Playing Is the Thing - Paperback

by Anita Jesse (Author)

Through Jesse's theater games and exercises, actors are thrust into circumstances that bring about and foster natural interaction with their fellow players. These games also serve to encourage the enjoyment of scene casting actors free to play scenes rather than work them. Anita Jesse has coached hundreds of film, television and stage actors.

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This invaluable guidebook provides a clear, concise map for finding the character's inner life through play and guided exercises. Focuses on mastery of concentration, listening, script analysis, visualization, and methods for developing spontaneity, ensemble, interaction, emotional freedom, relaxation, and imagination. Whether you are a teacher, actor, or director, this book will be your constant guide. You will refer to it again and again for the classroom-tested exercises written in the same straightforward and accessible style as Ms. Jesse's earlier work, Let the Part Play You.