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If you are a drama student, actor, performer, speaker or voice-artist or training to be one, this is the book for you! There is nothing else out there like it! Filled with easy to follow vocal warm-up exercises, awesome alliterations and illustrations; you will be impressing audiences and smashing auditions in no time without damaging your most valuable asset - your voice!

Recommended by agents and acting coaches, Acting In Chicago, 4th Edition demystifies the question of how to build a rewarding, sustainable, and profitable acting career. Everything you need to make a full-time living as a Midwest-based actor is at your fingertips in this updated edition. You'll just need to bring your talent. Specific information is presented logically so you can lay your path of least resistance through the industry. --

Audiobook Acting: A Masterclass in the Art and the Business is the roadmap to compelling audiobook storytelling. Written as if you are in a personal coaching session with Taro Meyer, each chapter focuses on a single topic and offers illuminating stories and workouts that allow you to practice and progress at your own pace. New actors will learn to handle any type of book--as well as howto produce a demo, make submissions, and access industry resources--and experienced professionals will learn new techniques. Master powerful techniques that will enable you to Strengthen your voice through proper breathing and vocal placement Develop a tone and point of view for each book Fuse your interpretation with the author's Create evocative imagery Develop identifiable, vibrant characters

Everything you need to get a child actor into the Midwest's booming entertainment industry.For over a decade, Acting In Chicago has helped actors launch and build careers in the Midwest. Now parents and kids have their own book!Have a young performer in the family, but aren't familiar with the entertainment industry?Feel like your child actor could do TV/Film/Commercials/Etc. if you only knew how to help them?Want access to the entertainment business without moving to Los Angeles or NYC?Confused about minor work permits, Coogan accounts, and other details?Acting In Chicago For Kids And Parents is the answer. Acting in Chicago For Kids And Parents demystifies the question of how to help young performers get roles in TV, commercials, voice over, and more. Whether you have a toddler or a teen, everything you need to get a child into the world of paid professional acting is at your fingertips in this must-have edition. Time-saving, local, and highly organized, get the essential information you need from a career actor and Dad of a young performer. Spend less time figuring out the details and more time helping your young actor reach their full potential. What if you knew: The multiple ways child actors in the Midwest earn money for college (or anything else).How to set your child up for success, and what to expect on the job.How auditions and local casting works.The right way to get an agent.The best places to get training.How to spot and avoid casting and training scams.How much your child will earn for every job.How to do school while working in the entertainment industry.Real details about the actors' union, regulations parents must follow, and industry norms for kids.Chris Agos, career actor, voice over talent, teacher, and Dad of a child actor, explains step-by-step how to prepare and support young people through a professional career in performance. No fluff or useless information, just solid, practical guidance provided by an actor parent, for actors and their parents.Here's what you'll get: An organized big-picture look at the industry and all the opportunities it holds.A step-by-step process for shepherding a child through an industry designed for adults.Over 250 pages full of actionable advice for any child actor and parent, regardless of experience level.Clarity on where to invest your child's time, so they get the most return for the effort.Answers regarding regulatory requirements for child actors and their parents.Advice on how parents can advocate for their child in an adult world.How to create and maintain a child actor's online casting profiles.Unbiased details on the role SAG-AFTRA plays in an actor's career.Learn how to avoid rookie mistakes with simple do's and don'ts.BONUS #1: Guide to self-taping! Get all the answers and techniques, complete with solutions for every budget.BONUS #2: Child actors and social media? Get best practices for young performers with accounts (Hint: they're not absolutely necessary).Praise for Acting In Chicago "I bought this book when I was a teen in high school. I recently stepped onto an HBO set for my very first co-star. All in all it's a dream come true, and Chris' content helped so much."-Kathy Dorn, actor "This book is a dream for actors." - Sam Samuelson, Agent, Stewart Talent Chicago

