acting

Profiles the life of superstar Jennifer Lopez. Lopez was the first Latin actress to be paid $1 million for a motion picture, and she went on to become the highest-paid Latin actress in Hollywood history as well as one of the highest-paid actresses of any ethnicity.

A collection of one hundred monologues for young women.

An activity guide featuring over thirty instructional units for teaching theater skills, featuring specific games and activities related to acting basics, including communication skills, group building, playmaking, playwriting, and critiquing.

Offers guidance for directors of improvisational theater and their companies on all phases of the rehearsal period, using the methods developed by the author, Viola Spolin.

The scenes contained in this volume are presented exactly as written by the playwrights, with no internal deletions. The introductions to each follow the headings "Characters," "Scene," and "Time"; the playwrights' stage directions are contained in parentheses. If any two-character scene is interrupted by a third character, some external business, or an event which would be difficult to reproduce in a classroom or audition situation, we have enclosed the section in brackets as a suggested cut.

Presents a comprehensive twelve-step process for becoming an actor and includes personal accounts from a number of celebrated professionals.

A guide to holding improvisation lessons in comedy that includes tips to help actors improve their improv skills along with suggestions for various exercises.

Robert Sanford Brustein offers advice and wisdom for actors on the stage and screen on how to succeed in theater.

Each selection presents a problem to solve and new skills to achieve, as well as suggestions for preparing for an audition or performance.