Acting Without Agony

  acting without agony: Acting Without Agony Don Richardson, 1993 Most acting books approach acting and directing from the Stanislavsky method which advocates arriving at emotions by Affective Memory.'' This process asks the actor to use his/her own past experiences and graft them onto the character. Stanislavsky himself later rejected this and said it led to hysteria.'' Acting Without Agony offers an alternative to the method and teaches another way of arriving at emotions, which is described in detail throughout the text. It further maintains that acting should be fun and not a self-dissecting experience. This practical, step-by-step guide is organized into 18 lessons for achieving outstanding performance in acting and directing. It applies not only to the theatre, but to television and film as well. It is a true how-to book written mostly in dialogue between students and teacher. Through this format, the author is able to take the reader directly into the classroom as an effective learning aid.
  acting without agony: Theatre Symposium, Vol. 16 Jay Malarcher, 2008-09-14 Comedy Tonight! in Volume 16 of the annual journal Theatre Symposium illustrate well the range of material that falls under the heading comedy as it is played on stage.
  acting without agony: Acting Is Everything Judy Kerr, 2017-09-07 In this actor's guidebook, renowned acting coach Judy Kerr shares her lifetime of techniques and tricks of the trade. She opens the doors of Hollywood to acting hopefuls and professionals with a straightforward road map for building their dreams and careers. The previous 11 editions have contributed to the success of thousands of readers. In this new Ebook Judy shares brand new content: including Acting Tools, private dairy entries from those who have successfully applied Acting Is Everything to their careers, and more. A wonderful intro to the world of show biz. -- Jerry Seinfeld This is good, Judy, this is good. Julia Louis-Dreyfus First rate primer, excellent refresher course. -- Jason Alexander Informative and to the point. - Michael Richards
  acting without agony: Without Agony Summer Jenara Reeves, 2013 This thesis examines Don Richardson's book Acting Without Agony: An Alternative to the Method. The goal of this research was to approach the text from a pedagogical perspective. It sought to examine whether Richardson's approach is appropriate for a program that integrates both beginning actors and non-actors. I tested this research in my Theatre Arts 5 Acting classes at San José State University. Theatre Arts 5 was an acting class functioning as foundational training for the student actor while fulfilling a general education requirement for the non-actor. This research used a foundational approach, introducing Richardson and exploring his technique. Then it explored the variables that defined the Theatre Arts 5 curriculum. The findings of this study suggest that Richardson's technique does not provide the necessary foundational training for the beginning actor in Theatre Arts 5. In addition, Richardson's approach does not meet the academic standards for Theatre Arts 5. While components of Richardson's technique may be useful, the requirements of the Theatre Arts 5 class do not allow for the exclusive use of his technique.
  acting without agony: The Stage Management Handbook Daniel Ionazzi, 1992-04-15 The stage manager is the renaissance man of the theater. He or she must have a working knowledge of how the various technical aspects of the theater work (scenery, props, costumes, lights and sound), be part director, part playwright, part designer and part producer, and be prepared to act as confidant, counselor and confessor to everyone else in the company. This book addresses all of these considerations in detail and offers the reader–professional or amateur, veteran or beginner–helpful guidance and practical advice, supported by many forms and examples to illustrate the points covered in the text. The three phrases of mounting and performing a show are covered. Part I takes the reader through the pre-production phase–research, the script, planning and organization, and auditions. Part II covers the rehearsal process–rehearsal rules, blocking, cues, prompting, information distribution, technical and dress rehearsals. Part III discusses the performance phase–calling the show, maintaining the director's work, working with understudies and replacements, and more. Part IV provides insights into the organizational structure or some theaters and aspects of human behavior in those organizations. Many stage managers of long-running commercial productions believe that–once the show is up and running–only ten percent of their work is related to everything covered in Parts I, II and III. The other ninety percent is associated with issues in Part IV; i.e. managing human behavior and maintaining working relationships.
