Dave Razowsky
Playing at the top of your intelligence
Character: playing with intelligence and heart / Nick Johne
In the beginning ... making initiations / Susan Messing
Forming opinions / Avery Schreiber
Finding scenic point of view / Sandra Balcovske
Finding your voice / Keegan-Michael Key
An improvisational almanac: part three
4: Improvisation and acting
Building a character within an ensemble through the games / Sheldon Patinkin
An improvisational almanac: part four
5: Long forms, short forms, scenes, and games
Improvisation: the fine line between suck and not bad and how to get away from that line and go to another line where the options are better / Adam McKay
Del Close / David Pasquesi
Top ten performance games of the Second City national touring company
An improvisational almanac: part five
6: Creating material
Doing it again / Tina Fey
Pre-planning a Second City scene
The ensemble creates a revue
Putting up a traditional Second City improv set
Blackouts and extended blackouts
How to bottle lightning for fun and profit / Chris Earle
An improvisational almanac: part six
7: Directing
Blessed obstacles / Ron West
Running orders
Ideal running order / Norm Holly
An improvisational almanac: part seven.