Acting & Auditioning
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Acting for Life
$22.95 Add to cartThis comprehensive textbook is aimed at high school and college level drama students who have the maturity to understand that of all the arts, drama – with its exploration of human characters and rela… [more below]
- Author: Frakes, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: March 13 2006
- ISBN10: 1566081076
- Language: English
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Right for the Role: Breakdowns, Breakups and Breakthroughs From 35 Years of Casting Iconic TV Shows
$14.95 Add to cartWhile there are many books that catalog Hollywood-from the classic to the profane, gritty to salacious-few tell the tale of how entertainment’s biggest names became the biggest names.
Right for the R
- Author: Levey, John Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 330
- Publish Date: August 24 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985225389
- Language: English
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A Dream of Passion: The Development of the Method
$18.00 Add to cart“The definitive source book on acting.”–Los Angeles Times
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Robert DeNiro, Marilyn Monroe, and Joanne Woodward–these are only a f- Author: Strasberg, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 201
- Publish Date: October 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0452261988
- Language: English
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Improv Ideas–Volume 2: A New Book of Games and Lists for the Classroom and Beyond
$22.95 Add to cartYou’ve loved their first two best-selling books on improv for the classroom, so these two fabulously creative and entertaining devotees to theatre have done it again! All the best from those two top-s
- Author: Jones, Justine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1566081955
- Language: English
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An Actor’s Companion: Tools for the Working Actor
$15.95 Add to cart“There is a muscularity, not to mention wisdom and truth, to Seth’s techniques. He is a wonderful teacher, and I know that having him as my first guide is one of the luckiest things to have happened t… [more below]
- Author: Barrish, Seth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 1559367962
- Language: English
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Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life
$16.99 Add to cartNow in his 85th year, Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares wisdom and stories from his remarkable career in this “engrossing” memoir that “shines with positive energy” (Library Journal, starred revie… [more below]
- Author: Caine, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0316451185
- Language: English
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Kids’ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny
$14.99 Read moreThis book is the answer to the comedic monologue needs of kid actors – and their parents – everywhere. Kids’ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny is specifically geared for children ages 5-12. D… [more below]
- Series: Applause Acting
- Author: Gaddis, Alisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1495011763
- Language: English
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On the Technique of Acting
$17.99 Add to cartThe most authoritative, authentic text of a classic guide to acting
In the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov’s To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theate
- Author: Chekhov, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0062730371
- Language: English
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Discovering the Clown, or the Funny Book of Good Acting
$17.95 Add to cart“Christopher Bayes is a master, an extraordinary visionary who has done more to liberate young American actors over the last two generations than I can possibly express. His classes in Clowning are ph
- Author: Bayes, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1559365617
- Language: English
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Speaking Shakespeare
$27.00 Add to cartIn Speaking Shakespeare, Patsy Rodenburg tackles one of the most difficult acting jobs: speaking Shakespeare’s words both as they were meant to be spoken and in an understandable and dramatic way. Rod… [more below]
- Author: Rodenburg, Patsy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: July 16 2004
- ISBN10: 1403965404
- Language: English
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No Caution!: A Step-by-Step Guide to Preparing Auditions for Universities, Colleges, Conservatories, and Beyond
$20.00 Add to cartNo Caution empowers young actors to create auditions that feel like opening night. This book is designed to help students prepare for university, college, and conservatory auditions. However, these a
- Author: Stein, Erik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: September 01 2019
- ISBN10: 0578549735
- Language: English
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Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business
$29.95 Read moreNo other book for actors focuses so succinctly on the business of self-management. Whether an actor has an agent or manager or is building toward assembling that team, “Self-Management for Actors” wil… [more below]
- Author: Gillespie, Bonnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: January 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0972301968
- Language: English
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Challenge for the Actor
$29.99 Add to cart“Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human beings when putting his own passions, his loves, … [more below]
- Author: Hagen, Uta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 21 1991
- ISBN10: 0684190400
- Language: English
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No Acting Please: A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living
$19.95 Read moreA collection of 125 acting exercises that are based on journal excerpts and dialogues from Mr. Morris’ classes. These exercises teach the actor to systematically eliminate his or her instrumental obst… [more below]
- Author: Morris, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 1995
- ISBN10: 096297093X
- Language: English
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Lessons: The Craft of Acting
$20.95 Add to cartTom Isbell wants you to know that this is definitely not a ‘how-to’ book on acting. In fact, he abhors how-to books for the arts. Still, this book is meant to improve your acting skills by developing
- Author: Isbell, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 10 2006
- ISBN10: 1566081114
- Language: English
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Fractured Fairy Tales for Student Actors: A Collection of Contemporary Fairy Tale Scenes
$17.95 Add to cartThese royalty-free scenes are laugh-out-loud funny and clever, to boot! Based on familiar nursery rhyme characters, Ewen put a comedic spin on their situations. For instance, ESPN newscasters are inte
- Author: Ewen, Jan Peterson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1566081920
- Language: English
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Art by Committee: A Guide to Advanced Improvisation; Sequel to “Truth in Comedy” [With DVD]
$22.95 Read moreThis sequel to the ‘improv bible’ Truth in Comedy delves deeper into the mindset and history of improvisational theatre, and the accompanying DVD provides clear examples of these principles in action…. [more below]
- Author: Halpern, Charna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 12 2006
- ISBN10: 1566081122
- Language: English
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Drama Games and Improvs: Games for the Classroom and Beyond
$23.95 Add to cartThis drama text includes 137 drama games in a lesson-play format. Everything you need to teach basic dramatic skills using improv games. A semester-long theatre curriculum guide; if used with Improv I
- Author: Jones, Justine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 20 2007
- ISBN10: 1566081475
- Language: English
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The Eight Characters of Comedy: Guide to Sitcom Acting &Writing
$24.95 Add to cartThe Eight Characters of Comedy is the “How-To” guide for actors and writers who want to break into the world of sitcoms. It has become a staple in acting classes, writers’ rooms, casting offices and p… [more below]
- Author: Sedita, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 01 2014
- ISBN10: 0977064123
- Language: English
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275 Acting Games! Connected: A Comprehensive Workbook of Theatre Games for Developing Acting Skills
$24.95 Add to cartWith almost three hundred performance-tested acting games, this is the largest collection published to date. They were compiled from numerous workshops and study sessions. Includes a wide variety of p… [more below]
- Author: Levy, Gavin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 375
- Publish Date: April 30 2010
- ISBN10: 1566081696
- Language: English
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