Paul Silverberg (November 18, 1927 – June 2, 2008), better known as Paul Sills, was an American director and improvisation teacher, and the original director of Chicago's The Second City.
Life and career
Sills was born Paul Silverberg on November 18, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jewish family. His mother was teacher and writer Viola Spolin, who authored the first book on improvisation techniques, Improvisation for the Theater. Spolin in turn was the student of play therapy theorist Neva Boyd.
In 1948, Sills enrolled in the University of Chicago, where he established himself as a director, co-founding Playwright's Theater Club. There, with fellow actors Edward Asner, Byrne Piven and Zohra Lampert, they blended Spolin technique with established theater training.
Universe from the album "Eternal Now" by Paul Sills
published: 16 Sep 2014
Paul Sills - Director & Second City Founder, November 25, 2000 - Chicago
Paul Sills speaking at Intention, Movement, Perception put on by the Chicago Institute for the Moving Image (CIMI) on November 25, 2000 at the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). Paul led an improvisation workshop as part of the conference, along with presentations by Josh Flanders, CIMI's Executive Director, and Rabbi and author Douglas Goldhamer.
"Achieving presence" was the focus of Paul Sills' interactive presentation on improvisation. Paul was one of the founding members and the founding director of The Second City, among many other theaters and workshops. His mother, the late Viola Spolin, wrote the textbook on improvisation games and continues to influence his life's work. They focus on improvisation games in order to free the actor from his mind. Viola'...
published: 29 Dec 2013
Awakening - Paul Sills
Song: Awakening
Artist: Paul Sills
Album: Astral Doorways
published: 21 Sep 2018
Memories of the Ocean - Paul Sills
For my dear friend Andrea ( Deepdivemouse)
Happy Birthday
Music by Paul Sills from the album "Devas"
published: 27 Apr 2014
Paul Sills' Story Theatre Top # 9 Facts
Paul Sills' Story Theatre Top # 9 Facts
published: 03 Nov 2015
Eternal
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Eternal · Paul Sills
Eternal Now
℗ 2014 AD Music
Released on: 2014-05-30
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Group plc
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published: 12 Apr 2015
Paul Sills - Dream Space and Angelic Whispers
Paul Sills - from album Night Spa
Dream Space 00:01
Angelic Whispers 18:03
Album - Night Spa, 2016
About album http://medwyngoodallmusic.co.uk/products-page/music-for-healing/night-spa-paul-sills/
published: 18 Jul 2016
Angels
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Angels · Paul Sills
Meridian
℗ 2013 AD Music
Released on: 2013-03-22
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Group plc
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published: 01 Oct 2014
Paul Sills: A Little Improv History | This Is Improv
Here is a little history about one of the founding fathers of improvisational theatre in America. Paul Sills is the great Viola Spolin's son. He carried on her legacy and formed so many amazing things for improvisors everywhere! Enjoy!
*VIRTUAL IMPROV CLASSES AVAILABLE!*
CHECK OUT OUR PODCAST "This Is…Legends Of Yesterday" on Spotify and Apple Podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/7IkIZqFfW9VWkmmCkGqdUO?si=8uVxdeYKQken1SJ2yTjJNg
*PLAYLISTS*
Monday Warmups - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pNcovb9K6COa5BYtgRy3wly
Tacobout It - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pM4T1NIWElNtUix9O_Nswu0
Writer's Table - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pMbhszw15FuYKjrdqj3zvBx
Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pManFTTQlxxq6bkry8GH28I
Sket...
Paul Sills speaking at Intention, Movement, Perception put on by the Chicago Institute for the Moving Image (CIMI) on November 25, 2000 at the Chicago Historica...
Paul Sills speaking at Intention, Movement, Perception put on by the Chicago Institute for the Moving Image (CIMI) on November 25, 2000 at the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). Paul led an improvisation workshop as part of the conference, along with presentations by Josh Flanders, CIMI's Executive Director, and Rabbi and author Douglas Goldhamer.
