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“michael kostroff”

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  • The Stage Actor's Handbook

    Traditions, Protocols, and Etiquette for the Working and Aspiring Professional

    by Michael Kostroff, Julie Garnyé ...
    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 ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Audition Psych 101

    A Refreshing Approach to the Dreaded Process

    by Michael Kostroff ...
    Based on the popular workshop of the same name, Audition Psych 101 takes a detailed, unvarnished look at the mental gremlins that can make auditioning stressful. With frankness, humor, and a pro-actor sensibility, professional working actor Michael Kostroff (The Wire, The Deuce, Luke Cage, The Blacklist, Law & Order: SVU, etc.) explodes commonly accepted mythologies and offers a fresh, more ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Letters from Backstage

    The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor

    by Michael Kostroff, Jason Alexander ...
    Ever wonder what it’s like to be a real working actor? Wonder no more! Michael Kostroff is here to reveal, in hilarious detail, just what it’s like to travel with the road companies of The Producers and Les Miserables. His firsthand account of the exciting, funny, and sometimes bizarre highlights of his journey includes working at a temp job when his agent calls to say, You got the part!”; singing ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Answers from The Working Actor

    Two Backstage Columnists Share Ten Years of Advice

    by Jackie Apodaca, Michael Kostroff ...
    For nearly a decade, Jackie Apodaca and Michael Kostroff shared duties as advice columnists for the actors’ trade paper, Backstage. Their highly popular weekly feature, "The Working Actor," fielded questions from actors all over the country. A cross between "Dear Abby" and The Hollywood Reporter, their column was a fact-based, humorous, compassionate take on the questions actors most wanted ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

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    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

  • 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

  • The Complete Brecht Toolkit

    by Stephen Unwin ...
    A practical, hands-on guide - for actors, directors, teachers and students - to Brecht's theory and practice of theatre, with a full set of exercises to help put theory into practice.The Complete Brecht Toolkit examines, one by one, Brecht's many, sometimes contradictory ideas about theatre - and how he put them into practice. Here are explanations of all the famous key terms, such as Alienation ... Read more

    $20.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Potentials of Spaces

    The Theory and Practice of Scenography and Performance

    Edited by Alison Oddey, Christine White ...
    The Potentials of Spaces interrogates the relationship between scenography and performance in contemporary dramatic activities. The book provides an illuminating platform for discussion concerning the interrelations between theatrical movement and gesture in physical space. In exploring territories of performance, the author equally combines theoretical research with details of dramatic methods ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Lee Strasberg Notes

    Edited by Lola Cohen ...
    The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning document in the history and ongoing practice of Strasberg’s Method.Compiled and edited by Lola Cohen, the book is based on unpublished transcripts of Strasberg’s own classes on acting, directing and Shakespeare. It recreates his theoretical approach, as well as ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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  • From Word to Play

    A Handbook for Directors

    by Cicely Berry ...
    "There is a mystery in every play that is written, no matter whether classical and poetic or modern and demotic, and it is the sound and the rhythm of the writing which take us there."Cicely Berry, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Voice Director, has been working alongside some of Britain's greatest actors and directors for over fifty years and is widely regarded as one of the most significant ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • Works Of George Bernard Shaw: (30+ Works). Pygmalion, Major Barbara, Candida, The Irrational Knot, An Unsocial Socialist & More (Mobi Collected Works)

    by George Bernard Shaw ...
    This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books, stories and plays. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Actor's Companion

    Tools for the Working Actor

    by Seth Barrish, Anne Hathaway ...
    "I was totally unprepared for the transformation that Seth's technique created in me. . . . I realized that what I thought I knew about acting up to that point was largely misguided . . . but I now had a great, talented, dedicated teacher who generously wanted to share his tools with everyone. There is muscularity, not to mention wisdom and truth to Seth's techniques. He is a wonderful teacher, ... Read more

    $12.29 USD