THE ORIGIN OF PAPER SLIP THEATRE
Published Wednesday, October 15, 2008 by Reggi.
Spolin's Theater games and improv can touch a variety of audiences. Ed Reggi's Paper Slip Theatre demonstrates how improvisational theater helps build a dialogue between two or more people.
Reggi uses his foundation of improv as a method to teach effective creative rebuilding skills. He is also the owner of Paper Slip Theater, Inc. (originally St. Louis Improv Project, SLIP) a comedy based show using improv to help build community.
Reggi uses his foundation of improv as a method to teach effective creative rebuilding skills. He is also the owner of Paper Slip Theater, Inc. (originally St. Louis Improv Project, SLIP) a comedy based show using improv to help build community.
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HISTORY OF PAPER SLIP THEATRE
Published Tuesday, October 14, 2008 by Reggi.
The purpose of the Saint Louis Improv Project (SLIP) is to enrich relationships and build community through the exposure, education and entertainment exploring the art of improvisational theater.
Ed Reggi attended the Second City Training Center's, Improvising New Voices intensive program. The six week program was specifically directed toward attracting a wide base of minority participants. The 40 year historic Chicago institution acknowledged its lack of outreach not only with the audience but with the performers.
Reggi began studying improvisation theatre in New York City during the late 1980's. Most of his work resulted in performances with other professionally trained actors. It was not until his meeting Martin de Maat at Second City, did Reggi learn original form of Spolin's Theater Games. Spolin's games were written for the purpose of teaching improv to non-trained actors. [Viola Spolin while serving as drama supervisor for the Chicago branch of the Works Progress Administration's Recreational Project (1939-1941), perceived a need for an easily grasped system of theater training that could cross the cultural and ethnic barriers within the WPA project. Building upon the experience of her early work at the Neva Boyd's Group Work School in Chicago, Spolin responded by developing new games (exercises) that focused upon individual creativity, adapting and focusing the concept of play to unlock the individual's capacity for creative self-expression.]
When Reggi returned from Chicago, he created SLIP with the help of supporting artists he met through his participation in the Community Arts Training Institute. The St. Louis Regional Arts Commission program assisted Reggi in working with grants and financial aid to begin SLIP.
In the fall of 2001, Reggi re-organized SLIP to Paper Slip Theatre, Inc. The symbolic and metaphoric images of tiny pieces of paper became his new tool to inspire and teach and perform Spolin's games. Ed Reggi continues to travel across the United States, in an effort to learn, document and perform with those who directly worked with with Viola Spolin.
Ed Reggi attended the Second City Training Center's, Improvising New Voices intensive program. The six week program was specifically directed toward attracting a wide base of minority participants. The 40 year historic Chicago institution acknowledged its lack of outreach not only with the audience but with the performers.
Reggi began studying improvisation theatre in New York City during the late 1980's. Most of his work resulted in performances with other professionally trained actors. It was not until his meeting Martin de Maat at Second City, did Reggi learn original form of Spolin's Theater Games. Spolin's games were written for the purpose of teaching improv to non-trained actors. [Viola Spolin while serving as drama supervisor for the Chicago branch of the Works Progress Administration's Recreational Project (1939-1941), perceived a need for an easily grasped system of theater training that could cross the cultural and ethnic barriers within the WPA project. Building upon the experience of her early work at the Neva Boyd's Group Work School in Chicago, Spolin responded by developing new games (exercises) that focused upon individual creativity, adapting and focusing the concept of play to unlock the individual's capacity for creative self-expression.]
When Reggi returned from Chicago, he created SLIP with the help of supporting artists he met through his participation in the Community Arts Training Institute. The St. Louis Regional Arts Commission program assisted Reggi in working with grants and financial aid to begin SLIP.
In the fall of 2001, Reggi re-organized SLIP to Paper Slip Theatre, Inc. The symbolic and metaphoric images of tiny pieces of paper became his new tool to inspire and teach and perform Spolin's games. Ed Reggi continues to travel across the United States, in an effort to learn, document and perform with those who directly worked with with Viola Spolin.
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PAPER SLIP AUDIENCES
Published Thursday, October 09, 2008 by Reggi.
Our audiences are children, young adults, baby boomers, retirees, babies, soccer moms, soldiers, elementary school teachers and college students.
We can adapt our show for any audience and we always present a totally "clean" show.
Shaughnessy Dixson with Jamie Pitt performing at Historic First Night 2004.
Ed Reggi (top) and Christopher Parente (bottom) at the St. Louis Fringe Festival 05
Ed Reggi and company at the Living World in the Science Center.
Ed Reggi, Jamie Pitt, Christopher Parente, Dustin Massie, DeAnna Jarrell, C. Dave Harrison and Warren Arnold in the Grandel Theater, St. Louis.
We can adapt our show for any audience and we always present a totally "clean" show.
Shaughnessy Dixson with Jamie Pitt performing at Historic First Night 2004.
Ed Reggi (top) and Christopher Parente (bottom) at the St. Louis Fringe Festival 05
Ed Reggi and company at the Living World in the Science Center.
Ed Reggi, Jamie Pitt, Christopher Parente, Dustin Massie, DeAnna Jarrell, C. Dave Harrison and Warren Arnold in the Grandel Theater, St. Louis.