
Resources
ACTING SPECIFIC
ARTICLES
• "Acting Changes the Brain: It's how actors get lost in a role"
By Christian Jarrett for Psyche Magazine
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By Amy Steiger for HowlRound Theatre Commons
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By Nicole Brewer for American Theatre Magazine
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BOOKS
Building a Character
Creating a Role
An Actor Prepares
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• By Sharell D. Luckett and Tia M. Shaffer
Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches
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On Acting
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Acting: The First Six Lessons
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• By Frank Hauser and Russell Reich
Notes on Directing
(Informed me as an actor just as much as a
director!)
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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
(Not just for improvisers!)
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Theatre Games for the Lone Actor
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AUDITIONING
• Good Example of a Self Tape
Actor J. Alphonse Nicholson "From Audition to Set"
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• Information about Headshots
Backstage: "Actor Headshots: Everything You Need to Know"
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• Places to Look for Auditions in Atlanta
THE CREATIVE LIFE AT LARGE
• By Julia Cameron
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
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• By Elizabeth Gilbert
TED Talk on "Your Elusive Creative Genius"
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
• By Brené Brown
TED Talk on "The Power of Vulnerability"
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• By adrienne maree brown
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
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DEVISING INSPIRATION
• By Moises Kaufman and Barbara Pitts McAdams
Moment Work: Tectonic Theater Project's Process of
Devising Theatre
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• By adrienne maree brown
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
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• By Augusto Boal
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• By Michael Rohd
Theatre for Community, Conflict, and Dialogue: The
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• By Pat Schneider
TOOLS for BEING
• By Resmaa Menakem
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
(See especially the "5 Anchors")
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• By Stephen Cope
Yoga and the Quest for the True Self
(See especially "Breathe, Relax, Feel, Watch, Allow")
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• By Pema Chödrön
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