  acting without agony: An Actor Rehearses David Hlavsa, 2006-10-01 With a commonsense approach, An Actor Rehearses takes performers through the rehearsal process and explains exactly what to do when. The actor’s process is explained simply, sequentially, and in detail, starting from the period before rehearsals begin and continuing through first read-through, blocking rehearsals, technical rehearsals, and performances. Packed with exercises that are useful in the classroom and in the rehearsal studio, An Actor Rehearses is an indispensable guide to the rehearsal process that makes building a character easier and more rewarding for both actor and audience. And because author David Hlavsa’s emphasis is on relating acting to life, performers learn to make a remarkable connection between becoming a better actor and becoming a better person: more compassionate, more vital, more alive. •Clear, practical, usable advice for actors at every level •Unique focus: learning to become a better actor means learning to become a better person •Huge potential audience Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
  acting without agony: Actor Training Alison Hodge, 2010-01-29 Actor Training expands on Alison Hodge’s highly-acclaimed and best-selling Twentieth Century Actor Training. This exciting second edition radically updates the original book making it even more valuable for any student of the history and practice of actor training. The bibliography is brought right up to date and many chapters are revised. In addition, eight more practitioners are included - and forty more photographs - to create a stunningly comprehensive study. The practitioners included are: Stella Adler; Eugenio Barba; Augusto Boal; Anne Bogart; Bertolt Brecht; Peter Brook; Michael Chekhov; Joseph Chaikin; Jacques Copeau; Philippe Gaulier; Jerzy Grotowski; Maria Knebel; Jacques Lecoq; Joan Littlewood; Sanford Meisner; Vsevolod Meyerhold; Ariane Mnouchkine; Monika Pagneux; Michel Saint-Denis; Włodzimierz Staniewski; Konstantin Stanislavsky; Lee Strasberg The historical, cultural and political context of each practitioner’s work is clearly set out by leading experts and accompanied by an incisive and enlightening analysis of the main principles of their training, practical exercises and key productions. This book is an invaluable introduction to the principles and practice of actor training and its role in shaping modern theatre.
  acting without agony: Knowledge... , 1884
  acting without agony: An Actor's Craft David Krasner, 2017-09-16 This inspirational guide for advanced acting students brings together multiple ways of creating excellence in performance. David Krasner provides tried and tested exercises, a history of actor training and explores the complex relationships between acting theories and teachers. Drawing on examples from personal experience as an actor, director and teacher, An Actor's Craft begins with the building blocks of mind, body and voice, moving through emotional triggers and improvisation, to a final section bringing these techniques together in approaching a role. Each chapter contains accompanying exercises that the actor should practice daily. Combining theory and practice, this thought-provoking and challenging study of acting techniques and theories is for actors who have grasped the basics and now want to develop their knowledge and training further.
  acting without agony: Twentieth Century Actor Training Alison Hodge, 2000 Actor training is arguably one of the most unique phenomenons of 20th-century theatre making. This text analyses the theories, training exercises and productions of 14 key directors.
  acting without agony: The Craft of Comedy Athene Seyler, Stephen Haggard, 2013-02-15 a work on the art and craft of comedy as important in its own way as works by Stanislavski and Chekhov – Oxford Theatre Companion In 1939, a young, inexperienced actor wrote to a famous actress of his acquaintance, asking for advice on playing comedy. She responded enthusiastically, and they corresponded variously over the next year. The Craft of Comedy, a record of these exchanges, soon emerged as one of the few classic texts in the field of comedy acting. This major new edition takes a brilliant book and makes it better. Editor Robert Barton has devised extensive supplementary material, including: An introduction to the correspondents, the culture of the time, and the evolution of their book; Summaries, definitions, and exercises and practice scenes for readers wishing to explore Athene Seyler’s invaluable advice; Photographs, additional essays by Seyler, and a guide to easily accessed video clips of her performing. Seyler’s lucid guidance, and Barton’s scrupulous editorship, ensure this legendary work’s rightful status is restored: as one of the great practical guides to the craft of comedy, and an essential resource for actors and students of acting.
  acting without agony: Staging Shakespearean Theatre Elaine A. Novak, 2011-05-30 From auditions and rehearsals to publicity, this guide leads even inexperienced directors, producers, choreographers and actors through the complicated and sometimes fearsome task of staking Shakespeare. Comprehensive information is presented in a browsable format including historical background of the Elizabeth period, descriptions of major plays, a glossary of terms, suggestions for modern interpretations, step-by-step instruction for choreographing fight scenes, and a full treatment of Romeo & Juliet
  acting without agony: Acts Tzachi Zamir, 2014-06-03 The first philosophical study devoted solely to acting, offering a meditation on the spillover from acting to life
  acting without agony: Dr. Bryant Stamford's Exercise Without Agony Bryant A. Stamford, 2002
  acting without agony: A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962-1971 Paul Green, 2014-01-10 On September 19, 1962, The Virginian made its primetime broadcast premiere. The 1902 novel by Owen Wister had already seen four movie adaptations when Frank Price mentioned the story's series potential to NBC. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series. Immensely successful, it ran for nine seasons--television's third longest running western. This work accounts for the entire creative history of The Virginian, including the original inspirations and the motion picture adaptations--but the primary focus is its transformation into television and the ways in which the show changed over time. An extensive episode guide includes title, air date, guest star(s), writers, producers, director and a brief synopsis of each of The Virginian's 249 episodes, along with detailed cast and production credits.
