![]() ![]() “Now that they know how the publishing process works, the next book should go more smoothly and swiftly,” he said. He added that his company would be willing to work with IGP on another book in the future. “When I received the IGP book proposal originally titled ‘Funny Kids’ late last year, I thought this book was unique in that it is written from the student’s perspective.” “They were very professional despite a lack of publishing experience,” said Theodore Zapel, executive editor at Meriwether Publishing and publisher of the book, in an e-mail. He then added sarcastically, “this book does even more than that-it provides a basic moral framework for day-to-day life.” “Other people will want to read the book because improvisation uses a different part of the mind, and makes you think on your feet,” Levin-Gesundheit said. The group, founded in 1986, used its nearly 25 years of improv experience to craft a book that will appeal to both improvisation enthusiasts and other students, according to Levin-Gesundheit. “Improv performance is thinking as a group and merging minds, and writing together was simply an extension of that.” “The idea of writing as an improv troupe sort of came naturally to us,” Levin-Gesundheit said. Levin-Gesundheit added that the book’s planning process began nearly a year ago, with the writing occurring last spring and the editing over the summer. “This book will truly turn someone from an improv nobody to an improv hero.” “There are very few books about improv aimed at a true beginner, and even fewer from the perspective of a student,” he said. “The book’s 12 chapters take you from doing your first improv scene to performing a show on the stage,” said IGP’s “czar” Scott A. The book, a how-to guide on improvisational comedy aimed at students, was written and edited collectively by all the members of last year’s IGP group. If we say anymore, we will have said too much. The bratwurst show Yes, we will be making comedy with bratwurst sausages. The Immediate Gratification Players, one of two Harvard improvisational comedy groups, will be releasing its first published book, “So You Think You’re Funny: A Students’ Guide to Improv Comedy,” later this week. We are saying goodbye to our improviser from the Class of 2011, Scott Levin-Gesundheit, with an experimental show four years in the making: The IGP Bratwurst Show. ![]()
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