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The Best American Short Plays 2009-2010

Barbara Parisi
The Best American Short Plays 2009 2010 Book PDF

Author : Barbara Parisi
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557839367

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The Best American Short Plays 2009-2010 by Barbara Parisi Pdf

(Applause Books). Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 70 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. As previous series editor Ramon Delgado wrote in his introduction to The Best American Short Plays of 1989 , the choice of entries for each edition has been based on the same goal: "to include a balance among three categories of playwrights: 1) established playwrights who continue to practice the art and craft of the short play, 2) emerging playwrights whose record of productions indicate both initial achievement and continuing artistic productivity, and 3) talented new playwrights whose work may not have had much exposure but evidences promise for the future." From its inception, The Best American Short Plays has identified new, cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams ( A Streetcar Named Desire ), Edward Albee ( Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ), Wendy Wasserstein ( The Heidi Chronicles ), David Mamet ( Glengarry Glen Ross ), and Horton Foote ( The Trip to Bountiful ). This volume is Barbara Parisi's fifth edition as series editor. The volumes of the new millennium include the work of playwrights Murray Schisgal, Adam Kraar, Theodore Mann, David Ives, and Mark Medoff, among others, and tackle complex human issues through diverse theatrical styles and a wide range of character perspectives.

Best Monologues from The Best American Short Plays, Volume Two

William W. Demastes
Best Monologues from The Best American Short Plays Volume Two Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781495009556

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(Best American Short Plays). This second volume of the best monologues from the Best American Short Plays series features a diverse selection drawn from the outstanding works from many of today's best American playwrights. In these monologues, the playwrights capture much of the flavors, feelings, and thoughts of American culture over the past several decades. The result is a collection of taught, engaging monologues offering fascinating perspectives. They are written with an eye toward the stage that makes them excellent source material for actors young and old alike. And they offer a freshness and directness that make them excellent companions for readers attracted to good, often quirky, and always engaging contemporary literature.

Best Monologues from The Best American Short Plays, Volume Three

William W. Demastes
Best Monologues from The Best American Short Plays Volume Three Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781495028885

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Best Monologues from The Best American Short Plays, Volume Three by William W. Demastes Pdf

(Best American Short Plays). "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Really? Words can break spirits, destroy confidence. They can also build hope and incite great acts of heroism. Playwrights know this, and so do theater audiences. Otherwise, why go? Words matter and carry clout every bit as dangerous as a hammer or crowbar. This, too, playwrights know. The monologues in this volume are full of such blows, striking at our imaginations and our memories, generating responses such as joyful laughter or chilling surprise. Others squeeze us into worlds we've never experienced, or perhaps experienced at the furthest edges of memory and recollection. Still others may help us alter the way we see certain things, people, or beliefs. Best Monologues from The Best American Short Plays, Volume Three is a collection of monologues drawn from the popular Best American Short Plays series, an archive of works from many of the best playwrights active today. Long or short, serious or not, excerpts or entireties, this collection abounds in speech acts that may trigger physical reactions and almost certainly will transform an attitude or two, drawing out lost memories, creating new ones, and definitely entertaining, engaging, amusing us all along the way.

Best Monologues from The Best American Short Plays

William W. Demastes
Best Monologues from The Best American Short Plays Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781495009563

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BEST MONOLOGUES FROM THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS VOLUME 2

The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011

William W. Demastes
The Best American Short Plays 2010 2011 Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557839718

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The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 by William W. Demastes Pdf

(Best American Short Plays). Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 70 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. As previous series editor Ramon Delgado wrote in his introduction to The Best American Short Plays of 1989 , the choice of entries for each edition has been based on the same goal: "to include a balance among three categories of playwrights: 1) established playwrights who continue to practice the art and craft of the short play, 2) emerging playwrights whose record of productions indicate both initial achievement and continuing artistic productivity, and 3) talented new playwrights whose work may not have had much exposure but evidences promise for the future." From its inception, The Best American Short Plays has identified new, cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, David Mamet, and Horton Foote. This volume, Bill Demastes' first edition as series editor, illustrates how well the short story play can grapple with the many dimensions of love. The selected plays present unique perspectives on the wide range of love's impact on our lives, each giving a thoroughly modern twist to the idea that life would be so much easier (but also much less interesting) if we could only avoid love's mercurial influence.

The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013

William W. Demastes
The Best American Short Plays 2012 2013 Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781480397217

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The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013 by William W. Demastes Pdf

(Applause Books). For over 70 years, The Best American Short Plays has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. From its inception, it has identified cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and more. In this volume, the plays capture the struggle between "hot tempers and cold decrees." Humans love to think of themselves as rational beings well in control of their lives and surroundings from sunup to sundown, sundown to sunrise. We learn to follow rules of proper behavior and more than happily issue out advice to our friends who just can't get a handle on themselves. Restraint and order, after all, are the cornerstones of human society and civilization. The problem is that human nature bucks and bridles at every attempt to socialize and civilize. Shakespeare got it right when he penned the observation, "The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree." In those few words he has managed to capture precisely why it is so difficult to be human; if it were okay simply to let our hot tempers prevail, life would be so much easier. But cold decrees are what prevent us from self-destruction, and so we endure the struggle.

Action!

