The Michael Chekhov Playbook Series
About the Book Series
The Michael Chekhov Way Playbook Series is the result of over thirty-five years of collaboration between Wil Kilroy and Lisa Loving Dalton developing a fun, healthy, and comprehensive way of training and applying Michael Chekhov’s (acting) techniques to stage, film and the artist’s life.
The series focuses on various aspects of performance art training, such as core concepts for actors, improvisation, script analysis, directing, devising, dramaturgy, design and applications for specific use in style, marketing and media. Each playbook offers step-by-step guidance and tips for “free styling” the integration of the concepts.
Acting the Michael Chekhov Way: A Playbook for Healthy, Sequential Training
1st Edition
By Lisa Loving Dalton
November 02, 2025
Rooted in Chekhov’s Guiding Principles and Laws of Composition, Acting the Michael Chekhov Way: A Playbook for Healthy, Sequential Training offers a step-by-step pathway for actors, directors, and teachers with an emphasis on the health and wellbeing of the performer. Developed over 30 years within...
Improvisation the Michael Chekhov Way: Active Exploration of Acting Techniques
1st Edition
By Wil Kilroy
November 27, 2023
Improvisation the Michael Chekhov Way: Active Exploration of Acting Techniques provides readers with dozens of improvisational exercises based on the acting techniques of Michael Chekhov. The book features key exercises that will help the actor explore improvisation and expand their imagination ...