"Achieving presence" was the focus of Paul Sills' interactive presentation on improvisation. Paul was one of the founding members and the founding director of The Second City, among many other theaters and workshops. His mother, the late Viola Spolin, wrote the textbook on improvisation games and continues to influence his life's work. They focus on improvisation games in order to free the actor from his mind. Viola's poem "Crystal Ball" from [what was in 2000] an upcoming book entitled "The Lone Actor" encapsulates this idea:
"To the witch she did go, to find out what the future holds. And to the seeker the following was told: present time, you must find, and within it dwell, for there is the key that opens the door to a great mystery and the future you will see. But hark; if in present time you cannot dwell, you will have no future to foretell. Trapped in the past you will always be. So, she went forth, to dwell in present time. But alas, present time, like the divine, is most difficult to find."
Present time, in other words, is achieved through action and experience. Only through being present can one open the door to the future and act spontaneously in the present. This has tremendous applications outside the theater, and it is no surprise that theater games are used in many forms of therapy, in prisons, to facilitate communication in the inner city, and many other seemingly unrelated fields.
Chinese philosophers argue that mindfulness, being present and aware in the moment, leads to happiness. Paul agreed and said, "observe the roles of others' cover-ups, what comes out of every mouth, hostility, envy, competitiveness, put-downs, resentment, sarcasm; what we verbalize as our own are the controls that tie and bind, keeping us earthbound and victimized."
The secret, he said, is to commune with our intuition, to reach the unknown. Like the other two speakers, Paul emphasized the importance of being in tune with both our inner and our outer worlds.
Paul Sills speaking at Intention, Movement, Perception put on by the Chicago Institute for the Moving Image (CIMI) on November 25, 2000 at the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). Paul led an improvisation workshop as part of the conference, along with presentations by Josh Flanders, CIMI's Executive Director, and Rabbi and author Douglas Goldhamer.
"Achieving presence" was the focus of Paul Sills' interactive presentation on improvisation. Paul was one of the founding members and the founding director of The Second City, among many other theaters and workshops. His mother, the late Viola Spolin, wrote the textbook on improvisation games and continues to influence his life's work. They focus on improvisation games in order to free the actor from his mind. Viola's poem "Crystal Ball" from [what was in 2000] an upcoming book entitled "The Lone Actor" encapsulates this idea:
"To the witch she did go, to find out what the future holds. And to the seeker the following was told: present time, you must find, and within it dwell, for there is the key that opens the door to a great mystery and the future you will see. But hark; if in present time you cannot dwell, you will have no future to foretell. Trapped in the past you will always be. So, she went forth, to dwell in present time. But alas, present time, like the divine, is most difficult to find."
Present time, in other words, is achieved through action and experience. Only through being present can one open the door to the future and act spontaneously in the present. This has tremendous applications outside the theater, and it is no surprise that theater games are used in many forms of therapy, in prisons, to facilitate communication in the inner city, and many other seemingly unrelated fields.
Chinese philosophers argue that mindfulness, being present and aware in the moment, leads to happiness. Paul agreed and said, "observe the roles of others' cover-ups, what comes out of every mouth, hostility, envy, competitiveness, put-downs, resentment, sarcasm; what we verbalize as our own are the controls that tie and bind, keeping us earthbound and victimized."
The secret, he said, is to commune with our intuition, to reach the unknown. Like the other two speakers, Paul emphasized the importance of being in tune with both our inner and our outer worlds.
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Eternal · Paul Sills
Eternal Now
℗ 2014 AD Music
Released on: 2014-05-30
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music...
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Eternal · Paul Sills
Eternal Now
℗ 2014 AD Music
Released on: 2014-05-30
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Group plc
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Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Eternal · Paul Sills
Eternal Now
℗ 2014 AD Music
Released on: 2014-05-30
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Group plc
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Paul Sills - from album Night Spa
Dream Space 00:01
Angelic Whispers 18:03
Album - Night Spa, 2016
About album http://medwyngoodallmusic.co.uk/products-page/m...
Paul Sills - from album Night Spa
Dream Space 00:01
Angelic Whispers 18:03
Album - Night Spa, 2016
About album http://medwyngoodallmusic.co.uk/products-page/music-for-healing/night-spa-paul-sills/
Paul Sills - from album Night Spa
Dream Space 00:01
Angelic Whispers 18:03
Album - Night Spa, 2016
About album http://medwyngoodallmusic.co.uk/products-page/music-for-healing/night-spa-paul-sills/
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Angels · Paul Sills
Meridian
℗ 2013 AD Music
Released on: 2013-03-22
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Gro...
