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The Organic Actor is a unique book, combining the technical with the psychological aspects of auditioning for film and television. This book deals with concerns that affect every actor who auditions. It is a must listen if you intend to pursue acting as your career or even if you'd just like to dabble in it.

'A candid, rollicking read…roars with honesty, chaos, self-awareness, literary ambition and drunken benders.' – The Times A unique and audacious memoir, by turns affecting, funny. uncanny and unforgettable. This is a memoir like no other. It claws at me with its long, thin nails. I wince as...

In the cutthroat world of theater, actors need all the help they can get to have a #legup on the competition. This essential "how-to" guide explains it all - from choosing the right college to making your Broadway debut - while teaching you how to behave on social media along the way! This book will aid you in your quest to find what it means to be #SOBLESSED.

You look so familiar, where have I seen you? Mira Tzur repeatedly hears this statement when she enters a room. The answer to this question is what inspired Anonymously Famous. Mira Tzur is best known for her multifaceted talents and familiar, warm presence. She is an Israeli American Founder & President of One Circle Productions & Consulting Group, actress, theater and film producer, social philanthropist, French Countess, former counterintelligence IDF officer, and Senior Vice President of a next gen fintech company.

We are all human actors. Acting Lessons for Living will help you identify what roles you have been playing, and what it is you really want which are your motivations when you play out the scenes of your life. It provides skills for discovering what is underneath the masks you wear, your secrets, and how they go unidentified and become internal obstacles to manifesting your pure potential.

2-Minute 2-Person Scenes for Acting Class is packed with original, dynamic scene scripts designed for students, teachers, and working actors. Each scene is short, easy to memorize, and emotionally charged—perfect for classroom exercises, rehearsals, or audition prep. With a variety of characters and conflicts, these quick-to-learn pieces help actors practice clarity, authenticity, and versatility while making bold performance choices. A must-have resource for building confidence and craft in any acting class.

How to Make a Living as a Commercial Actor includes 10 absolute acting musts and top tips for being a successful commercial actor.

This is the THIRD EDITION of a popular acting book that was originally published in 2009. So much has changed in the acting profession since then, even since the SECOND EDITION that was published in 2012. In this book you will find the most up-to-date information on How To Book Acting Jobs. A significant book on the casting process for network, cable, streaming, new media and film, told with compassion, wisdom, and brutal honesty by someone who has spent 25 years (and counting) in the audition, working on Emmy-winning TV shows. Cathy shares the secrets of 'the audition,' the pressure cooker...

An irreverent and sometimes humorous study of acting in films. What to do before you get to Hollywood. Chapters on action, listening, comedy, voice, face, movement, and auditioning. Includes exercises and scenes for practice.

Playwright, author, and screenwriter Joshua Todd James has collected nearly fifty monologues for men from his plays THE MEN'S ROOM, TALLBOY WALKIN', THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE and many more... for auditions, class study, solo performance and more... "Joshua James' work is bold, intelligent and subversive. Read it. Then find a way to make it happen on stage. American theater is clogged with the paltry visions of the privileged class, which assure us that the world we live in does not need immediate and radical change. James' work pulls the plug on sentimentality and comfort on stage. His work is...

Playwright, author, and screenwriter Joshua Todd James has gathered thirty monologues for women, collected from his plays 2 VERY DANGEROUS PEOPLE SHARING 1 SMALL SPACE, RUNNING IN PLACE, OLD DOG and many more... for actors for auditions, students for class study and for solo performances. "Joshua James' work is bold, intelligent and subversive. Read it. Then find a way to make it happen on stage. American theater is clogged with the paltry visions of the privileged class, which assure us that the world we live in does not need immediate and radical change. James' work pulls the plug on ...

MONOLOGUES FOR AUDITIONS. DIARY TYPE ENTRIES. THOUGHT. LIFE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOUNG ADULTS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD. CAN BE USED AS ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE PIECES, FOR YOUNG ACTRESSES AND ACTORS WHO WANT TO STAND OUT

Actor Julie Hesmondhalgh's working diary begins in November 2016 at the end of a full and exciting year of theatre-making with her company, Take Back. The company is a northern-based collective creating immediate script-in-hand responses to social and political events (of which there were many in 2016). Her work with Take Back fell between filming the third series of Broadchurch for ITV and starring in the award-winning play Wit at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

Have you ever wanted to break into acting, but didn’t know where to look? This informational guide, based on my own experiences and those of other actors, will give you secrets, tips, and tricks to get into movies and television as background talent and move on up from there. This book includes information on- Headshots Demo reel Auditions Casting calls And more... I'm a best-selling author in the area of Cognitive Psychology and Experimental Education Theory. The lessons in this guide also utilize my research into Rapid Skill Acquisition to help you get where you need to faster by ...

Created by established Chicago actor and teacher Chris Agos, Acting in Chicago demystifies the question of how to earn a full-time living as an actor. Learn about the seven ways Chicago actors make money actually acting, how much career actors can earn, agents, casting directors, essential investments to make (and which to skip), the actors' union, and much, much more. This edition adds new information on self-taped auditions, how Chicago actors can prepare for a move to Los Angeles, and how to get a child actor into the business.

The Aspiring Actor's Handbook is written for curious and want-to-be actors, and designed to help them make informed decisions about pursuing an acting career. Veteran actresses Molly Cheek and Debbie Zipp have culled the wit and wisdom of a wide array of successful actors from Dee Wallace to Beth Grant, to bring aspiring and new actors the kind of mentoring perspective so many in the business wish they had had when they were starting out.

The city of Pittsburgh is starting to resemble "Tinseltown" in that it is now the home-base to hundreds of acclaimed movies that have been filmed right here in the "Steel City,"and along with that comes the thousands of movie stars that have temporarily made the 'Burgh' their home in order to make those big screen masterpieces come to life. The Steel City welcomes celebrities, movie producers, actors, directors, extras, cameramen, light and sound technicians, and anyone else who enjoys stories recorded by camera to enjoy all that Pittsburgh has to offer. The "steel city" is fastly becoming ...

Jake Phillips has done voice work for lots of renowned brands, including, NBC's Sunday Night Football, Delta Airlines, Infiniti, Toyota, Snap-On Tools, and many, many more. In this book, Jake (host of The Cultured Bumpkin Youtube and Podcast) tells you how he went from working in a factory to being a full time voice actor - and how YOU can too.

MONOLOGUES FOR YOUNG ADULTS. GREAT UNIQUE AUDITION CHOICES. STAND OUT, BE DIFFERENT. COME INTO YOUR AUDITION WITH A GREAT CHARACTER PIECE.

A Self-Help Guide--with Jazz Hands! Life is Like a Musical features 50 wry, witty tips on getting ahead in life and love--all learned in the showbiz trenches. "Hilarious, wise, and one-of-a-kind. This book is so damn brilliant I'm surprised it didn't already exist." -- Sarah Knight, bestselling...