The complete audition book for young actors : a comprehensive guide to winning by enhancing acting skills /
Roger Ellis.
- First edition.
- vii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-282).
The fundamentals - "gimme attitude!" -- School days - "beam me up, Scotty" -- The auditions context - "o brave new world!" -- Background skills - "cut to the chase!" -- Selecting material - "words, words, words" -- Preparing the audition - "no excuses, please!" -- Performing the audition - "your little nugget" -- Cold readings - "the chips are down" -- Musical theatre auditions - "get the leg up" -- Supporting materials - "the paper chase" -- Auditions and the computer - "get wired!" -- Scenes and monologs for class work -- Selected auditioning resources -- Supporting materials for media acting -- Auditioning for colleges, college scholarships, and graduate schools. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D.
A step-by-step guide for training young actors to audition well by developing acting skills. "A step-by-step guide for training young actors to audition well by developing acting skills. Contains more than sixty relevant acting "explorations" (exercises) plus fourteen sample audition pieces from contemporary playwrights."--BOOK JACKET.