Introduction : interview with Del Close -- Pt. 1. i.O. forms : art by committee -- Ch. 1. The new Harold -- Ch. 2. The tag out performance piece -- Ch. 3. Using monologs in the work -- Pt. 2. The improviser -- Ch. 4. What makes an improviser good -- Ch. 5. Follow the fear -- Ch. 6. The kitchen rules -- Ch. 7. Separate but equal - women in improvisation -- Ch. 8. Character through environment and movement -- Ch. 9. My pet peeves -- Ch. 10. From improv to writing -- Ch. 11. Advice to future performers -- i.O. photo album -- Pt. 3. History -- Ch. 12. The history of Charna and Del and long-form improvisation -- Ch. 13. Tennessee Williams meets Del -- Ch. 14. The new Del -- Ch. 15. Del the improviser -- Ch. 16. Del and Chris Farley -- Ch. 17. The living wake -- Ch. 18. A profound gift -- Ch. 19. The last bastion of the counterculture -- i.O. activities
