LibGuides: Performing Arts: Acting

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TART 1 Beginning Acting

This course prepares a student to apply basic acting theory to performance and develops the skills of interpretation of drama through acting. Special attention is paid to skills for performance: memorization, stage movement, vocal production, and interpretation of text.

TART 3 Theatre Appreciation

This survey course will foster a student's appreciation of theatre and the performing arts. The course examines the duties and responsibilities of the various creative artists such as directors, actors, designers, and playwrights and the process of creating live theatre.

TART 5A - 5D Contemporary Theatre Production

This course series provides instruction and supervised participation in theatre rehearsal and performance. This class offers an opportunity for students to perform in their first role in a Barstow Community College production as a member of the cast and/or crew. It includes applied study and practice of script analysis, acting techniques, technical theatre, and other performance skills through preparation and performance of a contemporary, non-musical theatre production. All actors are required to audition for roles.

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Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner; Dennis Longwell; Sydney Pollack (Introduction by); Sydney Pollack (Introduction by)
Call Number: 792.028 M515
ISBN: 9780394750590
Publication Date: 1987-07-12
Sanford Meisner was one of the best known and beloved teachers of acting in the country. This book follows one of his acting classes for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, it is essential reading for beginning and professional actors alike. Throughout these pages Meisner is a delight-always empathizing with his students and urging them onward, provoking emotion, laughter, and growing technical mastery from his charges. With an introduction by Sydney Pollack, director of Out of Africa and Tootsie, who worked with Meisner for five years. "This book should be read by anyone who wants to act or even appreciate what acting involves. Like Meisner's way of teaching, it is the straight goods."-Arthur Miller
Living Theatre by Edwin Wilson; Alvin Goldfarb
Call Number: 792.09 W747
ISBN: 9780073514123
Publication Date: 2006-12-11
Living Theatre: A Historyconveys the excitement and variety of theatre throughout time, as well as the dynamic way in which our interpretation of theatre history is informed by contemporary scholarship. Rather than presenting readers with a mere catalog of historical facts and figures, it sets each period in context through an exploration of the social, political and economic conditions of the day, creating a vivid study of the developments in theatre during that time.
Acting by Paul Kassel
Call Number: 792.028 K19
ISBN: 0205440029
Publication Date: 2006-04-18
Acting: An Introduction to the Art and Craft of Playing discusses both the theory and practice of acting while placing the actor center stage as the crucial artist in the theatre. This book examines the underlying issues of acting and describes potential approaches to meet these challenges. Practical, experiential examples of applying the vocabulary are provided, but the book is not overloaded with exercises. The book identifies and clearly states the four fundamental actions and four basic tasks that form the basis for acting, focusing the student's energy for playing physically, vocally, imaginatively, and emotionally. Topically organized chapters examine the underlying processes and theories of the acting process through an open and descriptive approach and provide clear and concrete exercises to facilitate student development and understanding.
The Ultimate Audition Book, Volume 4 by John Capecci (Editor); Irene Ziegler Aston (Editor)
Call Number: 812.54 U47
ISBN: 1575254204
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
The Hottest Collection of Comedy Monologues Available!If you've ever searched for a good comic monologue-whether for a professional audition, a class, or a competition-you know how frustrating the hunt can be. We've combed over some of the world's best comic writing to bring you 222 Comic Monologues: Two Minutes and Under. It's all funny stuffhere: classic and contemporary works; roles for men and women ages 7 to 100; entertaining voices from writers as varied as Christopher Durang and Langston Hughes, Dorothy Parker and Steve Martin, Margaret Cho and Moliere.You'll find shades of comedy from light to dark: situational humor, word play, absurdity, and surrealism. These monologues are alternately romantic, silly, militant, downrightzany-first-rate character work by both new and established comic writers.
Introduction to Theatre Arts by Suzi Zimmerman
Call Number: 792.01 Z72
ISBN: 1566080908
Publication Date: 2004-10-31
At last! -- a student-friendly, teacher-friendly workbook with study units for an entire year of classroom drama activities. The entire spectrum of theatre is covered in ten sections: Getting started; Evaluation; Scene work; Acting; Characterisation; Publicity and other production business; Play production; Theatre history; Games and improvisation; Planning for the future. All units are complete with detailed instructions, examples, working forms and photo illustrations. Theory combined with hands-on is the style of every chapter. Every student will learn all the basics of theatre history, play production, performing and how to find a career in theatre. This instructional programme has been classroom-tested and updated to fit the budgetary considerations of all schools.
Play the Scene by Michael Schulman (Editor); Eva Mekler (Editor)
Call Number: 812.54 P722
ISBN: 0312318790
Publication Date: 2004-12-07
A collection of the greatest scenes and monologues ever written-ranging from Elizabethan to Tony Award-winning plays-this comprehensive anthology spans over five hundred years of theatre. Play the Scene: The Ultimate Collection of Contemporary and Classic Scenes and Monologues by coauthors Michael Schulman and Eva Mekler includes scenes and monologues from classic plays by such notable authors as Edith Wharton as well as the best in contemporary theatre, such as Margaret Edson's Wit. * Blight Spirit * Camille * The Chosen * The Graduate * How I Learned to Drive * The Last Night of Ballyhoo * The Lisbon Traviata * This Is Our Youth * Vincent in Brixton * And many more!

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