Book Reviews

Great examples - simple and powerful! Lots of exercise ideas. The drawings make this book very readable and fun!

Will Hines, author of “How to Be The Greatest Improviser on Earth”

This book is like improvisation itself – it’s clear, full of surprises and sexy! I think you should have it at home and open it every time you need a boost of inspiration. Even if you just open a random page – ideas will follow!

Inbal Lori, 3FALLING & IMPRO TLV

I've been improvising for nearly 30 years and teaching it for almost as long. The hardest part of this art form has never changed: the ideas are simple to say and hard to keep hold of. The Visual Guide to Improv solves that. The approach is clear and simple, and the illustrations do what no text alone can — they give you an image that sticks, so the concept is right there when you need it when playing. I flip back to these pages the way you'd glance at a map: one look and you're reoriented. It's honest, too — it treats the "rules" as what they really are, guidelines you'll eventually learn to break. And it respects your time. No padding, no filler, just the essentials made visible. Students will learn from it. Performers should keep it in their bag. Teachers should steal from it — a single page can set up an entire class. I wish this book had existed when I started.

Kevin Scott, improviser and teacher, The Second City alum, Centralia Improvisation

The Visual Guide to Improv is a wonderfully presented treasure chest of improv jewels for performers of all levels.  It’s easy to read and digest, and the great illustrations are both fun and add clarity to the points being made.  A must-add to your improv collection. Congrats to Katarina and Anna! 

Tim Orr, BATS Improv & Improv Playhouse of San Francisco