{"product_id":"ensemble-jeff-katzman-9781623176297","title":"Ensemble!: Using the Power of Improv and Play to Forge Connections in a Lonely World","description":"\u003cb\u003eDrawing on a combined expertise in improvisational theatre and psychiatry, author team Dan O'Connor and Dr. Jeff Katzman show readers how improv skills are the perfect antidote to loneliness and isolation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI know what you're thinking: Hold on...improv? Like getting on a stage in front of an audience? What if that's not my thing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDon't worry: this isn't a book about becoming an improv theater expert, and it's not really a book about performing. It's a book about loneliness--about our feelings of disconnection and isolation, ones that we may have been experiencing since long before the pandemic. More importantly, it's a book about becoming \u003ci\u003eun\u003c\/i\u003elonely--by borrowing from the collaborative and creative tools of improv. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthors of \u003ci\u003eLife Unscripted\u003c\/i\u003e Jeff Katzman, a professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico, and Dan O'Connor, multifaceted actor, writer, and director, have created a process they call Ensembling that helps us build an ensemble of relationships in our lives and more deeply enjoy the groups we already belong to. This is a process of becoming a little vulnerable with each other, and of embracing the moment in which we find ourselves. Drawing on concepts from narrative improvisational theatre and depth psychology, the authors present us with the skills we need to connect with each other more actively and meaningfully. To ensemble or not to ensemble--that is not a question. With the rise of loneliness and isolation in an increasingly virtually connected society, we must find ways to come together. We must ensemble!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Katzman, Dan O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623176298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623176297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/03\/2021","brand":"Jeff Katzman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048666165503,"sku":"9781623176297","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7bc995b7-699d-4202-9741-1986a4a7328f.jpg?v=1684997107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ensemble-jeff-katzman-9781623176297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}