Long-Form Improv: The Complete Guide to Creating Characters, Sustaining Scenes, and Performing Extraordinary Harolds - Softcover

Long-Form Improv deftly teaches the wildly popular form of improvisation that is so foundational to the comedy stylings of many of today's top actors and thriving comedians. Crammed with innovative ideas for conceptualizing improvised scencework and finding the game of the scene, this crisply written manual covers techniques for experienced improvisers, curious actors, and even non-actors.

Ben Hauck holds more than twelve years of experience as an internationally known long-form improv teacher, performer, and student, as well as more than twenty years of experience as a professional stage and screen actor. In 2007-2008, he developed and directed an extensive full- scale corporate improv training program exclusively for a multinational consulting firm, teaching the firm's software engineers to perform long-form improv for audiences in New York City, Toronto, and London. From 2002-2006, he was the exclusive coach for the improv comedy group known as Devil's Dancebelt.