Techniques developed by young actors for real-world acting challenges
Focuses on truth and authenticity under imaginary circumstances
Written for actors disillusioned with vague acting classes
Includes insights from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet
Concrete tools for improving acting clarity and objectivity
Summarized by Shop
For anyone who has ever wanted to take an acting class, "this is the best book on acting written in the last twenty years" (David Mamet, from the Introduction).
This book describes a technique developed and refined by the authors, all of them young actors, in their work with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, actor W. H. Macy,