275 Acting Games, Connected

275 Acting Games, Connected
Author: Gavin Levy
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781566081696

A collection of games and activities designed to help develop the skills of aspiring actors.

Theatre Games for Young Performers

Theatre Games for Young Performers
Author: Maria C. Novelly
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1985
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780916260316

The basics of pantomime, improvisation, voice control, monologues and dialogues presented in game formats with exercises and work sheets.

Comedy Acting for Theatre

Comedy Acting for Theatre
Author: Sidney Homan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2018-02-22
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1350012785

Analysing why we laugh and what we laugh at, and describing how performers can elicit this response from their audience, this book enables actors to create memorable – and hilarious – performances. Rooted in performance and performance criticism, Sidney Homan and Brian Rhinehart provide a detailed explanation of how comedy works, along with advice on how to communicate comedy from the point of view of both the performer and the audience. Combining theory and performance, the authors analyse a variety of plays, both modern and classic. Playwrights featured include Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Christopher Durang, and Michael Frayn. Acting in Shakespeare's comedies is also covered in depth.

Theatre Games & Activities

Theatre Games & Activities
Author: Lynda A. Topper
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781566081566

How can a teacher without theatrical experience teach a course in theatre arts? How can a teacher inspire self-conscious students to perform before an audience? This book of activities is designed to build confidence in each student with non-threatening evaluations along the way. This drama text begins with basic group games and gradually expands to more challenging exercises. Its emphasis on group and individual activity builds verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Chapters include: 1. The Planning Process, 2. The Challenge of the First Meeting, 3. Getting Acquainted and Acclimated, 4. Non-Verbal Group Activities, 5. Non-Verbal Individual Activities, 6. Verbal Individual Activities, 7. Verbal Pair Activities, 8. Verbal Group Activities, 9. Written Activities, 10. Evaluation, Assessment, Rewards, 11. Grab Bag.

The Improv Handbook

The Improv Handbook
Author: Tom Salinsky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2017-10-19
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1350026174

The Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes, it features a range of games, interviews, descriptions and exercises that illuminate and illustrate the exciting world of improvised performance. First published in 2008, this second edition features a new foreword by comedian Mike McShane, as well as new exercises on endings, managing blind offers and master-servant games, plus new and expanded interviews with Keith Johnstone, Neil Mullarkey, Jeffrey Sweet and Paul Rogan. The Improv Handbook is a one-stop guide to the exciting world of improvisation. Whether you're a beginner, an expert, or would just love to try it if you weren't too scared, The Improv Handbook will guide you every step of the way.

Games for Actors and Non-Actors

Games for Actors and Non-Actors
Author: Augusto Boal
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2005-06-29
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1134498519

Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal. It sets out the principles and practice of Boal's revolutionary Method, showing how theatre can be used to transform and liberate everyone – actors and non-actors alike! This thoroughly updated and substantially revised second edition includes: two new essays by Boal on major recent projects in Brazil Boal's description of his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company a revised introduction and translator's preface a collection of photographs taken during Boal's workshops, commissioned for this edition new reflections on Forum Theatre.

101 Drama Games and Activities

101 Drama Games and Activities
Author: David Farmer
Publisher: David Farmer
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 184753841X

Gain access to a personal collection of 101 highly effective drama games and activities suitable for children or adults. Sections include improvisation, mime, ice-breakers, group dynamics, rehearsal, story-telling, voice and warm-ups.

Acting Games for Individual Performers

Acting Games for Individual Performers
Author: Gavin Levy
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Acting
ISBN: 9781566081467

A student actor or professional performer will use this book again and again for self-discovery exercises designed to enhance acting skills. It is a "doing" book which challenges the actor with every exercise. A superb text that is both functional and inspirational.

The Community Performance Reader

The Community Performance Reader
Author: Petra Kuppers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1000155366

Community Performance: A Reader is the first book to provide comprehensive teaching materials for this significant part of the theatre studies curriculum. It brings together core writings and critical approaches to community performance work, presenting practices in the UK, USA, Australia and beyond. Offering a comprehensive anthology of key writings in the vibrant field of community performance, spanning dance, theatre and visual practices, this Reader uniquely combines classic writings from major theorists and practitioners such as Augusto Boal, Paolo Freire, Dwight Conquergood and Jan Cohen Cruz, with newly commissioned essays that bring the anthology right up to date with current practice. This book can be used as a stand-alone text, or together with its companion volume, Community Performance: An Introduction, to offer an accessible and classroom-friendly introduction to the field of community performance.

The Method Acting Exercises Handbook

The Method Acting Exercises Handbook
Author: Lola Cohen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1315471485

The Method Acting Exercises Handbook is a concise and practical guide to the acting exercises originally devised by Lee Strasberg, one of the Method's foremost practitioners. The Method trains the imagination, concentration, senses and emotions to ‘re-create’ – not ‘imitate’ – logical, believable and truthful behavior on stage and in film. Building on nearly 30 years of teaching internationally and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York and Los Angeles, Lola Cohen details a series of specific exercises in order to provide clear instruction and guidance to this preeminent form of actor training. By integrating Strasberg's voice with her own tried and tested style of teaching, Cohen demonstrates what can be gained from the exercises, how they can inform and inspire your learning, and how they might be applied to your acting and directing practice. As a companion to The Lee Strasberg Notes (Routledge 2010), a transcription of Strasberg's own teaching, The Method Acting Exercises Handbook offers an unparalleled and updated guide to this world renowned technique.