Acting Professionally: Raw Facts about Careers in Acting - Softcover

Calleri, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1137605863 ISBN 13: 9781137605863

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2017

Synopsis

This is the essential guide for anyone interested in pursuing an acting career. Praised for its honesty, broad coverage and wise advice from working professionals, the new edition is fully updated to reflect the acting industry today and is filled with advice and warnings to help you succeed.

About this title

Review:

'Robert Cohen is a teacher and writer about theatre with great insight and sensitivity. Any student of performance would benefit deeply by reading and listening to him.' --Sir Patrick Stewart

'Thank you, Robert Cohen and James Calleri, for this brilliant and all-encompassing guide for the actor. It provides us with invaluable assets and insights, giving actors a clear perspective of the professional world, and the ups and downs that lie before them. An essential component, a magnetic compass guiding us into the light. Thank you.' --Stacy Keach

'Acting Professionally tells it like it is. It pulls no punches in how to work in our crazy profession. It is a must-have for any young actor today. The essential guidebook!' --Nina Arianda, Tony-winning actress

About the Author:

Robert Cohen is the founding chair of the drama department at the University of California, Irvine, USA, 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. He is a veteran stage director for Shakespeare festivals in the U.S. and abroad. James Calleri is President of Calleri Casting, and one of the most prominent casting directors in the USA. His casting credits include Broadway productions of Chicago, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun and The Dead. His TV credits include Lipstick Jungle, Monk, Ed and Hope & Faith. He has been awarded twelve Artios Awards for outstanding achievement in casting and is a member of the Casting Society of America. He is also an Associate Professor of Acting at Columbia University, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1137605863
• ISBN 13: 9781137605863
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248