Acting

• Basic Reference Works in Hunt Library
• Links
  voice/accents, physical/interactive theater, organizations

Basic Reference Works in Hunt Library

Osnes. Beth. Acting: An International Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California; Denver, Colorado: ABC-CLIO, 2001.
FA-REF-4 PN2035 .O84 2001

see also: Basic Drama Reference Works

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Open-Web Links

Voice and Accents

Fitzmaurice Voicework
Approach to voice training that explores "the dynamics between body, breath, voice, the imagination, language and presence" encouraging "vibrant voices that communicate intention and feeling without excess effort."

NCVS (National Center for Voice and Speech)
A non-profit organization concerned with vocal research and health. Includes other links.

Proper Elizabethan Accents (Renaissance Faire)
Includes pronunciation, pronunciation drills, grammar, vocabulary, songs, forms of address, insults and references.

Speech Accent Archive (Program in Linguistics,George Mason University)
A sound archive of speech accents from native and non-native speakers of English.

Physical and Interactive Theater

• Applied and Interactive Theater Guide (Toni Sant)
  A resource of non-traditional theater techniques and styles.

• The New Improv Page (Fuzzy Gerdes)
  A clearinghouse for information on improvisational theater.

• Interactive Dramas (Brian David Phillips)
  "Theatre-Style Live Action Roleplaying Games"

Organizations

• Actors' Equity Association
  Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the labor union representing actors and stage managers in the legitimate theatre in the United States.

• ATME The Association of Theatre Movement Educators
  Web site not functioning (accessed 4/17/14)
  A service organization for movement educators in actor training

• SAG/AFTRA
  Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists merged March 2012.

 

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Mo Dawley, Art and Drama Librarian
md2z@andrew.cmu.edu
August 2015
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