Viola Spolin

"The most significant change in the games themselves is the addition of 'Follow the Follower' , a variation on the 'Mirror' game in which no one initiates and all reflect. This game quiets the mind and…"

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly that playing can pull many a director and cast out of a tight spot, freeing all of them from the fear-producing trap of memorizing, characterizing and interpreting…"

"Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anyth…"

"Games develop personal techniques and skills necessary for the game itself, through playing. Skills are developed at the very moment a person is having all the fun and excitement playing a game has to…"

"That which is not yet known comes out of that which is not yet here."

"Through spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves. It creates an explosion that for the moment frees us from handed-down frames of reference, memory choked with old facts and information and undiges…"

"The theater workshop can become a place where teachers and students meet as fellow players, involved with one another, ready to connect, to communicate, to experience, to respond, and to experiment an…"

"Play touches and stimulates vitality, awakening the whole person - mind, body, intelligence and creativity, spontaneity and intuition."