1st Edition
Acting in the Academy The History of Professional Actor Training in US Higher Education
By Peter Zazzali
Copyright 2016
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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There are over 150 BFA and MFA acting programs in the US today, nearly all of which claim to prepare students for theatre careers. Peter Zazzali contends that the curricula of these courses represent an ethos that is as outdated as it is limited, given today’s shrinking job market for stage actors. Acting in the Academy traces the history of actor training in universities to... Read more
Chapter 1 The Challenges Facing US Acting and Actor Training Today
League
Chapter 5 The Rise of the "New Breed" of American Actors and the League’s
Dissolution
Biography
Peter Zazalli is Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Kansas.
