Acting Auditioning category: 934 books
by Victoria Duckett, David Sterritt, Julie Levinson
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Screen performances entertain and delight us but we rarely stop to consider actors’ reliance on their craft to create memorable characters. Although film acting may appear effortless, a host of techniques, artistic conventions, and social factors shape the construction of each role.
The...
Acting in the Academy
The History of Professional Actor Training in US Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
There are over 150 BFA and MFA acting programs in the US today, nearly all of which claim to prepare students for theatre careers. Peter Zazzali contends that the curricula of these courses represent an ethos that is as outdated as it is limited, given today’s shrinking job market for stage actors.
Acting...
The Art of the Actor
The Essential History of Acting from Classical Times to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
How did acting begin? What is its history, and what have the great thinkers on acting said about the art and craft of performance? In this single-volume survey of the history of acting, Jean Benedetti traces the evolution of the theories of the actor's craft drawing extensively on extracts from key...
Acting: The First Six Lessons
Documents from the American Laboratory Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Acting: The First Six Lessons was first published in 1933 and remains a key text for anyone studying acting today. These dramatic dialogues between teacher and idealistic student explore the field of acting according to one of the original teachers of Stanislavsky’s System in America.
This...
My First Scene Book: Acting Up, Acting Out, Acting Right
51 Scenes for Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
In new and strange situations, it can be hard to know what to do and how to act. My First Scene Book can help! And each of the 51 one-minute scenes -- from the real to the downright silly -- is just right for five- to nine-year-olds. Like all books in My First Acting Series, My First Scene Book is...
Acting for Film and TV -The Technique-
Learn the technique of the best Hollywood actors, and all you need to do to become one of them
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Mr. Arturi explaining to young people "The Content of the Book"
Mr. Arturi: In the book you will learn the technique that I and the great Hollywood actors mentioned on the cover of my book use to create a character for a movie and much, much more.
This technique is used by these actors...
Acting as a Way of Life
A Handbook on How to Act - for Beginners as Well as for Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Acting as art has been perceived as something that is limited to only those who are born with it. However, scholars over the years have proven acting to be a process and something that can be done by anyone once he is aware of the process of acting. This book is an attempt to simplify the process...
by Cathy Haase
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
"It will not disappoint . . ." —Ian McKellen, from the Foreword
An Authoritative Training Manual for Film Actors and Teachers
“In today's entertainment industry of buff bodies and beautiful faces, it's easy to think that a couple of sit-ups and high cheek bones can create a movie...
How to Get the Part...Without Falling Apart!
Featuring the Haber Phrase Technique for Actors
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
How to Get the Part...Without Falling Apart! is the answer to every actor's audition prayers. Acting coach Margie Haber has created a revolutionary phrase technique to get actors through readings without stumbling over the script. The book helps actors break through the psychological roadblocks to...
An Actor's Guide—Making It in New York City, Second Edition
Everything a Working Actor Needs to Survive and Succeed in the Big Apple
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
For any actor in or on the way to New York City, this is the definitive source for advice, winning strategies, marketing techniques, and invaluable insights to being a successful New York actor. Aspiring and established professionals will find this thorough and up-to-the-minute volume chock full of...
Book of Sides II: Original, Two-Page Scenes for Actors and Directors
Original, Two-Page Scenes for Actors and Directors
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
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 the traditional three-to-six-page scenes commonly...
In Performance
Contemporary Monologues for Men and Women Late Twenties to Thirties
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Whether auditioning for graduate programs or professional productions, In Performance is an indispensable collection of monologues for today's aspiring young actors. Featured are dynamic monologues from contemporary stage plays of the past 15 years, as selected by a professional acting teacher, director,...
In Performance
Contemporary Monologues for Men and Women Late Teens-20s
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
In Performance is intended for young people who are auditioning for both undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional productions and industry meetings. Featured are dynamic monologues from contemporary stage plays of the past 15 years, chosen from the point of view of a professional...
On Method Acting
The Classic Actor's Guide to the Stanislavsky Technique as Practiced at the Actors Studio
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Practiced by such actors of stature as Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Julie Harris, Dustin Hoffman, and Ellen Burstyn (not to mention the late James Dean) the Method offers a practical application of the renowned Stanislavsky technique.
On Method Acting demystifies the "mysteries" of Method...