Into the Unknown with Viola Spolin

This "Improv Legends" documentary short explores the influential work of the legendary Viola Spolin.
Footage of Viola Spolin's 1982 workshop is Los Angeles is courtesy of Intuitive Learning Systems. www.intuitivelearningsys.org
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Improv Legends created and produced by: Joel Veenstra and Marc Warzecha
Additional editing and color correction: Jeph Porter

[@EdReggi]

Happy Birthday Viola!

[@GarySchwartz-improvmaven]

Joel and Marc, Well done! Thank you for capturing so much of what Viola was about.

[@loorik09]

Viola must have been such a profound human being.

[@TJG622]

Tiffany G- Theater 1: Viola Spolin contributed theater games that changed the way of theater from just knowing lines and improving a scene. She made the kids go deeper into acting and experience not knowing what would happen next.

[@treble_gospel]

Please, create english subtitles because I am not american. The automatic subtitles are weird.

[@douglaswallas298]

Temos este documentário traduzido?

[@agador2013]

Sean griffin- theater 1 period 7: Viola used her theater games to change to change people's view on theater

[@psparky53]

Great job, Joel and Marc! This is a fantastic way to share the wonder of Viola with a wider audience.
--Sparky

[@dennisnmarasigan]

Pardon my ignorance, but could someone identify the actors who appeared in the video?

[@Livaloos28]

Olivia Silao, Theater 1, period 7.
Viola Spolin taught students to teach themselves the game without her instructions so it forces the student to focus on the game.

[@ImprovLegends]

Thank you, Sparky! We're very fortunate to have had so many great "Improv Legends" join us for interviews, to help share Viola's amazing work.

[@ImprovLegends]

This documentary wouldn't have been possible without you, Gary. Thank you!

[@prince_shabbas]

Theatre Homework lol

[@ho3lland]

Hello Abby

[@prince_shabbas]

+Holland Rose who are u?

[@colinfeldmeth7672]

This is Colin Feldmeth. Drama period 7. Viola taught people with improv rather than doing just a regular play. She valued improv so much and wants everybody to learn this skill. Instead of improving acting skills by doing plays or movies, she used improv to improve peoples' skills.

[@shalomwilliams4875]

Shalom W. Theater 1 period 7- Viola changed the world of teaching theater by making people feel more than just saying lines. People weren't just thinking about what they were saying but also what they were doing physically that conveyed their character. She was able to bring people out of reality and into a character or emotion through her theatre games.

[@billysun4897]

Billy Sun- Theater1 period4: viola designed the theater game that leads to a unknown answer. So that actor can express their self anyway. This theater is very creative and it practice actors creativity.

[@KingCaptain17]

Jason Equitz- period- 7
viola shows that we are able to communicate with talking, therefor we use body motion in a way to interact with others on stage or any theater situation. This helps in showing improv motions and expecting what's happening in the scenario. viola has taught a very important skill on how you show react with improv in any situation by using your body language.

[@keithreay]

I'm so grateful for this project in its entirety... Thank you so much for this.

[@ImprovLegends]

Thanks Dave- you'll be seeing yourself in some of these shortly! :)

[@astridreijmers8624]

Love this video. It touches on what came out of AIN Paris for me.

[@doggybloggy]

"The theater is a church and in it we must worship God." Amen.

[@drazowsky]

Love it, right to the end!! Love that last beat!

[@ImprovLegends]

Thank you, Keith, we appreciate it!

[@zenbus]

-3 from Door County.

[@locoestaban]

Love it, guys! Great stuff!

[@ImprovLegends]

Thanks Steve!

[@ImprovLegends]

:)

[@Garbagemom]

LOVE this. Great job Joel and Marc!