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"Chicago's temple of improvisational comedy." -New York Times Since opening in 1959, The Second City has transformed the state of comedy as we know it, creating a wickedly funny culture of improvisation and training thousands of artists-who now dominate popular entertainment-in the art of improv-based theater. This newly revised and

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Nonfiction essays from San Antonios Texas Public Radio Worth Repeating live storytelling series

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From skills to props, DIY Circus Lab for Kids teaches you and your family everything you need to know to produce your own circus.

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Lessons in life from the fabulous, fearless, and phenomenal world of drag.

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Costumes designed and made for devised or physical drama, for contemporary circus or for dance, differ radically from the more traditional costume work produced for naturalistic performance.

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Hey Presto!is a book full to the rafters with simple magic tricks, the perfect companion for a beginner as well as a wonderful gift book for those wishing to get into magic and are not sure how. The book contains over 40 card, coin and magic tricks for the beginner.

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Mime the Gap: Techniques in Mime and Movement explores the physicality of movement in storytelling, offering new ideas about acting and performance, whilst encouraging a contemporary resurgence of this traditional performance art.

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The Burning Man festival as you've never seen it before, presented by artist duo Rmer + Rmer.

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The author, a stand-up comedian whose comedy is funny, revealing, unapologetic, and always a window to her experience as a person who stutters, tells the story of how she became America's first female stuttering stand-up comedian.

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Adapted from his popular NPR series "Jay's Journal, Four Minute Yeggs" features one-page anecdotes of mind-bending performers (limbless jugglers, piano-playing parrots, unkempt Londoners) paired with engravings, mezzotints, and broadsheets from the author's remarkable collection.

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At last, an infallible guide to how to be funny. Comedy by the Numbers is nearly comprehensive list of all comedy characters, bits, scenarios, sketches, skits, shtick, and much more. Includes special hints, tips, and unboring comedy history.

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