Acting & Auditioning

It all began in a converted Chinese laundry on Chicago's north side on a cold December night in 1959. No one could have known that by the next century, The Second City would have established itself as the premier comedy institution in the world. Taking...

Norfolk Summer presents the story about the making of a film starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates Joseph Losey's award-winning movie The Go-Between was filmed entirely on location in Norfolk in 1970. The film charts the tragic story of a young boy's...

In Method Acting and Its Discontents, Shonni Enelow provocatively argues that Method acting's positing of a fundamentally porous self was a source of deep anxiety in a culture focused on containment, an anxiety that left lasting traces on American drama...

This is the first textbook designed for students, practitioners and scholars of the performing arts who are curious about the power of the cognitive sciences to throw light on the processes of performance. It equips readers with a clear understanding of...

Essential tips and advice from stars of stage and screen. Actors know the best source of advice on the profession is other actors. Nothing compares with the wisdom and practical know-how acquired through years of working in the business. Advice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081382Author Peter GwinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 137Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 485g

Acting the Song offers a contemporary, integrated approach to singing in musicals that results in better-trained, smarter performers everyone wants to work with. In this new, thoroughly updated edition of the paperback, directors and teachers of musical...

Teaching Acting with Practical Aesthetics uses constructivist pedagogy to teach acting via Practical Aesthetics, a system of actor training created in the mid-1980s by David Mamet. The book melds the history of Practical Aesthetics, Practical Aesthetics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985882839Author Cathy ReinkingFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint R. R. BowkerPublisher R. R. BowkerWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880101424Author Rudolf SteinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint SteinerBooks, IncPublisher Anthroposophic Press Inc

'Before the Curtain Opens' distils a lifetime's lived experience of the Alexander Technique into an engaging and vivid introduction to what becomes a holistic philosophy of performance.Book InformationISBN 9781911193432Author Kate KellyFormat...

In this collection of more than fifty monologues, short stories and poems-Shepard's first-one of America's most acclaimed writers and actors reflects on growing up in America, rock and roll, the sex of fishes, and other topics. Shepard displays his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559360302Author Joseph ChaikinFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543288469Author Eleonor GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566081924Author Jan Peterson EwenFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Christian Publishers LLCPublisher Christian Publishers LLCWeight(grams) 204g

Because mask improvisation work is relatively new in American theater training, this book is designed not only to acquaint readers with the theory of mask improvisation but to instruct them in the techniques of method as well.Featuring dozens of...

Book of Sides II: Original, Two-Page Scenes for Actors and Directors is the second book in the Book of Sides series by Dave Kost, featuring original, two-page, two-character scenes for use in acting, directing, and auditioning classes. While shorter than...

An Actor's Work on a Role is Konstantin Stanislavsky's classic exploration of the rehearsal process, applying the techniques of his seminal actor training system to the task of bringing life and truth to one's role. Originally published over half a...

Acting for the Camera: Back to One is a "how to" book with practical steps to achieve a professional performance on camera. The book focuses on four distinct areas: how to prepare the character, how to execute the technical responsibilities that will...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556431869Author Ruth ZaporahFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780879103644Author Mary Z. MaherFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Limelight EditionsPublisher Limelight EditionsWeight(grams) 422g

Teaching Actors draws on history, literature, and original research conducted across leading drama schools in England and Australia, to offer those involved in actor training a critical framework within which to think about their work. Prior, who brings...

Acting for the Screen is a collection of essays written by and interviews with working actors, producers, directors, casting directors, and acting professors, exploring the business side of screen acting.In this book, over thirty show business...

How can the practice of improvisation become the lens through which we view the world? The Applied Improvisation Mindset takes readers deep into the maturing field of Applied Improvisation (AI), with stories of 18 practitioners from five countries who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585107032Author Carol RosenfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoPublisher Focus Publishing/R Pullins &...

Voice: Onstage and Off is a comprehensive guide to the process of building, mastering, and fine-tuning the voice for performance. Every aspect of vocal work is covered, from the initial speech impulse and the creation of sound, right through to refining...

Rehearsing Shakespeare offers a dynamic guide to practice in rehearsals and workshops for actors, directors and trainers in a UK and global context. The book analyses the roots and development of modern-day approaches to Shakespeare and applies theory of...

Objectives, Obstacles, and Tactics in Practice is the first book that compiles practical approaches of the best practices from a range of practitioners on the subject of working with Stanislavski's "objectives," "obstacles," and "tactics."The book offers...

Reframing Screen Performance is a groundbreaking study of film acting that challenges the long held belief that great cinematic performances are created in the editing room. Surveying the changing attitudes and practices of film acting - from the silent...

Robert Dance's new evaluation of Joan Crawford looks at her entire career and-while not ignoring her early years and tempestuous personal life-focuses squarely on her achievements as an actress, and as a woman who mastered the studio system with a rare...

A Korean Approach to Actor Training develops a vital, intercultural method of performer training, introducing Korean and more broadly East Asian discourses into contemporary training and acting practice.This volume examines the psychophysical nature of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780896762527Author Marina CalderoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Drama Publishers/Quite Specific MediaPublisher Drama Publishers/Quite Specific...

Audition Success presents a groundbreaking method that has already made Don Greene one of the country's leading audition trainers. Combining specially designed self-tests and real-life examples from the careers of two performers, Audition Success will...

Award Monologues for Men is a collection of fifty monologues taken from plays written since 1980 that have been nominated for the Pullitzer Prize, the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards in New York, and The Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards in...

Actor director producer and teacher Basil (cofounder American Globe Theatre) offers a three-week course that demystifies the English playwright and prepares actors to play Shakespearean roles with confidence. ...his practical instructions should...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420963090Author Michael ChekhovFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

This book is the answer to the comedic monologue needs of kid actors a and their parents a everywhere. EKids' Comedic Monologues That Are Actually FunnyE is specifically geared for children ages 5-12. Divided into boy girl and gender neutral categories...

One of the original members of Jerzy Grotowski's acting company, Zygmunt Molik's Voice and Body Work explores the unique development of voice and body exercises throughout his career in actor training.This book, constructed from conversations between...

In Mythic Imagination and the Actor, Marissa Chibas draws on over three decades of experience as a Latinx actor, writer, filmmaker, and teacher to offer an approach to acting that embraces collective imagination, archetypal work, and the mythic. The book...

Your Body Knows provides the foundation actors need to move with ease and power. It is a practical guide to movement starting at the very beginning: knowing your body and experiencing how it works.Through the work of F.M. Alexander, Rudolf Laban, and...