Playhouse Books is a privately owned publishing company that publishes and distributes professional drama materials for teaching and performance.
We provide family-values based acting curriculum, instructional aids, scene collections, and original play adaptations of children's classics that are fully packaged for theater companies, high schools, colleges, as well as homeschool, ministry, and community enrichment programs.
Our theater arts materials can be purchased in either perfect bind, CD-ROM, or book binder format.
“This book is a magnificent achievement. It would be difficult to conceive of a more comprehensive, imaginative, or rich source for the teacher and student of acting.”
—Ken Pickering, Professor of Arts Education at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education and former Chief Examiner for Drama and Speech at Trinity College, London
Acting Magic is a comprehensive 568-page guidebook that takes the aspiring actor from beginning voice, stage movement, and role-playing exercises to a high level of performance excellence and repertory discipline. The book breaks down all the components of acting into simple and engaging chunks so that even the youngest student can digest and successfully apply them on the stage. Games, stories, exercises, illustrations, handouts, and teacher’s keys guide the actor to discover everything the pros know. The extensive glossary and in-depth history of theater completes the book as a perfect study and performance text for acting companies and colleges alike.
In a departure from modern Hollywood texts, the author shows the student how to re-capture the spiritual idealism and noble intention that artists of an earlier era conveyed with such grace, and which constituted the enduring magic of their artistry.
The arts are meant to be an expression of the noblest and purest of human sentiments and a tribute to lives beautifully lived and fully given. As Russian director Constantin Stanislavski stated, art should lend beauty and nobility to life, and “whatever is beautiful and noble has the power to attract.” That is the true magic of theater, and Acting Magic powerfully expresses this message.
Acting Magic will help you unlock the magic of theater and take you step by step through the heart of the dramatic experience.
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