Book description
Acting for the Stage: Succeeding as a Creative Professional is a highly accessible guide to the business of theater acting, written for those interested in pursuing acting as a profession. This book is a collection of essays by and interviews with talented artists and businesspeople who have built successful careers in the theater.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
- CHAPTER 2: STICKING IT OUT
- CHAPTER 3: FINDING SUCCESS
- CHAPTER 4: GETTING AHEAD
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CHAPTER 5: STARTING AGAIN
- UNDERSTANDING YOUR AUDIENCE
- BEGINNING ACTING LATER IN LIFE
- An Interview With Mary Ann Thebus
- MANAGING REJECTION, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND SETBACKS
- 1,000+ STAGE PERFORMANCES
- An Interview With 100-Year-Old Chemancheri Kunjiraman Nair
- SUCCESS AND THE RESET BUTTON
- A Moving Target
- TEACHING ACTING IN PRISONS
- Lessons from the Actors’ Gang Prison Project
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: Acting for the Stage
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2017
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781317370505
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