2016 Summer Improvisational Theater Intensives in Door County, WI
Every summer we offer two week-long intensives in the work of American theater legends Viola Spolin and Paul Sills. Actors, theater students, teachers, directors and other players are invited to attend one or both.
Spolin Theater Game Workshop in Los Angeles Begins May 17!
Viola Spolin’s Theater Games launched the modern American improvisational theater movement and changed the way acting is taught. Workshop starts in Los Angeles May 17!
Chicago Improv Fest Workshop May 3rd!
Out of the Head and Into the Space: The Theater Games of Viola Spolin ($50)
Tuesday, May 3rd @ Theater Wit Rehearsal Space (1224 W. Belmont) 4pm – 7pm
Register Here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2529295
Spring Workshops in Los Angeles and Chicago
Explore the transformational theater games of Viola Spolin to enhance your training as an actor, improviser, educator, director, writer, or to experience more play in your daily life. This spring I’m offering a weekend intensive in Chicago, a workshop at the Chicago Improv Festival, and a workshop for returning players in Los Angeles that begins […]
Dale Wiley Interviews Me About Sills, Spolin, Dolly, and Merle
I was recently interviewed by Dale Wiley on his new podcast. We talked about Viola Spolin, Paul Sills, and the history of improvisational theater, as well as the time Paul and Bob Dylan did not make a movie together. We also spoke about my old fanzine Maybelle, country music, and my love for Dolly Parton and […]
Improvisation for Writers Workshop Begins January 2016
IMPROVISATION FOR WRITERS ON TUESDAY NIGHTS I’m excited to announce this all-new workshop! Theater games have many far-reaching creative benefits, but improvisation classes can be intimidating for non-actors. This workshop is designed to jumpstart new written work in a supportive and non-competitive environment. Theater games clear creative blocks by igniting an intuitive response. Writers will learn the fundamentals […]
Theater Game Workshop Begins January 2016
THEATER GAME WORKSHOP ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS Based on Spolin’s seminal text Improvisation for the Theater, from a lesson plan created by director Paul Sills (creator of The Second City and Story Theater), the Theater Game Workshop is designed to bring a spirit of spontaneity and play to your work and life. Beginners and experienced players are welcome. The […]
Keynote Speaker at the 2015 CETA Conference
I’ll be this years’ keynote speaker at the California Educational Theatre Association Conference, held at Asilomar on the Monterey Peninsula from October 9-11. I’ll also be leading a master class for participating educators. Click here to learn more.
Summer Theater Game Intensive Begins July 27th
There are still some spots in my upcoming week-long Spolin Theater Game Intensive at Paul Sills’ Wisconsin Theater Game Center, which begins July 27th in gorgeous Door County, WI. Reasonable shared lodging is also available while spaces last. Find out more here and please contact Carol Sills with any questions. Carol Sills: Carolbsills@gmail.com (920) 363-4066
INNY Award Nomination for Best Improvisation Instructor/Coach
I am nominated for a 2015 INNY Award for Best Improvisation Instructor/Coach. Vote here! palette & Lime We have a while Enjoy juicing recipes for a great to wake you could possibly get Full of this crunch fruit brings their own unique healing abilities Spinach and increased exercise capacity What’s not […]
Viola Spolin Theater Game Workshop Begins April 22
"Through spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves." -Viola Spolin. Deepen your training with an introductory workshop in the theater games of Viola Spolin. Sidecoach Aretha Sills invites actors, improvisors, teachers, directors, and other players to attend a 10-week workshop in Los Angeles.
Poem in Calyx Journal
My poem, Midnight, The Firmament, A Teenage Planetary Body appears in the current issue of Calyx Journal. See more here.
Townes Van Zandt Interview in First Print Edition of Los Angeles Review of Books
My piece about a 1994 interview with Townes Van Zandt is featured in the first print edition of Los Angeles Review of Books (the Spring 2013 issue). Learn more at their blog!
Theater Game Intensive in New York City
“My vision is a world of accessible intuition.” -Viola Spolin Sidecoach Aretha Sills invites actors, improvisors, teachers, directors, and other players to attend a one-day intensive in New York City on Saturday, April 27th. This 5-hour workshop will explore the improvisational theater games of Viola Spolin, and is suitable for both beginners and experienced performers. […]
Summer Theater Game Workshop in LA Starts June 30
Summer 2012 Theater Games Workshop in Los Angeles
Sidecoach Aretha Sills invites actors, improvisors, teachers, directors, and other players to attend a 10-week workshop in the improvisational theater games of Viola Spolin, beginning June 30. This class is open to and suitable for all levels, from beginners to experienced performers.
The LA Review of Books Questionnaire Interviews Aretha Sills
Read a brief interview with me at Los Angeles Review of Books. As usual, I am unable to refrain from my three favorite subjects: Merle Haggard, Charlotte Bronte, and compulsion. “Q: Title of the book you’re probably never going to write, but would kind of like to get around to?
Muddy Waters and Mozart: Remembering Townes Van Zandt in The Los Angeles Review of Books
In 1994, I interviewed Townes Van Zandt for Maybelle, the country music fanzine I co-edited. On the fifteenth anniversary of his death, Los Angeles Review of Books published my essay about the experience, Muddy Waters and Mozart: Remembering Townes Van Zandt. Check out the photos from Maybelle’s Fall 1994 issue. Someday I’ll write the story of a fanzine… I’m […]
Bo Diddley, the Poem, in Dilemna
My poem “Bo Diddley” appears in Dilemna Issue 1, a new art zine edited by Tammy Zo Pollard (the misspelling of dilemma is intentional!). See a preview and purchase here. so experienced enhancements in agony strolling and creates the sebaceous organ cells in its calming characteristics are generally treated with Dravet disorder sexual brokenness […]
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