A Field Guide to Actor Training
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2014
256 pages
978-0-87910-907-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Should I go to a school and get more training in acting, or should I just go out there and 'do it'?" A Field Guide to Actor Training will help you answer this question! The book is designed to be an introduction to various theater training methodologies, highlighting their basic tenets and comparing and contrasting each system of training and rehearsal. The goal is to provide a one-stop-shopping kind of resource for student/beginning actors who are seeking training through private studios or graduate schools and who crave guidance in selecting training that is right for them.
Starting with the big question of "Why is actor training important?" and moving on to overviews of the major acting methodologies, vocal training, physical actor training, and advice on how to find the right kind of training for each individual, A Field Guide to Actor Training is an essential resource for the student actor.
Starting with the big question of "Why is actor training important?" and moving on to overviews of the major acting methodologies, vocal training, physical actor training, and advice on how to find the right kind of training for each individual, A Field Guide to Actor Training is an essential resource for the student actor.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Milwaukee
United States
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-87910-907-3 (9780879109073)
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Laura Wayth
A Field Guide to Actor Training
Navigating Acting Methods, Studio Classes, Private Training, and Graduate and Undergraduate Programs
Book
07/2014
Applause Theatre Book Publishers
€24.00
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Person
Laura Wayth (San Francisco, CA) received her MFA from the American Repertory Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theatre School Institute in Russia. Ms. Wayth has taught and coached acting, voice and musical theatre at Tufts University, The College of the Holy Cross, the University of Miami, the University of Wisconsin-Eau-Claire, and Florida Atlantic University. She was a 2002-2003 Fulbright Fellow to Moscow, Russia and a 2011 Senior Fulbright Scholar to Romania, where she taught acting Shakespeare at Babes-Bolyai, in Cluj-Napoca. She has worked internationally as a teacher and coach in Italy, Morocco, China, and at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She currently teaches acting in California at San Francisco State University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Big Questions
- 2. Why Actor Training Is Important
- 3. Stanislavsky, the Foundation of It All
- 4. Lee Strasberg and the Method
- 5. Practical Aesthetics Technique
- 6. Michael Chekhov Technique
- 7. Meisner Technique
- 8. Stella Adler
- 9. Uta Hagen
- 10. Viewpoints
- 11. The Suzuki Method
- 12. Spolin and Improv
- 13. Grotowski
- 14. Demystifying Vocal Training
- 15. Demystifying Physical Acting Training
- 16. A Look at Degree-Granting Training Programs
- 17. A Student Q&A Session
- Bibliography
