San Antonio College Library

"This one-of-a-kind guidebook gives young actors the edge in both musical theater and straight play auditions, beginning with that daunting first step: finding the perfect music or monologue. Here is inside information on who does the casting and what they're looking for, and seasoned advice on how to showcase your unique talent in a two-minute audition, how to cope with nerves and trust yourself under pressure, and how to be prepared and professional...

"Actors always ask for notes on their performance, and they will take them from just about anyone. While people in other pursuits tend not to ask for performance ratings, actors demand them." "Ron Marasco's Notes to an Actor grew out of the actor's profession - which, the author notes, is "such a mysterious art." It is learned by experience, by trial and error, and by succeeding and failing. In his years as an actor, director, scholar, and teacher...

Examining the ways in which drama and theatre has been applied to different community and educational contexts, this study provides an overview of the theoretical concepts underpinning practice in applied drama and theatre and examines a range of practices in the light of contemporary concerns.

"The Expressive Actor is a guide to training your body, mind, and spirit to deliver top-notch dramatic performances. Michael Lugering's pioneering approach and exercises synthesize the traditionally disparate disciplines of acting, voice, and movement into one unified method by placing you in direct contact with the physical sensations that are responsible for expressing your body's deepest, richest thoughts and feelings." "Lugering leads you through...

"A must for theater and film artists, this guide to creating and analyzing fictional characters lays out in clear, concise language the practical uses of the major schools of psychology for actors, directors, and writers. Blumenfeld details the theories and character typologies of the major psychological thinkers, such as Freud, Klein, and Jung, providing acting exercises based on these theories and illustrating their practical applications to the...