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  1. Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted, created spontaneously by the performers.

  2. Improv, short for improvisational theater, is a live performance in which the actors make up scenes, dialogue and characters on the spot (sometimes incorporating suggestions from the audience). It’s often comedic, though not always.

  3. Sep 26, 2020 · The earliest well documented use of improvisational theatre in Eastern history is found in the Atellan Farce of Africa 391 BC. From the 16th to the 18th centuries, commedia dell'arte performers improvised based on a broad outline in the streets of Italy.

  4. Improvisation, in theatre, the playing of dramatic scenes without written dialogue and with minimal or no predetermined dramatic activity. The method has been used for different purposes in theatrical history. The theatrical form known as the commedia dellarte was highly improvisational, although.

  5. www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org › pages › 631Improvisational Theater

    What did have to be invented was a mechanism by which our everyday improvisations could be tapped, focused, and structured into theatrical art. That was achieved in Chicago in 1955, when David Shepherd and Paul Sills started an ensemble called the Compass Players.

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