Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook298 pages3 hours
The Actor's Menu: A Character Preparation Handbook
By Bill Howey
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Whether new to the business or a seasoned professional, this handbook provides actors with a personal, active approach to discovering and developing their talent. Beginning with appetizers and ending with desserts, actors learn how to prepare a character in the same way that a master chef chooses the most complementary dishes for a feast. From typecasting to reinventing a character's story, actors discover the key ingredients that will enable them to use their own unique qualities and emotions to develop strong, believable characters that people are interested in watching. How to identify and resolve problems such as hidden agendas that can disable an actor's work; distinguish between perception, feeling, and emotions; and find lasting sources of inspiration are among the issues explored. The importance of imagination, words, and story as well as the difference between intellectual and visceral choices (and the impact of each) are also discussed.
Unavailable
Related to The Actor's Menu
Related ebooks
The Excellent Audition Guide A Field Guide to Actor Training Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Acting on the Script Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsActing and How to Be Good at It: The Second Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Life in Acting: The Actor's Guide to Creative and Career Longevity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTwelve Step Plan to Becoming an Actor in L.A.: From Your Town to Tinseltown Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Positive Path for Actors: How to Stop Second-Guessing Your Talent & Start Kicking A$$ in Your Career Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Director Actor Coach: Solutions for Director/Actor Challenges Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat Method?: The Different Ways an Actor Can Train Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Being & Doing: A Workbook for Actors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Truth About Acting: How Acting and Spirituality Fuse to Propel You Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPromoting Your Acting Career: A Step-by-Step Guide to Opening the Right Doors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLearning Your Lines: The Compact Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsActing as Your Job: A Step by Step Guide on How You Can Become a Working Actor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMore Golden Rules of Acting: that nobody ever tells you Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAdvice from the Players (26 Actors on Acting) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings40 Questions of One Role: A method for the actor's self-preparation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShakespeare for American Actors and Directors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe New Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Most Practical Damn Little Acting and Directing Book: Notes from the Rehearsal Hall Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Actor and the Space Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Actor as Storyteller: An Introduction to Acting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Actor Uncovered Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTHE AUDITION BIBLE: Secrets Every Actor Needs To Know Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why It's Not Enough To 'Just' Be An Actor In The 21st Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsActor's Alchemy: Finding the Gold in the Script Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsActing in LA: How to Become a Working Actor in Hollywood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Young Actor Prepares Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTan Tarn How: Six Plays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Children's Art For You
How to Draw Batman, Superman, and Other DC Super Heroes and Villains Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Garden: The 100th Anniversary Edition with Tasha Tudor Art and Bonus Materials Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coraline Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Drawing for Kids: How to Draw Cartoons with Letters, Numbers, and Words Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5How to Draw Everything Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Drawing Fantasy Creatures Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Doodle Everywhere: Cute & Easy Drawings for Notebooks, Cards, Gifts and So Much More Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Super Cute Drawing Book: Step-by-step kawaii creatures! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5smART: Use Your Eyes to Boost Your Brain (Adapted from the New York Times bestseller Visual Intelligence) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How To Draw: Kazi How To Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Best Hair Book Ever!: Cute Cuts, Sweet Styles and Tons of Tress Tips Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Successful Drawing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExpress Yourself: A Hand Lettering Workbook for Kids: Create Awesome Quotes the Fun & Easy Way! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Drawing Chibi: Learn How to Draw Kawaii People, Animals, and Other Utterly Cute Stuff Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Picture for Harold's Room Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Draw Cute Stuff: Draw Anything and Everything in the Cutest Style Ever! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Draw Cute Animals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ultimate Guide to Creating Comics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Surviving Hitler: A Boy In The Nazi Death Camps Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great American Masters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Complete Guide to Drawing Comics: Learn The Secrets Of Great Comic Book Art! Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Walls Within Walls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paint It: The Art of Acrylics, Oils, Pastels, and Watercolors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Renaissance Artists: With History Projects for Kids Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Fall of the House of Usher Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Day is Waiting Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How To Draw Vehicles for Kids: Learn To Draw Cars, Trucks, Bus Step-by-Step Easy Drawing Instruction Book for kids Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related podcast episodes
Two Actors Talk Acting 0% found this document usefulWhat Cloud Am I Under? 0% found this document useful3 Steps to Becoming a Fearless Actor 0% found this document usefulConversation with Sharon Carnicke 0% found this document useful119. Alexandra Wright on Getting an MFA, Archetype Script Analysis, and Branding for Actors 0% found this document usefulAnthony Meindl: Solving Problems Creatively & Failure as an Option - #258 0% found this document usefulDavid Lindsay-Abaire (#318) - May, 2011: Author of "Good People". 0% found this document usefulThe Biggest Sin 0% found this document usefulThe Legacy of Largeness 0% found this document usefulAudition Secrets with Justin Guarini 0% found this document usefulThe Actor’s Contribution 0% found this document usefulBlack Text on White Paper 0% found this document usefulSimple Studio Set Up - What you need and what you don't! 0% found this document useful10 minute acting tips - ' How far will you go ? ' 0% found this document useful“Sense Memory/Stanislavsky/Circle In The Square” (w/ Matt & Bowen) 0% found this document usefulPatsy Rodenburg: Patsy Rodenburg, renowned voice coach, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 0% found this document useful
Related articles
It’s Time To Act! Dance AustraliaArticle
It’s Time To Act!
