Mission Statement:
It is the responsibility of Sills/Spolin Theater Works to maintain the improvisational theater tradition of Paul Sills and Viola Spolin and to preserve and share their unique vision of American theater. This work includes bringing their approach to education and entertainment to the community through presenting Spolin theater game workshops, training in Sills’ story theater process, publishing of their writings and managing their respective archives. Sills/Spolin Theater Works is registered with Fractured Atlas, a fiscal sponsorship organization described below.
Director Carol Bleackley Sills describes projects of 2010 and 2011:
Editing of Viola Spolin’s updated Director’s Handbook, to be released by Northwestern University Press in January, 2011. Current editing of new 4th edition of Spolin’s Improvisation for the Theater.
Directing of Paul Sills’ The Tao of Chuang Chou, New Actor’s Workshop, NY, 2010.
Improvisational Theater Game and Story Theater Workshops at Paul Sills’ Wisconsin Theater Game Center in Door County.
Preparation of Sills and Spolin writings for publication and for their respective archives; maintaining studios in Wisconsin and workplace in Hollywood for ongoing archival work.
Adaptation of verses from Iceland’s Poetic Edda for Story Theater, Fish Creek, WI, 2010.
Lend your support:
Sills/Spolin Theater Works is registered with Fractured Atlas, a non-profit fiscal sponsorship umbrella organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations. Funds donated through Fractured Atlas for Sills/Spolin Theater Works are crucial to this ongoing work.
Your contribution may be made online to www.FracturedAtlas.com , by mail or by phone.
To mail, send your check with instructions to Fractured Atlas, 248 W. 35th Street, 10th Floor, New York NY 10001. To speak with Fractured Atlas’ helpful staff, please call 888 692 7878.