Additional Resources to Spark Your Magical Creativity:

 

A Small Sampling of Interesting Books for Further Reading

 

• How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day by Michael Gelb, Published by Delacorte Press, 1998

• Improvisation for the Theater by Viola Spolin, Northwestern University Press - Copyright 1963

• The Innovation Algorithm by Genrich Altshuller, Published by the Technical Innovation Center, Inc., 1999, 2000

• Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step by Edward De Bono, Harper Collins, Published 1990

• Magic by Misdirection, Showmanship for Magicians and The Trick Brain all by Dariel Fitzkee, published by Lloyd Jones Magic Limited, 1943-44

• Magic & Showmanship: A Handbook for Conjurers by Henning Nelms, Published by Dover Publications, 1969

• Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono, Little, Brown & Company, Published 1999

• Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director’s Handbook by Viola Spolin, Northwestern University Press - Published 1985

• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Published by Adventine Press, 2004. Originally published 1937.

• Towards a Poor Theatre by Jerzy Growtowski, Published by Simon & Shuster’s Clarion Books, 1968

• At Work with Grotowski by Thomas Richards, Published by Routeledge, 1995

• ThinkerToys by Michael Michalko, Published by Ten Speed Press, 206

 

Music Resources

 

• Leonard Bernstein - Young People’s Concerts / New York Philharmonic (1961) (Available on DVD) - A great education in music appreciation.

 

• Opus One Productions (www.opus1productions.com)

 

o These people produce wonderful, affordable royalty-free music. Not only do their disks contain a wide variety of different musical styles - perfect for use with the exercises in this book - but when you buy them, you are also buying performance rights, so you can use them “guilt free.”