Full Description
Based on parallels drawn between fundamental areas of theatre performance and their counterparts in the business world, Living The Dream...The Morning After Drama School - A DIY Guide to the Acting Business offers insights and tools to help current or former drama majors navigate life as highly capable actors trying to put together a living from a variety of income streams. It also exposes them to creative ways of considering their career options that may give them much more hope than they thought possible. In this way, a world that is foreign and overwhelming to many aspiring professional actors is brought easily and clearly into their comfort zone, equipping them for their quest to build a life doing what they love.
David Alford and Brian Horner draw from the experience of their lengthy, multi-faceted careers - Alford as a stage, television, and film actor, teacher, and arts administrator, and Horner as a saxophonist, teacher, and artist manager - and share that experience with those just starting out.
Contents
Foreword by Connie Britton
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Chapter 1 Getting the Part . . . or Not - Auditioning, Rejection, and the Mental Game
Chapter 2 Reading the Script - Your Role in the Big Picture
Chapter 3 Meeting the Cast - Agents and Other Characters
Chapter 4 Blocking & Knowing Where You Stand - Unions, Contracts and Other Paperwork
Chapter 5 Memorization - Preparation, Professionalism, and the Basics
Chapter 6 Working the Scene - Listening and Responding
Chapter 7 Living in the Moment - Working Outside the Box
Chapter 8 Tech - The Nuts and Bolts of Making It All Work On Your Own
Chapter 9 The Curtain Rises, the Curtain Falls - Ups and Downs and the Paradox of the Business
Glossary
