Viola Spolin Death
Viola passed away on November 22, 1994 at the age of 88.
When did Viola Spolin die?
November 22, 1994How old was Viola Spolin when died?
88
Viola Spolin Birthday and Date of Death
Viola Spolin was born on November 7, 1906 and died on November 22, 1994. Viola was 88 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: November 7, 1906
Date of Death: November 22, 1994
Age at Death: 88
Viola Spolin - Biography
Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 — November 22, 1994) was a theatre academic, educator and acting coach. She is considered an important innovator in 20th century American theater for creating directorial techniques to help actors to be focused in the present moment and to find choices improvisationally, as if in real life. These acting exercises she later called Theater Games and formed the first body of work that enabled other directors and actors to create improvisational theater. Her book Improvisation for the Theater, which published these techniques, includes her philosophy and her teaching and coaching methods, and is considered the "bible of improvisational theater". Spolin's contributions were seminal to the improvisational theater movement in the U.S. She is considered to be the mother of Improvisational theater. Her work has influenced American theater, television and film by providing new tools and techniques that are now used by actors, directors and writers.
