Acting techniques

'Absolutely delicious.

This volume collects all four of the writer-performer's legendary, award-winning solo shows.

Originally published in 1997 and now available as an ebook.

• Foreword by Paul Newman

• Completely revised and updated version of a beloved theater classic

• Replaces Kids Take the Stage, ISBN 0-8230-7742-X

• Clear, practical guide to helping kids ages 8 to 18 get a show up and running



The classic Kids Take the Stage is one of the best-selling Back Stage Books of all time.

All actors and acting teachers need The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, the invaluable guide to finding just the right piece for every audition.

• Focuses on the relationship between
voice training and acting


• Simple, easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutes
per day


• Revised and expanded edition includes
new techniques


• Replaces ISBN 0-8230-8333-0

Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic.

Lots of kids want to be actors.

In her long-awaited book, the legendary acting teacher Stella Adler gives us her extraordinary insights into the work of Henrik Ibsen (“The creation of the modern theater took a genius like Ibsen .

Every actor knows that working in commercials is lucrative.

The fifth volume in one of the most extraordinary  personal odysseys of the twentieth century.

Her most controversial book is one you will never forget.

"The actor will do, in public, what is considered impossible.

This simple and essential book about the craft of acting 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.

The Ultimate Guide to Commercial Success
Acting in television commercials is a highly competitive business, but it can also be very lucrative.

So, you want to be an actor .

The one and only book on successfully staging amateur productions.

The modern era in the theatre is remarkable for the extraordinary role and influence of theoretical practitioners, whose writings have shaped our sense of the possibilities and objectives of performance.

This inspirational guide for advanced acting students brings together multiple ways of creating excellence in performance.

Bette Davis's career becomes a vehicle for a deep examination of American race relations.

Written to meet the needs of thousands of students and pre-professional singers participating in production workshops and classes in opera and musical theater, Acting for Singers leads singing performers step by step from the studio or classroom through audition and rehearsals to a successful performance.

Written to meet the needs of thousands of students and pre-professional singers participating in production workshops and classes in opera and musical theater, Acting for Singers leads singing performers step by step from the studio or classroom through audition and rehearsals to a successful performance.

Practicing Archetype addresses performer training, specifically the self-pedagogy of actors who train solo, on their own, as an independent learning process, an opportunity for embodied research, and a form of critical pedagogy.

How does thinking affect doing?

How does thinking affect doing?

What do the Dead Sea Scrolls and frog overlays have to do with performing Shakespeare?

"e;One of the most joyous and clear-eyed approaches to playing a character that I have ever read.

In this funny, irreverent, unique, eccentric memoir, magician Steve Spill reveals how he managed to survive decades inside a rarely profitable, sometimes maddening, but often deliciously rewarding offbeat showbiz professionmagic!

DAS HANDBUCH FÜR DIE SCHAUSPIELPRAXISSchauspielen ist ein Handwerk, das sich mit viel Technikarbeit und kontinuierlicher praktischer Übung erlernen lässt.

This book offers tools to address the growing and urgent interest in exposing and challenging unconscious biases in the studio, exploiting how actor training uniquely combines elements of education and culture.

This book offers tools to address the growing and urgent interest in exposing and challenging unconscious biases in the studio, exploiting how actor training uniquely combines elements of education and culture.

MIT SPIELFREUDE, NEUGIERDE UND OFFENHEIT ZUM VORSPRECHENMöchtest du Schauspieler:in werden?

Step into the Spotlight: How Ordinary People Transformed into Household NamesIn a world captivated by the glow of fame, Rise to Fame: Stories & Strategies of the Self-Made Celebrity serves as both a beacon and a roadmap for those daring enough to dream of the spotlight.

Verse drama is not a dead form, but very much alive on the contemporary stage.

This new and updated edition of Voice: Onstage and Off is a comprehensive guide to the process of building, mastering, and fine-tuning the voice for performance.

Opening up a new window to see Shakespeare's words in a different light and gathering his intentions in a simple, clear way, this book presents the Cue Scripts from the Romances and Histories in Shakespeare's First Folio.

Ruth Etting (1897-1978) was among the most important performers of the early 20th century.

Theatrical Broadsword to Historical Longsword: Adapting Historical European Martial Arts to Contemporary Stage Combat provides a comprehensive approach to training and choreographing stage combat with the two handed sword, rooted in Historical European Martial Arts and bridging the gap between traditional theatrical "e;Broadsword"e; technique and authentic German Longsword play.

Theatrical Broadsword to Historical Longsword: Adapting Historical European Martial Arts to Contemporary Stage Combat provides a comprehensive approach to training and choreographing stage combat with the two handed sword, rooted in Historical European Martial Arts and bridging the gap between traditional theatrical "e;Broadsword"e; technique and authentic German Longsword play.