  acting without agony: The Power of the Actor Ivana Chubbuck, 2005-08-18 In The Power of the Actor, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, premier acting teacher and coach Ivana Chubbuck reveals her cutting-edge technique, which has launched some of the most successful acting careers in Hollywood. The first book from the instructor who has taught Charlize Theron, Brad Pitt, Elisabeth Shue, Djimon Hounsou, and Halle Berry, The Power of the Actor guides you to dynamic and effective results. For many of today’s major talents, the Chubbuck Technique is the leading edge of acting for the twenty-first century. Ivana Chubbuck has developed a curriculum that takes the theories of the acting masters, such as Stanislavski, Meisner, and Hagen, to the next step by utilizing inner pain and emotions, not as an end in itself, but rather as a way to drive and win a goal. In addition to the powerful twelve-step process, the book takes well-known scripts, both classic and contemporary, and demonstrates how to precisely apply Chubbuck’s script-analysis process. The Power of the Actor is filled with fascinating and inspiring behind-the-scenes accounts of how noted actors have mastered their craft and have accomplished success in such a difficult and competitive field.
  acting without agony: The End of Acting Richard Hornby, 1992 Acting in America has staggered to a dead end. Every year tens of thousands of aspiring actors pursue the Hollywood grail and chant the familiar strains of the Stanislavski Method in classrooms and studios across the nation. The initial liberating spirit of Stanislavski's experiments has long ago withered into rigid patterns of inhibitions and emotional introspection. According to Richard Hornby, the Method now shackles American acting. With his iconoclastic new work, The End of Acting, Richard Hornby dismantles, tenet by tenet, the American Method as promulgated by Lee Strasberg and other pretenders to the Stanislavski dynasty. Hornby separates the myth from the Method in his exploration of Stanislavski's original initiatives and the proprietary feud over his theories which continues even today.
  acting without agony: The Actor Alone Claudia N. Sullivan, 1993 From little theater to Broadway, all productions have one thing in common: they need actors. Acting is the essence of theater at every level. The Actor Alone presents tried-and-true exercises for creative growth with or without coaches, teachers or directors. The elements of acting, a ten-line exercise method, working alone, and developing a work in progress are discussed. Whether working on a specific character, cultivating a creative spark, or building acting skills, this is the tool for any actor working alone.
  acting without agony: The Cumulative Book Index , 1995
  acting without agony: G.K. Hall Bibliographic Guide to Theatre Arts New York Public Library. Research Libraries, 2003
  acting without agony: The Actor's Choice Thomas W. Babson, 1996 Actor's Choice teaches how to create a subtle, believable performance without rehearsal and preparation time.
  acting without agony: The Art of Waiting Belle Boggs, 2016-09-06 A brilliant exploration of the natural, medical, psychological, and political facets of fertility When Belle Boggs's The Art of Waiting was published in Orion in 2012, it went viral, leading to republication in Harper's Magazine, an interview on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show, and a spot at the intersection of highbrow and brilliant in New York magazine's Approval Matrix. In that heartbreaking essay, Boggs eloquently recounts her realization that she might never be able to conceive. She searches the apparently fertile world around her--the emergence of thirteen-year cicadas, the birth of eaglets near her rural home, and an unusual gorilla pregnancy at a local zoo--for signs that she is not alone. Boggs also explores other aspects of fertility and infertility: the way longing for a child plays out in the classic Coen brothers film Raising Arizona; the depiction of childlessness in literature, from Macbeth to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; the financial and legal complications that accompany alternative means of family making; the private and public expressions of iconic writers grappling with motherhood and fertility. She reports, with great empathy, complex stories of couples who adopted domestically and from overseas, LGBT couples considering assisted reproduction and surrogacy, and women and men reflecting on childless or child-free lives. In The Art of Waiting, Boggs deftly distills her time of waiting into an expansive contemplation of fertility, choice, and the many possible roads to making a life and making a family.
