particular acting technique is the New York University
Undergraduate Drama Department. Based on our personal
experience, we recommend this program highly. We believe the
best way to thoroughly learn this technique is through intensive
study and drill; this book is merely a primer and a reference.
Appendix D
SUGGESTED READING
Aristotle, The Poetics (Ferguson translation)
Cicely Berry, Voice and the Actor
Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment
Epictetus, Enchiridion
William James, Habit
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Kostantin Stanislavsky (edited by Elizabeth Hapgood Reynolds),
Stanislavsky’s Legacy
About the Authors
M
ELISSA
B
RUDER
studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory from
1982 to 1984. She then trained with David Mamet and W. H.
Macy in their summer acting workshops in Montpelier, Vermont.
Her O -Broadway appearances include Celimène in The
Misanthrope and Laura in Look Homeward Angel. She originated
the roles of Amy in Can’t Buy Me Love and Lisa in Road Trip, two
original works by Jason Milligan produced by the Action Theatre
Group. She is currently a member of the Atlantic Theatre
Company, living and working in Chicago, New York, and
Vermont.
L
EE
M
ICHAEL
C
OHN
studied acting at the Drama Studio in London in
1980–81. He received his B.F.A. in drama from New York
University, where he studied with David Mamet and W. H. Macy
in their summer workshops in Montpelier, Vermont. He has
appeared in O -Broadway and London Fringe productions,
including Romeo and Juliet, Antigone, Long Day’s Journey Into
Night, and as “B” in David Mamet’s Yes, But So What. As co-
artistic director of the New York-based Action Theatre Group, he
produced and acted in a number of original American plays.
Since 1983 he has been a member of the Atlantic Theatre
Company. He lives and works in New York City, Chicago and
Vermont.
M
ADELEINE
O
LNEK
is from Connecticut. She made her stage debut at
the age of nine as Toto in The Wizard of Oz. Her career really
began, however, when she started studying with David Mamet
and W. H. Macy. She is currently working with the Atlantic
Theatre Company in Vermont and Chicago.
N
ATHANIEL
“N
ED
” P
OLLACK
studied at the New York University Drama
Department and with various teachers and studios in New York
City. He was then lucky enough to hook up with the Practical
Aesthetics Workshop. He has also worked with the New Theatre
Company, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, the Atlantic Theatre
Company in Vermont, and Playwrights’ Horizons in New York
City.
R
OBERT
P
REVITO
attended SUNY Bu alo and New York University’s
Undergraduate Drama Department, where he acted in two
Mainstage productions, Hearts in the Highlands and Nightmusic.
He is primarily a playwright, however, and has written ve
plays, all of which have been produced at NYU: The Restaurant,
Priscilla, Omicron, O, Omicron, Jacoda and the Diamond and Stake
Out. He is currently a student in the Graduate Dramatic Writing
Program at NYU, while at the same time serving as a teaching
assistant to the chairman of NYU’s Undergraduate Drama
Department.
S
COTT
Z
IGLER
is artistic director of the Atlantic Theatre Company,
based in Chicago and Montpelier, Vermont. He has been with
the company since 1983, and has worked on plays by David
Mamet, John Guare, Shel Silverstein and Wallace Shawn, and on
original material written by members of the company. He has
directed plays by Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson, Eugene Ionesco,
and August Strindberg.
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Document Outline - Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction by David Mamet
- Authors’ Note
- The Job of the Actor
- Technique Outline
- Part One: The Technique
- Part Two: Pitfalls (Working in the Real World)
- Glossary
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- About the Authors
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