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Angels · Paul Sills
Meridian
℗ 2013 AD Music
Released on: 2013-03-22
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Group plc
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Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Angels · Paul Sills
Meridian
℗ 2013 AD Music
Released on: 2013-03-22
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Group plc
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Here is a little history about one of the founding fathers of improvisational theatre in America. Paul Sills is the great Viola Spolin's son. He carried on her ...
Here is a little history about one of the founding fathers of improvisational theatre in America. Paul Sills is the great Viola Spolin's son. He carried on her legacy and formed so many amazing things for improvisors everywhere! Enjoy!
*VIRTUAL IMPROV CLASSES AVAILABLE!*
CHECK OUT OUR PODCAST "This Is…Legends Of Yesterday" on Spotify and Apple Podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/7IkIZqFfW9VWkmmCkGqdUO?si=8uVxdeYKQken1SJ2yTjJNg
*PLAYLISTS*
Monday Warmups - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pNcovb9K6COa5BYtgRy3wly
Tacobout It - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pM4T1NIWElNtUix9O_Nswu0
Writer's Table - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pMbhszw15FuYKjrdqj3zvBx
Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pManFTTQlxxq6bkry8GH28I
SketchComedy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pO7OVLextefnWggaT9eLNaG
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Here is a little history about one of the founding fathers of improvisational theatre in America. Paul Sills is the great Viola Spolin's son. He carried on her legacy and formed so many amazing things for improvisors everywhere! Enjoy!
*VIRTUAL IMPROV CLASSES AVAILABLE!*
CHECK OUT OUR PODCAST "This Is…Legends Of Yesterday" on Spotify and Apple Podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/7IkIZqFfW9VWkmmCkGqdUO?si=8uVxdeYKQken1SJ2yTjJNg
*PLAYLISTS*
Monday Warmups - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pNcovb9K6COa5BYtgRy3wly
Tacobout It - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pM4T1NIWElNtUix9O_Nswu0
Writer's Table - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pMbhszw15FuYKjrdqj3zvBx
Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pManFTTQlxxq6bkry8GH28I
SketchComedy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pO7OVLextefnWggaT9eLNaG
*PLEASE LOOK UP*
* HELP BRIT'S UNCLE Audley Ritchie Heart Transplant & Medication Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/post-heart-transplant-heart-medication-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip
* SUPPORT Black-Owned businesses: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#b…
* SUPPORT & DONATE The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org
* DAVIE-COOPERCITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE http://www.davie-coopercity.org
* BLACK IMPROV ALLIANCE - Operation Black Joy https://blackimprovalliance.com/%23operationblackjoy
*Our Website*
https://thisisimprov.com
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Paul Sills speaking at Intention, Movement, Perception put on by the Chicago Institute for the Moving Image (CIMI) on November 25, 2000 at the Chicago Historical Society (now the Chicago History Museum). Paul led an improvisation workshop as part of the conference, along with presentations by Josh Flanders, CIMI's Executive Director, and Rabbi and author Douglas Goldhamer.
"Achieving presence" was the focus of Paul Sills' interactive presentation on improvisation. Paul was one of the founding members and the founding director of The Second City, among many other theaters and workshops. His mother, the late Viola Spolin, wrote the textbook on improvisation games and continues to influence his life's work. They focus on improvisation games in order to free the actor from his mind. Viola's poem "Crystal Ball" from [what was in 2000] an upcoming book entitled "The Lone Actor" encapsulates this idea:
"To the witch she did go, to find out what the future holds. And to the seeker the following was told: present time, you must find, and within it dwell, for there is the key that opens the door to a great mystery and the future you will see. But hark; if in present time you cannot dwell, you will have no future to foretell. Trapped in the past you will always be. So, she went forth, to dwell in present time. But alas, present time, like the divine, is most difficult to find."
Present time, in other words, is achieved through action and experience. Only through being present can one open the door to the future and act spontaneously in the present. This has tremendous applications outside the theater, and it is no surprise that theater games are used in many forms of therapy, in prisons, to facilitate communication in the inner city, and many other seemingly unrelated fields.
Chinese philosophers argue that mindfulness, being present and aware in the moment, leads to happiness. Paul agreed and said, "observe the roles of others' cover-ups, what comes out of every mouth, hostility, envy, competitiveness, put-downs, resentment, sarcasm; what we verbalize as our own are the controls that tie and bind, keeping us earthbound and victimized."
