Acting Professionally : Raw Facts about Careers in Acting
ISBN: 9780230217249 | 0230217249
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date: 9/15/2009
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The hard facts about the acting profession: how it's run, how to break into it, how to succeed at it
'Everybody wants to get into the act' said the old-time comic Jimmy Durante, but the fact is that becoming a professional actor requires a lot more than just the desire to break into the business. A clear understanding of how acting careers are built and the specific way that actors must position themselves in a professional environment overseen by directors, agents, casting directors and acting unions is essentia... MORE
'Everybody wants to get into the act' said the old-time comic Jimmy Durante, but the fact is that becoming a professional actor requires a lot more than just the desire to break into the business. A clear understanding of how acting careers are built and the specific way that actors must position themselves in a professional environment overseen by directors, agents, casting directors and acting unions is essentia... MORE
| Authors' Prefaces | |
| The Way It Is What you Will Need Your First Decisions Establishing Yourself The Casting Room Other Opportunities | |
| Appendix | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Robert Cohen is the founding chair of the drama department at the University of California, Irvine, where he now serves as Clare Trevor Professor of Drama. He is author of the defining text Acting Power, and many other theatre books including Acting One, Advanced Acting, Acting in Shakespeare and Creative Play Direction. In 1999 he received the Career Achievement Award for Education from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
James Calleri is President of Calleri Casting, and one of the most prominent casting directors in Amercia.
James Calleri is President of Calleri Casting, and one of the most prominent casting directors in Amercia.
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