Foreword / Michael Silverstein
Introduction: Improvisation in theater and everyday conversation
Don't shoot the piano player : my encounter with Chicago Improv
What improvised dialogue creates : frame and context in conversation research
How improvised dialogues create: the collaborative emergence of conversation
What actors know : an ethnotheory of conversation
Freeze games : how to create a frame
Improv games : how rules affect improvised dialogues
Collaborative emergence in long-form improvisation
Conclusion: Emergent frame as social fact.
