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"Make Stuff Up" T-shirts

Available through Cafe Press. $16.99-$20.99.

"Impro" by Keith Johnstone

Available at BATS' concession stand $20 and online.

The Playbook: Improv Games for Performers

Created by William Hall and Paul Killam. The Playbook is a must-have index of improv games for every improviser. Features descriptions of more than 370 games, listed by category. The Playbook also includes essays, long form formats and performance tips. Available at BATS' concession stand or by clicking here: www.improvplaybook.com.

More Recommended Reading

Available online or at most book stores

Impro For Storytellers
By Keith Johnstone
Impro for Storytellers is Keith Johnstone's follow-up to the classic Impro, one of the best-selling books ever published on improvisation. In Storytellers, Johnstone takes a further decade of experience as a teacher and coach and explores how an individual's potential can be released in group settings.

Training To Imagine
By Kat Koppett (Company Alumni)

Acting on Impulse
By Carol Hazenfield (Company Alumni)

A Practical Guide To Micetro™ and Gorilla Theatre™
By Richard Ross (Company Player)

Improvisation Through Theatresports
By Rebecca Stockley (Company Player)

Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up
By Patricia Ryan Madson (BATS Guest Coach)

Improvisation and The Theatre
By Viola Spolin

Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
By Stephen Nachmanovich

Truth In Comedy
By Charna Halpern, Del Close & Kim "Howard" Johnson

Something Wonderful Right Away
Edited by Jeffrey Sweet

Theatresports Down Under
By Lyn Pierse

Zen in the Art of Archery
By Eugen Herrigel

Something like a Drug: An Unauthorized Oral History of Theatresports
By Katheleen Foreman and Clem Martini

Improvisation Starters
By Philip Bernardi

Games for Actors and Non-Actors
By Augusto Boal

Audition
By Michael Shurtleff