Explore the transformational work of Viola Spolin. I will teach a module on Theatre Games, of any length (one class to a full year). In this course students will learn through playing games. Each game has a focus, or "problem" which must be solved by the students (for example: being aware of your fellow players). The players are divided into groups and take turns playing the game, and are in turn evaluated by the audience players. This work is uniquely non-authoritarian, in that the teacher does not dictate or explain how the problem should be solved, and the evaluation refrains from subjective terms like "good" or "bad" and instead simply decides whether the players solved the problem or not. Through this method students will learn to improvise, but also to act (as the two are essentially the same). Students will gain an intuitive understanding of presence, listening, communication, creating an environment, blocking, acting with the whole body, emotion, and character.