Robert Benedetti
Action Book PDF

Author : Robert Benedetti
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781478650263

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Action! by Robert Benedetti Pdf

Multiple award-winning producer and leading teacher of acting Robert Benedetti offers a no-nonsense, detailed, and clearly structured approach to the fundamentals of acting for the camera. Benedetti uses the same approach he has employed in writing and teaching for over fifty years — defining underlying principles, presenting them in a logically sequential program of development, and providing experiential exercises to help future, as well as experienced, actors shine in film and television.

The Director as Collaborator

Robert Knopf
The Director as Collaborator Book PDF

Author : Robert Knopf
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317326571

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The Director as Collaborator by Robert Knopf Pdf

The Director as Collaborator teaches essential directing skills while emphasizing how directors and theater productions benefit from collaboration. Good collaboration occurs when the director shares responsibility for the artistic creation with the entire production team, including actors, designers, stage managers, and technical staff. Leadership does not preclude collaboration; in theater, these concepts can and should be complementary. Students will develop their abilities by directing short scenes and plays and by participating in group exercises. New to the second edition: updated interviews, exercises, forms, and appendices new chapter on technology including digital research, previsualization and drafting programs, and web-sharing sites new chapter on devised and ensemble-based works new chapter on immersive theater, including material and exercises on environmental staging and audience–performer interaction

The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014

William W. Demastes
The Best American Short Plays 2013 2014 Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781495035425

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OK! THE STORY OF OKLAHOMA! A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S MOSTBELOVED MUSICAL.

In Performance

JV Mercanti
In Performance Book PDF

Author : JV Mercanti
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781480366954

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In Performance by JV Mercanti Pdf

(Applause Books). In Performance is intended for young people who are auditioning for both undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional productions and industry meetings. Featured are dynamic monologues from contemporary stage plays of the past 15 years, chosen from the point of view of a professional acting teacher, director, and casting director. Along with covering the basics of how to match the best monologue to the actor and how to approach the rehearsal and performance of the piece, the book provides a synopsis of each play, a character description, and a list of questions specific to each monologue that will direct the actor toward shaping a complex, honest, and thoughtful performance that has a strong emotional connection, a clear arc, and playable actions.

The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013

William W. Demastes
The Best American Short Plays 2012 2013 Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781480397224

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The Best American Short Plays 2012-2013 by William W. Demastes Pdf

For over 70 years, The Best American Short Plays has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. From its inception, it has identified cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and more. In this volume, the plays capture the struggle between “hot tempers and cold decrees.” Humans love to think of themselves as rational beings well in control of their lives and surroundings from sunup to sundown, sundown to sunrise. We learn to follow rules of proper behavior and more than happily issue out advice to our friends who just can't get a handle on themselves. Restraint and order, after all, are the cornerstones of human society and civilization. The problem is that human nature bucks and bridles at every attempt to socialize and civilize. Shakespeare got it right when he penned the observation, “The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree.” In those few words he has managed to capture precisely why it is so difficult to be human; if it were okay simply to let our hot tempers prevail, life would be so much easier. But cold decrees are what prevent us from self-destruction, and so we endure the struggle.

The Best American Short Plays, 2008-2009

Barbara Parisi
The Best American Short Plays 2008 2009 Book PDF

Author : Barbara Parisi
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781557837615

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The Best American Short Plays, 2008-2009 by Barbara Parisi Pdf

A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.

The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014

William W. Demastes
The Best American Short Plays 2013 2014 Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 148039548X

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THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS: 2013--2014

The Best American Short Plays 1994-1995

Howard Stein,Glenn Young
The Best American Short Plays 1994 1995 Book PDF

Author : Howard Stein,Glenn Young
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1557832323

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The Best American Short Plays 1994-1995 by Howard Stein,Glenn Young Pdf

A collection of one-act plays from American playwrights, which cover such themes as love, fantasy, politics, grief, marriage, crime, and deceit.

The Best American Short Plays, 2015-2016

William W. Demastes,John Patrick Bray
The Best American Short Plays 2015 2016 Book PDF

Author : William W. Demastes,John Patrick Bray
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1495065405

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The Best American Short Plays, 2015-2016 by William W. Demastes,John Patrick Bray Pdf

(Best American Short Plays). Now in its seventh decade, the annals of The Best American Short Plays series now boasts hundreds of groundbreaking one-acts and an alumni list the likes of which other anthologies can only dream. From luminaries like Tennessee Williams and Edward Albee to the brightest stars of today, such as Murray Schisgal, James Armstrong, Billy Aronson, Jules Tasca, Neil LaBute, and Daniel Gallant, TBASP established itself as the standard bearer for its genre by presenting materials that offer a forthright annual reading of our nation's pulse. If The Best American Short Plays 2015-2016 , co-edited by William Demastes and John Patrick Bray, proves as portentous as its forebears, suffice it to say that our hearts are pounding. In this volume, DeMastes and Bray have assembled a collection of plays centered on the notion of "Starting Over." Following the 2016 election cycle, which turned centuries-old political mores and traditions on their heads, many Americans especially those in the theatre community feel as though the incoming presidential administration and congress will require our nation to start anew. The feeling that we are beginning again (for better or for worse) has crept into the consciousness of this year's crop of writers. These playwrights individually and collectively demonstrate the vitality and necessity of the theatre as a space where we can ask questions about character and identity on both personal and national scales. Although answers aren't easily forthcoming, the ensuing silences provides a vacuum of sorts an ideal but ephemeral space where any citizen, regardless of persuasion or belief, can stop, sit, and think.