  acting without agony: Dreadnought April Daniels, 2016-01-24 A trans teen is transformed into a superhero in this action-packed series-starter perfect for fans of The Heroine Complex and Not Your Sidekick. Danny Tozer has a problem: she just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero. Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she’s transgender. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantle to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny’s body into what she’s always thought it should be. Now there’s no hiding that she’s a girl. It should be the happiest time of her life, but Danny’s first weeks finally living in a body that fits her are more difficult and complicated than she could have imagined. Between her father’s dangerous obsession with “curing” her girlhood, her best friend suddenly acting like he’s entitled to date her, and her fellow superheroes arguing over her place in their ranks, Danny feels like she’s in over her head. She doesn’t have time to adjust. Dreadnought’s murderer—a cyborg named Utopia—still haunts the streets of New Port City, threatening destruction. If Danny can’t sort through the confusion of coming out, master her powers, and stop Utopia in time, humanity faces extinction. “I didn’t know how much I needed this brave, thrilling book until it rocked my world. Dreadnought is the superhero adventure we all need right now.”—Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky “A thoroughly enjoyable, emotionally rich, action-packed story with the most exciting new superheroes in decades. Unmissable.”—Kirkus Reviews
  acting without agony: Acting is Believing Charles McGaw, Larry D. Clark, 1992
  acting without agony: TCI , 1993
  acting without agony: Bibliographic Guide to Theatre Arts New York Public Library. Research Libraries, 1990
  acting without agony: Free to Act Mira Felner, 2004 Free to Act presents a holistic approach to actor training that integrates physical and psychological technique. Its integrated approach emphasizes the idea that the body informs the mind and that emotion is rooted in physical action. Providing a carefully developed system of training, Free to Act guides the student-actor through the complex process by which an actor is formed.
  acting without agony: English Mechanics and the World of Science , 1884
  acting without agony: Strange Life , 1976
  acting without agony: Playing Contemporary Scenes Gerald Lee Ratliff, 1996 Thirty-One Famous Scences and How To Play Them.
  acting without agony: Paperbound Books in Print , 1992
  acting without agony: Secondary Stages Jeff Bennett, 2001 Secondary Stages combines in one volume everything a high school teacher needs to organize and implement a sucessful, dynamic theatre program. Bennett's approach is based on a simple premise: that exposure to theatre can be an utterly transforming experience for studentsone that enables them to reach unimagined levels of personal, emotional, and intellectual growth. His book delivers hands-on techniques to make it all happen, illustrating how to: draw interested students into the program inspire students to act with truth and conviction establish the connection between good improvisation and good scene work carry passion for theatre outside the classroom and into the mainstream of school life choose material that's stimulating enough to attract a sizable student audience without creating unwanted controversy structure activities and lessons so that they encourage maximum sensitivity and awareness lay the basis for mounting memorable productions. With these goals in mind and with more than three decades of experience, Bennett presents strategies that have consistently proven effective for the broadest possible range of students.
  acting without agony: Cumulative Book Index , 1995 A world list of books in the English language.
  acting without agony: Acting and Oratory Joseph Edwin Frobisher, 1879
  acting without agony: Movement for Actors Nicole Potter, 2002-07-01 In this rich resource for American actors, renowned movement teachers and directors reveal the physical skills needed for the stage and screen. Experts in a wide array of disciplines provide remarkable insight into the Alexander technique, the use of psychological gesture, period movement, the work of Rudolph Laban, postmodern choreography, and Suzuki training, to name but a few. Those who want to pursue serious training will be able to consult the appendix for listings of the best teachers and schools in the country. This inspiring collection is a must read for all actors, directors, and teachers of theater looking for stimulation and new approaches.
  acting without agony: Staging Musical Theatre Elaine Adams Novak, Deborah Novak, 1996 Includes production time lines, the duties of key people, information about notable musicals, a list of best musical numbers, suggestions for sets, costumes, and instrumentation, and more.
  acting without agony: Games for Actors and Non-Actors Augusto Boal, 2005-06-29 Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal. It sets out the principles and practice of Boal's revolutionary Method, showing how theatre can be used to transform and liberate everyone – actors and non-actors alike! This thoroughly updated and substantially revised second edition includes: two new essays by Boal on major recent projects in Brazil Boal's description of his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company a revised introduction and translator's preface a collection of photographs taken during Boal's workshops, commissioned for this edition new reflections on Forum Theatre.
  acting without agony: English Mechanic and World of Science , 1884
  acting without agony: Lamb's Players Presents Developing a Drama Group Robert Smyth, 1989
  acting without agony: Teoría e práctica da interpretación Alison Hodge, 2003 Cada capítulo deste libro presenta unha selección de propostas e unha análise da súa relación coas preocupacións teóricas e estéticas de catorce dos máis importantes directores e autores do século XX, entre os que figuran Bertolt Brecht, Peter Brook, Jacques Copeau, Jerzy Grotowski, Konstantin Stanislavsli e Lee Strasberg. O libro examina igualmente a relación entre formación e realización teatral, analizando en que medida a formación. O libro examina igualmente a relación entre formación e realización teatral, analizando en que medida a formación e realización teatral, analizando en que medida a formación se relaciona coa representación. Inclúe tamén un completo informe sobre os principios, os exercicios e a súa aplicación a moitos espectáculos salientables dos últimos cen anos, este libro constitúe unha guía imprescindible para estudantes, profesores, investigadores e profesionais do teatro.
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