acting

A practical guide for teens who desire an acting career, with personal exercises designed to improve acting techniques.

Provides an introduction to the job of an actor.

Before there was Glee or American Idol, there was Stagedoor Manor, a theater camp in the Catskills where big-time Hollywood casting directors came to find the next generation of stars. It?s where Natalie Portman, Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Braff, Mandy Moore, Lea Michele, and many others got their start as kids. At age thirty-one, Mickey Rapkin, a senior editor at GQ and self-proclaimed theater geek, was lucky enough to go, too, when he followed three determined teen actors through the rivalries, heartbreak, and triumphs of a summer at Stagedoor Manor. Every summer a new crop of campers has entered Stagedoor Manor to begin an intense, often wrenching introduction to professional theater. Some campers have agents, others are just beginning. Eye-opening, funny, and full of drama and heart, Theater Geek offers an illuminating romp through the world of serious child actors.

A collection of seventy monologues for young men.

A Sense of Direction represents the life's work at the art and craft of directing. William Ball...engages his audience in a wide-raging discussion of the director's process--from first read through to opening night.

The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to the Eliabethan England. They meet William Shakespeare, one of the geatest writers of all time. Jack and Annie will need to help him with his latest show.

Dara Palmer dreams of being an actress, but when she does not get a part in the school play she wonders if it is because of her different looks as an adopted girl from Cambodia, so Dara becomes determined not to let prejudice stop her from being in the spotlight.

Red Riding Hood, who has a bad case of stage fright, decides to help her friends save Grimm Academy from the E.V.I.L. Society, but when she gets lost in the Neverwood Forest and runs into Wolfgang, who might be part of E.V.I.L., she needs her magic basket and a great performance to figure what is going on.

"Sheyda is a behind the scenese girl. She loves helping out in the kitchen of Doughlicious, the donut shop run by the parents of her best friend, Kiri. And Sheyda loves designing stage sets while kiri performs in the spotlight. Then lights, camera... surprise! Tween heartthrob Cabe Sadler is filming his next movie in Doughlicious! Kiri is sure this will lead to stardom, and perhaps a date with Cabe. But somehow it's Sheyda who gets picked for a small role in the film. To make matters worse, Cabe seems spoiled and rude. Too bad he's so cute. Can Sheyda overcome her stage fright, get to know the real Cabe, and find her own kind of stardom?"--OCLC.

"Red Riding Hood is thrilled to try out for the school play. Acting is her dream, and she's great at it--too bad she has stage fright! After a grimmiserable audition, Red decides to focus on helping her friends Cinda, Snow, and Rapunzel save Grimm Academy from the E.V.I.L. Society. But when Red gets lost in Neverwood forest and runs into Wolfgang, who might be part of E.V.I.L., she needs her magic basket and a grimmazingly dramatic performance to figure out what's going on!"--P. [4] of cover.