The Young Actors Handbook
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| Author | : Jeremy Kruse |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 102 |
| Release | : 2017-04-01 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1495093956 |
The way some introductory acting books are written, it seems that a literal leg break is your best option. In The Young Actor's Handbook, Jeremy Kruse, an actor, writer, producer, and director who teaches method acting, acting for camera, improvisation, and sketch comedy at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, mends this mangled genre, distilling invaluable lessons and years of experience down to a lean, mean, intuitive hundred page primer. Rather than bludgeoning the uninitiated with dense paragraphs, vague concepts, and opaque examples, The Young Actor's Handbook ignites the beginning actor's creative soul with inspirational acting exercises, acting theory, writing exercises, and insight into what it means to be an actor. This concise and pragmatic manual will guide and inform the young actor, beginning actor, novice acting teacher, or anyone who wants to understand acting through a broad and diverse survey of essential knowledge. The teachings of Richard Boleslavsky, Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Uta Hagen, Michael Shurtleff, Lee Strasberg, and Constantin Stanislavsky are eloquently and accessible rendered, as are basics of script analysis, camera technique, the audition mindset, agent acquisition, and the actor's life. Whether you're a curious novice, veteran acting teacher, or even an interested observer, The Young Actor's Handbook will enhance your understanding of this vast and rewarding craft.
| Author | : Melissa Bruder |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 108 |
| Release | : 2012-04-25 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0307499138 |
For anyone who has ever wanted to take an acting class, "this is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years" (David Mamet, from the Introduction). This book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy, and director Gregory Mosher. A Practical Handbook for the Actor is written for any actor who has ever experienced the frustrations of acting classes that lacked clarity and objectivity, and that failed to provide a dependable set of tools. An actor's job, the authors state, is to "find a way to live truthfully under the imaginary circumstances of the play." The ways in which an actor can attain that truth form the substance of this eloquent book.
| Author | : Jeff Alan-Lee |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2021-11-15 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1493061046 |
In A Young Actor Prepares, Jeff Alan-Lee masterfully delivers kids' and teens' acting classes presented as plays in script form. The classes are based on actual semesters at the Young Actor's Studio in Los Angeles and provide step-by-step approaches to help children and teenagers portray complex characters and tackle emotionally challenging roles. For over thirty years, Alan-Lee has worked with thousands of young people, teaching the work presented in this book. His work has been the springboard for award-winning artists in acting, directing, playwriting, screenwriting, and music. Inspired by Stanislavski's An Actor Prepares, Alan-Lee has developed engaging and exciting ways to create great acting, using a unique version of the Stanislavski system that he reworked for the young actor. It's a fun and easy method to help children and teens learn to apply Stanislavski-based exercises and use their own their own life experiences, imagination, and emotions to create authentic acting and performances. The book is for kids and teens, as well as teachers and parents. Kids and teens can find relatable characters and gain a deeper ability to make their acting shine. Teachers will get a unique look at how to handle a multitude of personalities while teaching the real work to children as young as eight. Parents will discover an actor's process that can lead their kids to greater self-esteem and creativity in all the arts.
| Author | : Roger Ellis |
| Publisher | : Meriwether Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : |
A step-by-step guide for training young actors to audition well by developing acting skills. No other book puts auditioning in the context of acting training-an all-encompassing audition text.
| Author | : Michael Kostroff |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 165 |
| Release | : 2022-07-13 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1538160447 |
An invaluable guide to the traditions and best practices of the professional stage actor, from first rehearsal to final curtain. Professional stage actors are expected to have ready knowledge of a multitude of unwritten yet well-established protocols. Traditionally, this knowledge was passed along from one generation of stage actors to the next via word of mouth, or were learned by having one’s missteps corrected—until now. In The Stage Actor’s Handbook, these protocols have finally been assembled into one volume, allowing theatre artists to know in advance what is expected of them. A definitive guide for professionals and aspiring professionals alike, this book details best practices on everything from rehearsal demeanor to backstage etiquette. It also shares the theatre’s unique vernacular and revered superstitions, as well as field-tested guidelines on touring, interactions with the public, and more. Written by established theatre pros Michael Kostroff (The Producers, Les Misérables)and Julie Garnyé (Cats, Come From Away), The Stage Actor’s Handbook features bits of wisdom contributed by legendary stage actors, including Bebe Neuwirth, John Lithgow, Chita Rivera, Alfred Molina, Billy Porter, Betty Buckley, Harvey Fierstein, Sam Waterston, Jason Alexander, Cynthia Nixon, and Sir Patrick Stewart.
| Author | : Dennis Marshall Hilton-reid |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 88 |
| Release | : 2017-06-25 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781548367527 |
The Young Actor's Notebook is a guide for those entering the industry. It offers easily absorbed information and quick tips on how to approach auditions, rehearsals and performance. Quotes about acting are interspersed with insights into common challenges encountered when transitioning from student to professional. A number of acting-focused mantras are provided to help center the mind. Not meant to be read all in one siting, you can read a sentence one day, a mantra the next. Space is provided to take notes. Easily portable, you can keep it nearby to refer to before any performance or use as a space to record creative insights. This book is about how to be a professional in an emotional and demanding creative field. Consult it when you need. It is about you, for you.
| Author | : Lise Friedman |
| Publisher | : Turtleback |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2002-03-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780613910231 |
A comprehensive manual for acting and theater, discussing improvisation, voice projection, breathing exercises, script analysis, and technical aspects of theater production.
| Author | : Arthur Bartow |
| Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
| Total Pages | : 530 |
| Release | : 2010-07 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1458781267 |
The first comprehensive survey and study of the major techniques developed by and for the American actor over the past 60 years. Presented side-by-side, each of the 10 disciplines included is described in detail by one of today's foremost practitioners. An invaluable resource both for the young actor embarking on a career and for the theatre professional polishing his or her craft. ''successful acting must reflect a society's current beliefs. The men and women who developed each new technique were convinced that previous methods were not equal to the full challenges of their time and place, and the techniques in this book have been adapted to current needs in order to continue to be successful methods for training actors. The actor's journey is an individual one, and the actor seeks a form, or a variety of forms, of training that will assist in unlocking his own creative gifts of expression.''
| 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.
| Author | : Laurie Allen |
| Publisher | : Meriwether Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Middle school students |
| ISBN | : 9781566081597 |
These real-life, juvenile dilemmas for children to perform are popular because the actors can portray characters like those they see every day. Sample titles from this collection of 31 scenes include: Picture Day, Love is All You Need, First Kiss, 30 Days to a New Teen, Home Alone, Cookie Dough, Food Fight, Barbie Girl, Texas Size Zit, the Cat Walk, Save the Frogs, and Dreadful Dancing. All situations are believable and easy for timid and eager actors to perform. Ideal for classroom practice or for an evening of entertainment.
