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Viola Spolin
Viola Spolin, author of Improvisation for the Theater and originator of theater games.
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DONATE TO THE EDUCATORS SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO BRING PLAY INTO MORE CLASSROOMS & COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
Aretha Sills, Scholarships, Viola SpolinAretha SillsJanuary 30, 2025experiential education, Educational philosophy, educational theater, Progressive education, Scholarships, Fund Drive
A Selection of Workshop Photos from 2024 in New York, Chicago, Door County, Bologna, and Online
Aretha Sills, Viola Spolin, WorkshopsAretha SillsDecember 30, 2024Spolin theater games, Viola Spolin, Aretha Sills, Chicago theate, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Los Angeles Workshops, New York Workshops, Bologna, Teatro a Molla, Door Count, Door County
Carol Bleackley Sills 1935-2024
Carol SillsAretha SillsOctober 17, 2024
Exploring Viola Spolin's Vision of a Non-Authoritarian Philosophy of Education: A Symposium at DePaul Art Museum on May 23rd
Events, Viola SpolinAretha SillsMay 13, 2024Viola Spolin, The Learning Studio, The Stockyard Institute, DePaul Art Museum, Aretha Sills, DPAM, Chicago Improv, Chicago theater, Educational philosophy, Improvisational theater, experiential education, Progressive education
Story Theater Intensive with Carol Sills & Rachel Sills in Door County, WI July 31 - August 4, 2023
Carol Sills, Paul Sills, WorkshopsAretha SillsMay 31, 2023Story Theatre, Carol SIlls, Rachel Sills, Workshops Door CountyComment
WATCH "INVENTING IMPROV: THE LIFE & LEGACY OF VIOLA SPOLIN" ONLINE
Inventing Improv, Viola Spolin, Paul SillsAretha SillsOctober 23, 2021Viola Spolin, Spolin games, Spolin theater games, Spolin games online, WTTW, Inventing Improv, chicago Stories, Paul Sills, improv, improvisation, Improvisation for the theater, Chicago history, theater games, Sills Spolin Theater Works
Watch Inventing improv Panel wIth Alan alda, bob balaban, frances callier, mark larson, jude leak, angela Shelton & arethA sills
Aretha SillsOctober 22, 2021Comment
Inventing Improv: Chicago Stories Episode about Viola Spolin's life and legacy premieres on WTTW Oct 22
Interviews, Events, Aretha Sills, Viola SpolinAretha SillsOctober 17, 2021Inventing Improv, Viola Spolin, Viola Spolin Chicago, WTTW, Alan Alda, Bob Balaban, Frances Callier, Angela Shelton, Mark Larson, Jude Leak, Chicago Stories, chicago theatre, Chicago theatre history, Paul Sills
Podcasts Featuring Sills/Spolin Theater Works
Interviews, Sills/Spolin Theater Work, Aretha Sills, Viola Spolin, Carol SillsAretha SillsMarch 8, 2021podcast, improv podcast, theatre podcast, improvisation, Aretha Sills, Carol Sills, Sills Spolin Theater Works, Viola Spolin, Paul Sills, Paul SandComment
A Search for Community: Neva Boyd, Viola Spolin, Paul Sills and the Origins of Improvisational Theater in America: Keynote Speech at AIN 2019
Aretha Sills, Events, Paul Sills, Viola Spolin, Sills/Spolin Theater Work, VideosAretha SillsJune 20, 2020Viola Spolin, Paul Sills, Applied Improvisation Network, Jane Addams, Hull House, Neva Boyd, Aretha Sills, American Theatre, American Theater, chicago theatre, Theater Games, Theater History
VIOLA SPOLIN HONORED BY AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM
Events, Sills/Spolin Theater Work, Viola SpolinAretha SillsFebruary 25, 2020American Writers Museum, The Second City, Viola Spolin, Paul Sills, Aretha Sills, Ida B. Wells, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Jane Addams, Studs Terkel, Saul Bellow, Nelson Algren, Lorraine Hansberry
Viola Spolin to be Inducted into the American Writers Museum in Chicago February 10
Events, Aretha Sills, Viola Spolin, WorkshopsAretha SillsJanuary 28, 2020Viola Spolin, American Writers Museum, The Second City, mother of improvisational theater, mother of improv, Improvisation for the theater, Paul Sills, Aretha SillsComment
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