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See Part of the Book Here!Life is a lot easier if you know how to play…
Les McGehee’s Plays Well With Others, A “Grown-Up” Handbook of Improvisation and Play is a breezy how-to book by an improvising pioneer that is part autobiography and part field guide to the life and habits of successful improvisers. It offers rare insights gained through over 20 years of improvisational experience in how to incorporate humor and positive affirmation of in-the-moment opportunities guaranteed to enhance both your business and personal life. With techniques McGehee uses in MBA and government programs, Plays Well With Others provides the basics for the layman and clear advanced tricks of the trade for the professional improviser. Cleverly divided into sections that can be read independently, the reader can delve deep or graze into the fields of play Les so clearly describes. It contains autobiographical passages illustrating how the improvisational life works, an annotated list of classic improv games for business and entertainment, diary entries of extensive improv tours, statistical references on the successful implementation of improvisational techniques in business, and recommendations on how to further your improv education locally, nationally, and internationally.
Les McGehee is an award-winning improvisation pioneer who has entertained and trained millions throughout the world. Les has been featured on network TV and has played with members of Saturday Night Live, Whose Line is it Anyway?, MadTV, The Simpsons, and others. He has provided improv training to AT&T, IBM, and Dell, as well as governmental and educational institutions. He was a founder of the Comedy League of America (ComedySportz), National Comedy Theatre, and other companies; and toured with the National Comedy Theatre’s “Tour for the Troops” in 2004 and 2005. Les lives in Austin with his wife Christina and their daughters, Marina and Lucia.
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Dalton Publishing announces the release of Les McGehee’s Plays Well With Others, A “Grown-Up” Handbook of Improvisation and Play. (Trade paperback, 208 pages, $15.95)
Life is a lot easier if you know how to play.
That’s the not-so-secret message in this groundbreaking book that dishes all the insider skinny of the world of improvisational comedy.
And the biggest secret is how these methods can be used to improve your business and personal life! Les explains how you can find success, have fun, and get better-looking through play, especially improvisation.
This is the first in a series of books Dalton Publishing will release with McGehee on the fascinating and practical world of improvisation.
McGehee is a comedian and pioneer in improv with more than 20 years of experience…Download Full Press Release PDF
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Les McGehee makes things up. Really. Just ask him. He makes things up, and he swears it is the only way to live an authentic, successful life. And not only that, he has stats to prove it.
Making it up as you go along? Great! That is exactly how you can make your life your own, according to improvising pioneer Les McGehee. The question is, what do you need to make that work for you all the time? How do you make it work for you when everything in this world seems so pre-formulated and scheduled to the nth degree? Well, McGehee knows. He has the secrets and he is willing to dish in his Les McGehee Plays Well With Others: A “Grown-Up” Handbook of Improvisation and Play, a refreshingly straight forward how-to that is part autobiography and part field guide to the life and habits of successful improvisers.
McGehee, who has been making a living and supporting a family while making it all up for over 20 years…Download Full Sample Review PDF
For a sampling of Les’s radio and TV appearances please visit the media page of his Web site at: www.lesmcgehee.com
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