The secret, he said, is to commune with our intuition, to reach the unknown. Like the other two speakers, Paul emphasized the importance of being in tune with both our inner and our outer worlds.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Eternal · Paul Sills
Eternal Now
℗ 2014 AD Music
Released on: 2014-05-30
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Group plc
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Paul Sills - from album Night Spa
Dream Space 00:01
Angelic Whispers 18:03
Album - Night Spa, 2016
About album http://medwyngoodallmusic.co.uk/products-page/music-for-healing/night-spa-paul-sills/
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Angels · Paul Sills
Meridian
℗ 2013 AD Music
Released on: 2013-03-22
Music Publisher: Notting Hill Music Group plc
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Here is a little history about one of the founding fathers of improvisational theatre in America. Paul Sills is the great Viola Spolin's son. He carried on her legacy and formed so many amazing things for improvisors everywhere! Enjoy!
*VIRTUAL IMPROV CLASSES AVAILABLE!*
CHECK OUT OUR PODCAST "This Is…Legends Of Yesterday" on Spotify and Apple Podcast! https://open.spotify.com/show/7IkIZqFfW9VWkmmCkGqdUO?si=8uVxdeYKQken1SJ2yTjJNg
*PLAYLISTS*
Monday Warmups - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pNcovb9K6COa5BYtgRy3wly
Tacobout It - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pM4T1NIWElNtUix9O_Nswu0
Writer's Table - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pMbhszw15FuYKjrdqj3zvBx
Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pManFTTQlxxq6bkry8GH28I
SketchComedy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSSnxK5U_-pO7OVLextefnWggaT9eLNaG
*PLEASE LOOK UP*
* HELP BRIT'S UNCLE Audley Ritchie Heart Transplant & Medication Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/post-heart-transplant-heart-medication-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip
* SUPPORT Black-Owned businesses: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#b…
* SUPPORT & DONATE The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org
* DAVIE-COOPERCITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE http://www.davie-coopercity.org
* BLACK IMPROV ALLIANCE - Operation Black Joy https://blackimprovalliance.com/%23operationblackjoy
*Our Website*
https://thisisimprov.com
*Follow our Socials*
FB: @thisisimprovinc
Insta: @thisisimprov
Twitter: @thisisimprov
Thanks for Watching!
For any business please email:
[email protected] or [email protected]
Paul Silverberg (November 18, 1927 – June 2, 2008), better known as Paul Sills, was an American director and improvisation teacher, and the original director of Chicago's The Second City.
Life and career
Sills was born Paul Silverberg on November 18, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jewish family. His mother was teacher and writer Viola Spolin, who authored the first book on improvisation techniques, Improvisation for the Theater. Spolin in turn was the student of play therapy theorist Neva Boyd.
In 1948, Sills enrolled in the University of Chicago, where he established himself as a director, co-founding Playwright's Theater Club. There, with fellow actors Edward Asner, Byrne Piven and Zohra Lampert, they blended Spolin technique with established theater training.
... life on the long-running CBS sitcom “Alice.” I didn’t realize at the time that I had seen her on Broadway years earlier during a school trip to attend Paul Sills’ “StoryTheatre” when I was about 13.
He also created "Bone Dance," which the company has staged four items since its premiere in 1995, and worked with acclaimed "story theater" director Paul Sills to create the shows "Fool Me Once" and "A Kettle of Fish."
Sills was the "gentle giant" and balancing force alongside her mercurial husband Paul Sills, who co-founded Second City, directed on Broadway and opened theaters in Chicago and Los Angeles ... Paul Sills died in 2008, and Ms.
The other style that came to mind while watching this play is PaulSill’s StoryTheatre where one actor narrates and the other actors play many characters – often by just making little costume ...
By PaulMartin. Sam Sills confessed to a mixture of emotions after narrowly missing out on a medal on his Olympic debut ... It left Sills fifth overall and though he was naturally disappointed at his near ...
He visited the continent dozens of times during his 28 years in the Senate and became good friends with several African leaders, especially Rwandan PresidentPaul Kagame ...PAUL B.
... v TommyPaul ... Yet I’ve more than a sneaky suspicion that Paul could land the upset here, although I’m sill not prepared to go completely against a player I fancied for the title before a ball was hit.