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ABWAG to Learn Acting 

• 558 pages of acting subjects from the late drama coach, Don Richardson.  This site is a little idiosyncratic but if you persevere and explore the site fully you will discover some real gems.

Acting Choice - A book by Colette Duvall

• "The Acting Choice is a step-by-step guide that will prepare you for performance, using this proven rehearsal technique. This is a revolutionary approach to script analysis---unmatched by anyone."

Acting on the Web

• What is acting?  We believe acting is a "state of mind."  An assumed and practiced mental attitude where you pretend, make believe, that you possess another persons life situations; another person's problems, successes and failures, hopes and dreams, happiness and tragedies.   A "state of mind" where you allow your thoughts, your body and your feelings to act out imaginary and scripted realities, in such a manner that an audience will suspended its disbelief and empathize with you and the given situations.

• Inside these pages I have compiled a resource of information about acting and the business around it that would have helped me at some point early in my journey. My goal is to collaborate with visiting actors who can add stories and advice to help out others who are just beginning.

Acting Workshop OnLine (AWOL) 

• This is the place for beginning actors and actresses to learn about acting and the acting business.  For actors and actresses aspiring to become professional or for those who want to take their vocation to the highest artistic level possible. Each month or so, new "lessons" and relevant links will be posted for you to study, learn, practise, and get more info about acting.

• A publishing company offering a complimentary copy of this book for US and Canadian teachers.

• A site that has a range of resources for actors and others interested in theatre and drama.  Put together by an Aussie actor.

• ACTORSCRAFT.COM was created with the simple and singular intention of offering serious minded actors, acting students, and other theatre artists a place to be supported and enheartened in their own striving for excellence.

• Just what it says - reduce the ego and realise everyone has a job to do.  Other good articles to be found here.  Thanks to the Slidell Little Theatre.

Actors Source

• Welcome to the most extensive acting related homepage on the internet.  The ActorSource Homepage is a page that can be used by anyone from the beginning actor to the seasoned veteran.  This page contains information on how to get started from step one, all the way to the top.  If there is some information that you would like to see on the ActorSource Homepage, feel free to contact me and I'll try to find it for you.

• Some good activities and advice from a professional actor.

• This organisations membership extends to over 80 countries.  Quite an interesting site with useful links and a database of useful information regarding festivals, conventions and other international events.

• Sacred Theatre provides a framework for exploring the possibilities of enjoying life as a work of performance.

• Fuel is an independent, not-for profit site set up to extend the reach of arts products and services. + Professional development + Industry mentors + Hot marketing resources + Membership driven Become a fuel4arts member to access all areas of the site and gain posting rights Be seen & heard! 

• Some fairly straightforward commentary on acting techniques and theories.

• A collection of games that could have been inspired by the now copyrighted TheatreSports.

A clearinghouse for information about improvisational theatre.

• Unit Objective: The students will begin to understand the basic fundamentals of acting by performing a short scene.
•   Lesson 1: Exploring Character Background
•   Lesson 2: Identifying Objectives
•   Lesson 3: Incorporating Objectives
•   Lesson 4: Identifying Tactics
•   Lesson 5: Incorporating Tactics
•   Lesson 6: Listening
•   Lesson 7: Vocalizing Emotions
•   Lesson 8: Simple Actions
•   Lesson 9: Completing Character Development

• An online acting workshop with a free introductory lesson.  Some useful ideas to be gleaned even if you don't sign up for the course.

• What is NEW SCHOOL ACTING?  New School Acting is the first major change in technique and basic theory since the Industrial Revolution set the stage for Stanislavski and his psycho-intellectual based acting system. New School Acting is a breakthrough, a complete departure from an almost seventy year old tradition in American acting. It ushers in a whole new era in acting, one which finds the primary direction of acting going from the old school ego based acting to the new school's empathy based acting, a healthier and more creative style of ac ting. While many in the acting community have been restless to move on, until the development of these new techniques, the tools were not available.

• Part of the ABWAG site - a comprehensive approach to unpacking the text.

Spotlight on Musical Theatre

• Spotlight is a website dedicated to performing arts -- dance, theatre, acting and musicals.

• This curriculum unit will be directed toward second and third year acting students at The Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School. Two prerequisites for this course are: (1) possession of basic acting skills and experience, and (2) strong commitment both to the individual study of acting and to the concept of theatre as a collaborative art form. Prior formal classwork will have included Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Edward Albee, and August Wilson. My students will have a strong background in improvisation, story-telling, and play and character analysis. My main focus will be an emphasis on acting technique and building a character based on what has come to be known as the Stanislavski system.

• by Gerald Grow, PhD An original WWW publication. Abstract. This article describes a college Shakespeare course employing participatory methods. Students carried out a series of exercises designed to put them in touch with the basic emotions and to approach the plays in terms of those emotions. Students carried out other exercises derived from actor training--including vocal warmups and memorizing and delivering two speeches. Various experiments are described which attempted to engage students more immediately with the plays. Plays mentioned: Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and The Winter's Tale. 

• TheatrGROUP is a theatre company with "method" acting training on-site.  It is open 24-hours, seven days a week for members. This page will lead interested individuals to descriptions of various techniques and procedures of so-called "method" acting.  What you will find here is not copied from books.  It's in my own words, and composed for you with definitions, analogies, descriptions and examples of this work which I am able to relate to you after studying, teaching and using it as an actor for the past 23 years.

... from the Webmaster
I often use the criteria for the various personality inventories and personality typing (Meyer-Briggs Type Indicator, Kiersey Temperament Sorter, etc) as a way to think about creating/developing characters from a script - I also used information about Personality Disorders to help kids develop the characters in such plays as Cagebirds, Marat/Sade, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Clockwork Orange, Blue/Orange, etc....

Try these pages....

• Personality: Character and Temperament

The Web Site for the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Keirsey Temperament Theory
• COLLABORATIVE Systems - MBTI Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• Descriptions of Personality Types

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/psychology/alt.psychology.personality/profiles/

• Behaviour Online
• Internet Mental Health

The list and info on disorders is extensive.
• Mental Health Net - Personality Disorders
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder (Stanford)
• Mental Help Net

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