Acting Games for Individual Performers: A Comprehensive Workbook of 110 Acting Exercises
Grade 9 Up—Some of the exercises in this diverse collection rely on specific events (going to the dentist, having a broken heart), some are to be practiced daily for an extended period of time (keeping a journal), and some can be accomplished in just a few minutes. Many ask students to watch clips from movies. Each exercise has questions for actors to ask themselves and different variations of completing it, and states the purpose behind it. The book is divided into 21 acting elements (improv, physical, emotional recall, vocal, characterization, imagination, etc.) with three to six exercises in each one. Unlike older acting-games books on the market, this one utilizes a multimedia approach and is not geared toward group rehearsal.—Terrilyn Fleming, Colby Public Schools, KSCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.