206542 Resource 203094 203800 203800 1213293851688 1214234303339 Controlled Charna Halpern Takes Improv to the Next Level "Truth in Comedy" and "Art By Committee" -- Two Invaluable Improv Resources <p>Endorsed by performers from <i>Saturday Night Live</i>, the Harold is the long-form improvisational tool that helped many actors on the road to TV and film stardom. This innovative method is described fully in the book <i><a title="The manual of improvisation" href="https://www.meriwetherpublishing.com/CatalogDetails.aspx?cat=54" target="_blank">Truth in Comedy</a></i> by <a title="About Charna Halpern" href="https://www.meriwetherpublishing.com/AuthorsDetails.aspx?CatID=32" target="_blank">Charna Halpern</a>, <a title="About Del Close" href="https://www.meriwetherpublishing.com/AuthorsDetails.aspx?CatID=12" target="_blank">Del Close</a>, and <a title="About Kim Johnson" href="https://www.meriwetherpublishing.com/AuthorsDetails.aspx?CatID=44" target="_blank">Kim &quot;Howard&quot; Johnson</a>. This insightful book has become the bible for wannabe improvisers.</p><p><i><a title="A guide to advanced improvisation" href="https://www.meriwetherpublishing.com/CatalogDetails.aspx?cat=9" target="_blank">Art By Committee</a></i>, Charna Halpern's sequel to the best-selling <i>Truth in Comedy,</i> comes with a DVD featuring performers demonstrating the instructions and ideas covered in the book. The subjects in this text progress from a discussion of the latest improvements to the Harold, to techniques used by today&rsquo;s best improvisers, to anecdotes about the late Del Close and his work with the author in developing the Harold.</p><p>Charna Halpern&nbsp;recently celebrated her twenty-fifth year in business as director of <a href="http://chicago.ioimprov.com/">i.O. Chicago</a> (formerly ImprovOlympic) and <a href="http://west.ioimprov.com/">i.O. West</a> in Los Angeles. Watch for Charna and <em>Truth in Comedy</em>, featured on the current season of MTV's <em><a title="The Real World XX: Hollywood" href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/realworld-season20/series.jhtml" target="_blank">The Real World: Hollywood</a></em>.</p> 9 application/xml false Charna Halpern comedy improvisation Del Close i.O Chicago i.O. West improv performance improvisation long-form improv the Harold The Real World improv Truth in Comedy The manual of improvisation https://www.meriwetherpublishing.com/CatalogDetails.aspx?cat=54 Art By Committee A guide to advanced improvisation https://www.meriwetherpublishing.com/CatalogDetails.aspx?cat=9 Improvisation Improv resources at Meriwether Publishing https://www.meriwetherpublishing.com/Catalog.aspx?cat=4 iO Improv The best in comedy improvisation http://ioimprov.com/ "The most important group work since they built the pyramids." Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 ascheck 165.236.224.114 false true false false true 218193 false false true false false false true 203094 blog blogsite/ContemporaryDrama/web