In Making Choices for the Successful Actor, premier acting teacher, legendary director, producer, and coach, Price Hall, reveals his cutting-edge technique, which has enabled many actors (the likes of Malcolm McDowell, Luke Goss, Bryan Batt, Kate Orsini, Hani Furstenberg, Thomas Francis Murphy, Christopher Emerson, Phillip Fornah, and Jay Caputo) to further their successful acting careers in Hollywood.This interactive success guide will teach actors, both professional and aspiring, the "What" and "How" to bring that most desirous of qualities to their work: PRESENCE. Directors and casting directors love PRESENCE, the camera eats it up, and the audiences will keep coming back for more.Learn:HOW the actor makes powerful CHOICES for the Character which continually drive them forward with zero self-consciousnessTo discover what a real relationship is, what it feels like, between you and the other CharactersThe importance of understanding the situation and How to change it simply by MAKING a different CHOICE How, with your wonderful imagination, visualizing the PLACE, TIME, and specifically WHO you are interacting with is the true KEY to PRESENCEHow Choosing a NEED TO BE SATISFIED ONLY through the other character has you ACT and BE POWERFUl. How, with a CHOICE in mind of a NEED TO BE SATISFIED, any obstacle, be it internal or external, can be overcome. This kind of confidence creates POWERFUL ACTORS.Price Hall's technique is the leading edge of acting for the twenty-first century. This Guide provides a clear, simple, and specific Handle that the actor can use any and every time their PRESENCE is required MAKING CHOICES is the doorway to the Power of the Actor. The curriculum provided in this acting guidebook is packed with exercises that train you how to connect un-self-consciously with your inner pain and emotions, and to use these experiences, or let them use you, to satisfy the need in any acting situation. These acting techniques and training tools are a Handle that will allow the actor to understand quickly, on a deep and intimate level, the art of the human being as an actor both in classic and contemporary material.In fact, this actors' guide book is a Handle that's flexible enough to apply to any role, helping actors to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.MAKING CHOICES for the successful actor is all about Being Here Now Naturally... always Alive in the Moment.

From A Midsummer Night's Dream's Puck to Othello's Desdemona, this new edition of Speaking Shakespeare gives you all the necessary tools to bring any of Shakespeare's eclectic characters to life. Patsy Rodenburg uses practical exercises and textual analysis to hone in on your dramatic resonance, breathing and placement in order to unlock your potential for playing these iconic characters. Speeches and scenes such as Mark Antony's 'O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth' and the bloody scene in which Macbeth admits to Lady Macbeth that he has 'done the deed' are placed in context and discussed in depth.Combining clear practical, textual and imaginative work with a brilliant analysis of scenes and speeches from the whole range of Shakespeare's plays, this is an essential and inspiring guide for anyone working on his plays today. It brings a renewed focus on the language of power, so frequently spoken in the worlds of politicians and company directors, which will give readers insight into the potency of clear, direct communication, specifically in the context of Shakespeare. Each chapter has been revised following the author's 20 additional years of experience as a voice coach and includes techniques necessary for a clear and convincing performance.

REALITY SLOWS ME DOWN offers a wide variety of audition pieces for professional actors, as well as high school and college students and actors performing in community theaters. The contents have a broad range of choices in age, emotional tones, and personality characterizations that will suit any actor's need and inclination. These include attitudes of irony, desperation, bewilderment, suffering, anger, and exhilaration. Further, five dialogues are given for practice with friends and actors to be used for fun and practice. As well, the various speeches may be used as presentation pieces before a studio audience.

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Stanislavsky and Pedagogy explores current thinking around the pedagogical implications of Stanislavsky's work, depicting the voices of a number of practitioners, teachers, and scholars who are themselves journeying with Stanislavsky.

Stanislavsky and Pedagogy explores current thinking around the pedagogical implications of Stanislavsky's work, depicting the voices of a number of practitioners, teachers, and scholars who are themselves journeying with Stanislavsky.

This anthology of essays aims to explore the many types of relationships that exist between puppets, broadly speaking, and the immaterial world.

Embodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising is the first book to compile new and adapted exercises for teaching playwriting in the classroom, workshop, or studio through the lens of acting and improvisation.

Embodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising is the first book to compile new and adapted exercises for teaching playwriting in the classroom, workshop, or studio through the lens of acting and improvisation.

"Acting, by simple definition, means to be in the process of doing. It's not uncommon to meet people who say they want to be actors. My question to them is always the same: What are you currently doing to become an actor? "Doing" they say? Yes - If you wanted to be a musician you'd practice every day. If you were an athlete you'd train every day. Acting is no different. We feel lucky when we get a job. The fact is, we're most lucky when we're prepared when an opportunity knocks. Jasmine Embrechts' insightful book is a toolbox of achievable activities for beginner and working actors. A book filled with great reminders for all of us to do!"Matthew Modine, actor and filmmaker"The Active Actor is a refreshing, down-to-earth and practical guide to help you to stay motivated and proactive between acting jobs. It's clearly laid out and full of inspirational and practical exercises to help you nurture your inner artist. Jasmine's in-depth knowledge and experience shines through and her positivity is infectious!"Bea Grist, Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager, SpotlightWhat to do with all the downtime between acting jobs? How do we stay motivated? Actors often feel they can really only be considered actors when they are working on their next part. But there is so much that can be done to stay in the right mindset, and that helps careers move forward. The downward spiral of doubt and erosion of confidence is avoidable if we continue to work on our craft and take steps towards our goals. So often actors lose heart in the period between jobs and as a result sabotage their chances at the next audition. This book focuses on all the tasks that actors can and should be doing to keep active as a performer, when they haven't yet got their next job lined up. An actor's life is all-encompassing: a rich life contributes to an actor's next role. Focus on doing the tasks in this book that will help you stay centred, committed and in the right mindset, as divided into four sections:Business and Skillset tasksCreative tasksIdeas for learningSelf-care optionsThe inner artist must be nurtured and this book points you in the right direction with actionable steps to take in your journey as an actor - including that time when you are looking for your next role.

Domenico Belli, who died in 1627 in Florence, published in 1616 two works in the new monodic style, an operatic scene (Orfeo dolente) and this collection of songs and duets. His tyle is fairly radical and difficult both in execution and harmony.

Si les mémoires de Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) ont été souvent réédités, on ignore en général qu'à la fin de sa vie la grande comédienne avait entrepris d'écrire un ouvrage où elle transmettrait son expérience aux générations futures d'acteurs et d'amateurs de théâtre. Elle en dicta jusqu'à sa mort les chapitres, qui furent ensuite ordonnés et publiés par Marcel Berger, un des familiers de ses dernières années. Le lecteur trouvera dans ces pages une mine inépuisable de conseils et d'observations sur le métier de comédien, depuis les impératifs de la voix jusqu'aux détails pratiques du maquillage. Sarah Bernhardt compléta et illustra ce véritable guide de l'art dramatique par une profusion d'anecdotes, où l'on retrouve la drôlerie et la vivacité qui rendirent célèbre sa conversation.Extrait : "L'art de notre art est de ne pas se faire reconnaître du public : pas un instant il ne doit penser que ce n'est pas arrivé, nous devons le tenir dans l'ambiance où l'auteur a voulu le transporter, nous devons créer l'atmosphère par notre sincérité, et le public haletant, éperdu, ne doit comme l'artiste, reconquérir son libre-arbitre qu'à la chute du rideau." Sarah Bernhardt.Sarah Bernhardt, née le 22 octobre 1844 dans le Paris 6¿ et morte le 26 mars 1923 à Paris 17¿, est une actrice, peintre et sculptrice française. Elle est considérée comme une des plus importantes actrices françaises du XIX¿ et du début du XX¿ siècle.