Mar 21, 2020
4 min readWhat Older Dads Know The AtlanticArticle
What Older Dads Know
Mar 7, 2023
6 min read'I Felt It in My Bones': Ethan Hawke on His Big Year NewsweekArticle
'I Felt It in My Bones': Ethan Hawke on His Big Year
Sep 14, 2018
8 min readHow What I’ve Learned as an Actor Can Apply to Storytelling Literary HubArticle
How What I’ve Learned as an Actor Can Apply to Storytelling
Apr 12, 2019
5 min readA DIFFERENT STAGE Film, Theatre and the Space Between Screen EducationArticle
A DIFFERENT STAGE Film, Theatre and the Space Between
Sep 16, 2018
11 min readTheater for a Now Audience: A Roundtable Guernica MagazineArticle
Theater for a Now Audience: A Roundtable
Jan 17, 2018
14 min readWhy 'Three Billboards' And 'Call Me By Your Name' Leave This Theater Critic Cold Los Angeles TimesArticle
Why 'Three Billboards' And 'Call Me By Your Name' Leave This Theater Critic Cold
Mar 2, 2018
7 min readBroadway’s Golden New Age? AMERICAN THEATREArticle
Broadway’s Golden New Age?
Mar 25, 2019
9 min readLiev Forever The RakeArticle
Liev Forever
Apr 5, 2019
15 min readDon’t Quit Your Day Job (No, Really) AMERICAN THEATREArticle
Don’t Quit Your Day Job (No, Really)
Jul 25, 2019
11 min readMoni Yakim Knows How To Move You NPRArticle
Moni Yakim Knows How To Move You
Dec 31, 2019
3 min readHow Actors Create Emotions: A Problematic Psychology The AtlanticArticle
How Actors Create Emotions: A Problematic Psychology
Mar 10, 2014
10 min readThe Legacy Of Jerome Robbins Dance AustraliaArticle
The Legacy Of Jerome Robbins
Jan 31, 2019
6 min readThis Iraq War Veteran Didn't Just See 'Water By The Spoonful.' He Lived It Los Angeles TimesArticle
This Iraq War Veteran Didn't Just See 'Water By The Spoonful.' He Lived It
Mar 7, 2018
LOS ANGELES - It's intermission during Quiara Alegria Hudes' "Water by the Spoonful," the Pulitzer Prize-winning centerpiece of her Elliot trilogy of plays portraying the experiences of a Marine during and after the Iraq war. It's interesting, a tall
4 min readIs the TV Writers Room Facing Its Diversity Problem? Playwrights Raise the Question Los Angeles TimesArticle
Is the TV Writers Room Facing Its Diversity Problem? Playwrights Raise the Question
Nov 22, 2017
2 min readJesse Berger Being Jacobean AMERICAN THEATREArticle
Jesse Berger Being Jacobean
Apr 27, 2020
7 min readDaryl Roth Producing With a Purpose AMERICAN THEATREArticle
Daryl Roth Producing With a Purpose
Mar 25, 2019
9 min readBroadway's 'POTUS': Should These Women Save The President? NPRArticle
Broadway's 'POTUS': Should These Women Save The President?
Apr 27, 2022
2 min readThe 10 Best Theater Productions TIMEArticle
The 10 Best Theater Productions
Nov 26, 2018
3 min readJasmine Lee-Jones Interview: I Want People To Come To The Theatre Like They Watch Netflix Evening StandardArticle
Jasmine Lee-Jones Interview: I Want People To Come To The Theatre Like They Watch Netflix
Jun 24, 2021
Back in 2019, you either saw seven methods of killing kylie jenner or you were trying to get a ticket for it. Jasmine Lee-Jones’s debut play, exploring female friendship, cultural appropriation and the internet, became one of the most talked-about pl
5 min readSingin’ In The Rain Empire AustralasiaArticle
Singin’ In The Rain
May 5, 2019
NAME THE GREATEST musical ever made. Now, name the finest film on the subject of filmmaking. Okay, name the greatest argument ever made for the Hollywood studio system: the grand pageant of the dream factory, sun-kissed on the Californian coast and g
4 min readThe Vital Role of Political Theater The AtlanticArticle
The Vital Role of Political Theater
Jun 30, 2017
3 min readBroadway’s Dirty Secret The AtlanticArticle
Broadway’s Dirty Secret
Nov 6, 2019
5 min readZooming In: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed Hollywood's Audition Process Los Angeles TimesArticle
Zooming In: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed Hollywood's Audition Process
Sep 29, 2020
LOS ANGELES - While auditioning for a family Christmas commercial in Los Angeles, actors Elizabeth Bemis and Gabriel Villanueva made a bold choice. After hitting their marks and delivering their lines as a married couple, the pair leaned in for a qui
7 min read‘You Must Have The Courage To Be Bad. To Risk It All’ The RakeArticle
‘You Must Have The Courage To Be Bad. To Risk It All’
Aug 16, 2019
6 min read'African Mean Girls' Are The Toast Of New York Theater NPRArticle
'African Mean Girls' Are The Toast Of New York Theater
Dec 19, 2017
4 min readSam Shepard’s Dynamic Women The Paris ReviewArticle
Sam Shepard’s Dynamic Women
Aug 11, 2017
4 min readThe Best Theatre Of 2021, From Cabaret To Little Scratch Evening StandardArticle
The Best Theatre Of 2021, From Cabaret To Little Scratch
Dec 21, 2021
5 min readA Controversial Play Asserts the Humanity of Sex Offenders The AtlanticArticle
A Controversial Play Asserts the Humanity of Sex Offenders
Mar 27, 2019
5 min readWho's Afraid Of A Diverse Cast? NPRArticle
Who's Afraid Of A Diverse Cast?
May 20, 2017
2 min read
Reviews for The Actor's Menu
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
1 rating0 reviews