CALL NUMBER: T0991:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Lewis Arquette discusses the history of improvisational and story theater, including the founders of the art and its history; the founding of the Second City theatrical company, based in; Chicago; anecdotes about the first performances; instruments used in theatre; the use of songs; what story theatre is; examples of plays done and logistics of acting in such theater; the background of the actors; and the amount of energy this kind of work requires. TRACK 2: Mr. Arquette continues with more on the roots and influences of the theater; Arquette's travels and background in theater; and examples of plays and exercises they have done.

CALL NUMBER: T0991:0001 - 0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Arquette continues with details about the range of the repertoire of story theatre including where the stories tend to originate from; details about various productions, including Ovid's "Metamorphoses"; and the challenges of performing improvisational story theatre. TRACK 2: Mr. Arquette describes Viola Spolin, a woman he had worked with; and other theatre companies doing the same kind of work.