Life as an actor is full of setbacks. Discover proven psychology techniques to avoid damaging your mental health and sinking into despair. Building a successful acting career requires resilience. Whether going to auditions, applying to drama school, or battling unemployment, you must be able to bounce back from setbacks and keep going. Resilient actors benefit from the "familiarity effect:" the more industry professionals see you, the more they like you, and the more opportunities you get. But how do you keep going despite repeated setbacks? How do you shake off the painful feelings that arise and get back in the game with a healthy mindset? Encountering a setback changes your brain chemistry, which depletes your energy and affects your state of mind. Repeated setbacks can have a cumulative effect, making it harder to bounce back and take on new challenges. Fortunately, psychologists have studied these negative effects and developed a range of powerful techniques to avoid falling down this slippery slope. Resilience for Actors distills these psychological insights specifically for actors using clear and jargon-free language. Whether you got knocked back after delivering an amazing audition, or recently got fired from an acting job, this book provides you with the tools to bounce back and go after the next opportunity with optimism and enthusiasm. Read this book and discover:How to deal with rejection in a positive wayHow to recover from disappointmentHow to stop the vicious cycle of despairMindset hacks to turn failure into successPractical tools you can use straight awayShort enough to read in an afternoon, yet jam-packed with practical advice, Resilience for Actors will help you overcome any setback and find your inner strength. Alexa Ispas holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Edinburgh. The books in her Psychology for Actors Series provide actors with proven psychology techniques to thrive and build a successful career.

What if an actor possessed the expressive tools to work across cultures? Actor, director, and playwright Michael Devine (Playing Outside the Lines: Collected Plays I) has spent years bridging cultures in both performance and training. Through an exploration of the core principles of power, control, and joy, BoxWhatBox frees the artist from habits that inhibit their development and their ability to create, and which confine them within the box of their own cultures and lived experience. With case studies, photographs, and engaging games, exercises, and études, BoxWhatBox is the practical handbook for any actor who desires to inspire.

Want to show up to auditions and acting jobs brimming with confidence? If you are tired of battling your inner demons, psychology can help. Life as an actor brings out a lot of insecurities. Every time you go to an audition, begin rehearsals, or give a performance, the most personal things about yourself-your physicality, personality, and mannerisms-are put on display and critically evaluated.Given this ever-present scrutiny, your self-confidence can suffer, affecting your ability to perform.High-pressure situations, such as an important audition, a table read, or opening night, are often where your self-confidence may falter, resulting in missed opportunities, regrets, and sometimes marking the onset of chronic stage fright.If this sounds familiar, psychology can help.For several decades, psychologists have studied the problems associated with low self-confidence and developed a range of simple yet powerful techniques to overcome such barriers.Self-Confidence for Actors explains in clear and jargon-free language how to apply these psychological tools to your craft. Read this book and discover:How to overcome stage frightHow to disarm your inner criticHow to conquer imposter syndromeHow to radiate confidence while under pressureHow to prevent nerves from sabotaging your performanceHow to connect with your boldest self when it matters mostPractical tools you can use straight awayShort enough to read in an afternoon, yet jam-packed with practical advice, Self-Confidence for Actors will help you calm your nerves and perform at your best.Alexa Ispas holds a PhD in psychology from the University of Edinburgh. The books in her Psychology for Actors Series provide actors with proven psychology techniques to thrive and build a successful career.

A Los Angeles drama critic called REGARDING MRS. CARTER a "Hamlet for women." That is certainly hyperbole, but this theatrical monologue provides a strong showcase for a mature female actor with an understanding of style, wit, and emotional honesty. It requires one costume and can be performed with a minimal set, but a creative lighting designer is crucial. The play may also be performed with the script in hand. Performance rights are available through the author.

(back cover) For drama students and aspiring actors, The Acting Bible is the essential brush-up guide to acting technique. Covering a range of skills, from physical expressiveness to voice projection, and demonstrating how to analyze and understand scripts, this comprehensive reference is designed for actors in all media--theater, television, and film. Above all, this book is a practical guide to the art of acting. From finding your mark to dialect coaching, and from emotional awareness to rehearsal procedures, the author provides step-by-step advice accompanied by detailed illustrations, which combine to make this book informative and accessible. The roles of actor, director, and stage manager are clearly explained, so that even novice actors can understand their responsibilities and enjoy being on set. The author discusses both classic and contemporary productions, including experimental theater pieces, and inspires novice actors to try a variety of approaches and techniques as they learn their craft.