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  • A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation!

    How to Survive the 60-Second Audition

    by Herb Parker ...
    A Monologue is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition explains how to successfully tackle the "cattle call" acting audition with a sixty-second monologue. Through Q&As, tips, director’s notes, and a glossary full of outrageous actions meant to inspire the actor into truly connecting with the piece, this book shows actors where and how to find a monologue, edit it, and give ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Acting Shakespeare is Outrageous!

    Playing the Bard for Beginners

    by Herb Parker ...
    Performing the work of William Shakespeare can be daunting to new actors. Author Herb Parker posits that his work is played easier if actors think of the plays as happening out of outrageous situations, and remember just how non-realistic and presentational Shakespeare's plays were meant to be performed. The plays are driven by language and the spoken word, and the themes and plots are absolutely ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amateur Theatricals

    Your Ticket to Staging a Successful Play, from Start to Final Curtain

    by John Kenrick ...
    The one and only book on successfully staging amateur productions.In this book, drama teachers and community directors are given everything they need to know about picking the right show; licensing, casting, and budgeting; organizing a schedule; costumes, makeup, staging, lighting, and music; tickets, fundraising, programs, cast parties, and more. Illustrated with help plans and photos from actual ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Viewpoints Book

    A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition

    The Viewpoints is a technique of improvisation that grew out of the postmodern dance world. It was first articulated by choreographer Mary Overlie, who broke down the two dominant issues performers deal with—space and time—into six categories. Since that time, directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau have expanded her notions and adapted them for actors to function together spontaneously and ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Theater Geek

    The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp

    by Mickey Rapkin ...
    What do Natalie Portman, Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Braff, and Mandy Moore have in common? Before they were stars, they were campers at Stagedoor Manor, the premier summer theater camp for children and teenagers. Founded in 1975, Stagedoor continues to attract scores of young performers eager to find kindred spirits, to sing out loud, to become working actors—or maybe even stars.Every summer for the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Contemporary American Monologues for Women

    Edited by Todd London ...
    Audition monologues for female characters selected from recent works by American playwrights including Tony Kushner, Jon Robin Baitz, Constance Congdon, Paula Vogel, Donald Margulies, Emily Mann, Eric Bogosian, Nicky Silver, and others. Unique to the TCG monologue series is a bibliography of other works by the playwrights included. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Drama Games for Classrooms and Workshops

    by Jessica Swale ...
    Series series NHB Drama Games
    101 great drama games for use in any classroom or workshop setting. Part of the Nick Hern Books Drama Games series.A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, packed with 101 lively drama games suitable for players of all ages, with many appropriate for children from age 6 upwards. Whilst aimed primarily at school, youth theatre and community groups, they are equally fun - and instructional ... Read more

    $16.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Playing Shakespeare

    An Actor's Guide

    by John Barton ...
    Playing Shakespeareis the premier guide to understanding and appreciating the mastery of the world’s greatest playwright.Together with Royal Shakespeare Company actors–among them Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Ben Kingsley, and David Suchet–John Barton demonstrates how to adapt Elizabethan theater for the modern stage. The director begins by explicating Shakespeare’s verse and prose, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • An Acrobat of the Heart

    A Physical Approach to Acting Inspired by the Work of Jerzy Grotowski

    by Stephen Wangh ...
    Courageous and compelling, an invaluable resource for actors, directors, and teachers that can open a pathway to inner creativity."The actor will do, in public, what is considered impossible." When the renowned Polish director Jerzy Grotowski began his 1967 American workshop with these words, his students were stunned. But within four weeks they themselves had experienced the "impossible."In An ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Drama Menu

    Theatre Games in Three Courses

    Drama Menu is a brand new concept for planning and delivering dynamic, progressive drama lessons and workshops. Packed with over 150 tried-and-tested theatre games, exercises and improvisation ideas, it's an essential resource for any drama teacher or workshop leader – guaranteed to deliver delicious drama sessions every time.Simply make a selection from each of the three courses, and your whole ... Read more

    $26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Different Every Night

    Freeing the Actor

    by Mike Alfreds ...
    A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors.Mike Alfreds' Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the theatre, the most complete rehearsal methodology in print since Stanislavsky. It offers a vital masterclass for actors and directors, full of sound practical advice and guidance, and is packed with ... Read more

    $26.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Acting (But Were Afraid to Ask, Dear)

    West End Producer is the anonymous Twitter sensation whose hilarious and unfailingly accurate barbs satirising and celebrating the theatre industry have won him a devoted following.His identity is the subject of feverish speculation in the media, fuelled by his regular appearances at West End opening nights in costume, wig and latex mask.He has become a genuine theatre impresario, launching talent ... Read more

    $16.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus