Recommended Reading List for Actors

Posted Date: 06 April 2011 at 12:47:31PM

Here is a list of reading material for Actors added to by Kari and Alicia and various other actors and industry professionals. It is by no means complete so if you feel there is a great book that should be on this list please write to us via the KHC Contact Form and we will be happy to add it.

Actions: The Actor's Thesaurus - Terry Johnson

The Actor and the Target by Declan Donnellan

Actor's Audition Manual: Vol 1 - Dean Carey

A Practical Handbook for the Actor - Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previtio, Scott Zigler and David Mamet

A Star is Found: Our Adventures in Casting Some of Hollywood's Biggest Movies - Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins & Rachel Kranz

The Complete Stanislavsky Tool Kit - Bella Merlin

The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor - Larry Moss

Laban for All - Jean Newlove & John Dalby

No Acting Please - Eric Morris & Joan Hotchkis

The Power of the Actor: The Chubbuck Technique - Ivana Chubbuck

Racing Against Time - Danielle Carter

Sanford Meisner on Acting - Dennis Longwell

The Secret of Your Success as an Actor - Tula Tzoras

Self-Management for Actors: Getting Down to (Show) Business - Bonnie Gillespie

True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor - David Mamet

Truth: Personas, Needs and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters - Susan Batson

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