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    Helpful Resources and Books For The Actor

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    This document lists helpful resources and books for actors in three main categories: [1] online resources including casting websites, union websites, and headshot photographers; [2] books on various acting techniques and styles from major acting theorists; and [3] books on career advice, voice, movement, and stage combat. A variety of digital and print resources are provided to help actors in their training and professional work.

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    HELPFUL RESOURCES AND BOOKS FOR THE ACTOR

    Online Resources

    Digital Resources
    iActor http://www.sag.org/iactor-online-casting
    Backstage http://www.backstage.com
    CallSheet http://www.backstage.com/bso/call-sheet/index.jsp
    Actors Access http://www.actorsaccess.com
    MST Connect http://www.mstconnect.com/
    ArtSearch http://www.tcg.org/artsearch/
    Dept. Webpage http://theatreanddance.missouristate.edu/

    Union/Organizational
    Screen Actor Guild www.sag.org
    Actors Equity www.actorsequity.org
    AFTRA www.aftra.org/
    Am. Guild of Variety Artists www.agvausa.com/
    Assoc. Theatre Movement Educators www.atmeweb.org/
    Voice & Speech Trainers www.vasta.org/
    Society of Am. Fight Directors www.safd.org
    Fight Directors Canada www.fdc.ca
    Am. Council on Exercise www.AceFitness.org

    Headshots
    Jeff Nicholson (LA) http://www.theshotphotography.com/
    Melissa Hamburg (NY) http://www.melissahamburg.com/

    Reprints/Labs
    Argentum (repro/retouch) http://www.argentum.com/2004/index.php Reproductions
    Reproductions (repro/retouch) http://www.reproductions.com/
    National Photo (repro/retouch) http://www.nationaltalent.com
    ABC (litho reprints only) http://www.abcpictures.com

    Books/Publications

    Acting
    Improvisation for the Theatre by Viola Spolin (Improv)
    Theatre Games for the Classroom by Viola Spolin (Improv/Games)
    An Actor Prepares by Stanislavski
    Building a Character by Stanislavski
    Creating a Role by Stanislavski
    On Acting by Sanford Meisner
    Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen
    Free to Act by Mira Felner (Good Beginning Text)
    Audition by Michael Shurtleff (Audition)
    How to Stop Acting by Harold Guskin (Support Reading)
    1
    Irreverent Acting by Eric Morris (Advanced)
    No Acting Please by Eric Morris (Acting)
    Acting Onstage and Off by Robert Barton (good exercises)
    Advanced Acting by Robert Cohen (Style)
    112 Acting Games by Gavin Levy (Improv/Games)
    On the Technique of Acting by Michael Chekhov
    To the Actor by Michael Chekhov
    The Art of Acting by Stella Adler
    At Work with Grotowski by Thomas Richards
    The Incredible Indoor Games Book (Youth Games)
    Acting in Musical Theatre: A Comprehensive Course by Rocco Dal Vera
    Lessons for the Professional Actor by Michael Chekhov

    Acting Styles
    Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice by Kristin Linklater (Voice/Style)
    Acting in Shakespeare by Robert Cohen (Shakespeare)
    Style: Acting in High Comedy by Maria Aitken (Comedy)
    Secrets of Acting Shakespeare by Patrick Tucker (Great Read)
    Style: Acting in High Comedy by Maria Aitken (Comedy)
    Acting With Style by John Harrop
    Playing Shakespeare by John Barton
    Acting in Restoration Comedy by Simon Callow

    Analysis
    Backwards and Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays by David Ball

    Acting for the Camera


    Acting in the Million Dollar Minute by Tom Logan (Commercial)
    Acting for the Camera by Tony Barr (TV/Film)
    Acting in Commercials by Joan See

    Stage Combat
    Fight Directing for the Theatre by J. Allen Suddeth
    Actors on Guard by Dale Girard
    Swashbuckling by Richard Lane

    Voice
    Freeing the Natural Voice by Kristen Linklater
    The Right to Speak by Patsy Rodenburg
    Voice and the Actor by Cicely Berry
    The Use and Training of the Human Voice by Arthur Lessac
    The Actor and the Text by Cicely Berry

    Movement
    How to Learn the Alexander Technique by Barbara Conable
    Team Building Through Physical Challenges by Donald Glover
    The Actor and His Body by Mitz Pisk
    The Alexander Technique: A Skill for Life by Pedro de Alcantara
    2
    The Alexander Technique: Freedom in Thought and Action by T. Miller and D.Langstroth
    Awareness Through Movement Moshe Feldenkrais
    The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints by Anne Bogart & Tina Landau

    Career
    Acting is Everything by Judy Kerr LA
    The New York Agent Book by K. Callan (current ed.)
    The LA Agent Book by K. Callan (current ed.)
    LA Access by Richard Saul Wurman (current ed.)
    NY Access by Richard Saul Wurman (current ed.)
    The Courage to create by Rolo May
    The Artists Way by Julia Cameron
    Directory of Theatre Training Programs
    Regional Theatre Directory
    Summer Theatre Directory
    Acting Professionally: Raw Facts about Careers in Acting by Robert Cohen
    Fodor's Guide to New York City
    Fodor's Guides (NYC, LA, Chicago)

    Faculty Written Books


    Evangeline Drowning (play), Dr. Kurt Gerard Heinlein
    Green Theatre: Dr. Kurt Gerard Heinlein
    Clifford Odets and American Political Theatre, Dr. Chris Herr
    Performing Disability: Staging the Actual, Dr. Telory Davies

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