Acting category: 934 books
by Leni Sands
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2013
Written by Leni Sands - Cover Designed by Carole Knight.
Noise Pollution (loud music) can drive people mad, literally.
This monologue has been written for performance. As you read, you become embroiled in the anguish of the confessor. It is almost autobiographical in that the...
The Actor Speaks
Voice and the Performer
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
In The Actor Speaks, Patsy Rodenburg takes actors and actresses, both professional and beginners, through a complete voice workshop. She touches on every aspect of performance work that involves the voice and sorts through the kinds of vexing problems every performer faces onstage: breath and relaxation;...
by Sharon Bialy
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
First Time in Print Updated and expanded To win a role in a movie or on network or cable TV, you must make a strong first impression in your brief, crucial audition—and the first person you have to impress is the casting director. In How to Audition On Camera, Casting Director Sharon Bialy...
Daughters of Destiny
Dramatic Monologues of Four Amazing American Women
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Throughout the centuries there have been Amazing American Women; women who rose on their strength of character, who overcame incredible obstacles to become outstanding in their own right. Women have created works of art and literature, founded businesses, fought in wars, led political and social movements,...
by Eric Morris
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
My Hollywood Stories is a collection of informative, historical, educational, funny, exciting, entertaining, sexy, shocking, and tragic stories and anecdotes about famous and not-so-famous Hollywood people--actors, directors, producers, writers, and studio moguls. While it is not a book about acting,...
VO
Tales and Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
One of the country’s top voice-over talents shares his secrets of success in an insider’s guide to the industry. Actors, broadcasters, and anyone who has longed to earn a living by speaking into a microphone will cherish this insightful and often hilarious glimpse at the business. Coverage includes:
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The Actor's Other Career Book
Using Your Chops to Survive and Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Actors don't have to become Broadway stars to make a living with their acting talents. The Actor’s Other Career Book pulls back the curtain to reveal more than 50 permanent and temporary positions available in cruise ships, trade shows, retail stores, advertising agencies, corporate settings, education,...
Starting Your Career in Broadcasting
Working On and Off the Air in Radio and Television
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Starting Your Career in Broadcasting is the complete guide to breaking into this competitive field--and staying there. It’s packed with advice from top personalities including Bob Costas, Chris Berman, Larry King, Jim Lampley, Bob Kingsley, Rene Syler, Troy Aikman, plus station managers and other...
by Tina Packer, Helen Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
The Shakespeare & Company Actor Training Experience by Tina Packer and Helen Epstein (9,700 words)
Insights and wisdom from one of America's leading Shakespearean actors and theatrical trainers on how to explore and utilize Shakespeare's work to bring your innate acting talent to surface....
How to Be a Working Actor, 5th Edition
The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film & Television
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
The celebrated survival guide for the working actor - now completely updated and expanded with a foreword by Tony award-winning actor Joe Mantegna!
Renowned for more than two decades as the most comprehensive resource for actors, How to Be a Working Actor is a must-read for achieving success...
Winner's Competition Series, V. 1
Award-Winning 60-Second Comic Monologues, Ages 4-12
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2017
Wanna make them laugh?
From her best-selling Ultimate Audition Book for Teens: 111 One-Minute Monologues to this masterful new collection, writer/actor/coach Janet B. Milstein has a proven track record for success. This new series adds a cool twist to the monologue process every piece was...
There's Money Where Your Mouth Is
A Complete Insider's Guide to Earning Income and Building a Career in Voice-Overs
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Voices are increasingly in demand for commercials, cartoon characters, announcements, and other spots. This outstanding handbook explains how to launch a career and ?nd work. Along with sample commercials and script copy, the author gives advice on vocal exercises, self-promotion, and business matters....
Chris Pratt
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Discover Guardians of the Galaxy actor Chris Pratt's spectacular rise to stardom and fame in this zero-to-hero biography
Chris Pratt is now one of the world’s most sought-after actors. As the breakout star of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and The Lego Movie (two of 2014’s biggest box-office...
by Constantin Stanislavski
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Creating a Roleis the culmination of Stanislavski's masterful trilogy on the art of acting. An Actor Prepares focused on the inner training of an actor's imagination. Building a Characterdetailed how the actor's body and voice could be tuned for the great roles he might fill.
This third volume examines...