The Complete Audition Book for Young Actors: A Comprehensive Guide to Winning by Enhancing Acting Skills

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 304 pages
• Published by: Meriwether Publishing January 30, 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1566080886
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1566080880
• Book Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 14.4 ounces

From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up–More than just a nuts-and-bolts auditioning book, this title is meant to help high school and college students hone their skills in preparation for a career on the stage, with the audition being just one part of the process. It is a practical guide, with chapters on training, background skills, how to select and prepare material for an audition, cold readings, musical theater, and supporting materials such as résumé and head shots. A revised edition of the author's Audition Handbook for Student Actors (Burnham, 1985), it adds more introductory-level acting material, more practical exercises, resources and references for younger actors in high school, and Internet resources. Chapters are well organized into subtopics, and important ideas are in bold italics, making them easy to skim. However, the writing is so engaging that it is a pleasure to read straight through. Ellis speaks to his readers as a trusted advisor or coach. Exploration exercises and questions for review and reflection at the end of each chapter make this a useful textbook for an acting course. Several sample audition pieces are included, and resources for college auditions and scholarships are appended. Acting teachers looking for a text and students looking for a useful and inspiring guidebook will welcome this title.–Sonja Cole, Briarcliff Middle School, Mountain Lakes, NJ
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Reader Reviews
Young adult actors who want to hone their drama career and audition well will find the set of sixty acting exercises comprising Complete Audition Book For Young Actors by Roger Ellis to hold the key to success. Each exercise provides lessons couched in sample audition pieces from modern playrights, and each piece helps train and instruct young actors in the finer points of auditioning. Complete Audition Book For Young Actors is a highly recommended addition to drama department reference collections.