Introduction Part I: Foundations 1. What is Acting? 2. Studio Guidelines 3. Keeping It Safe 4. The Foundations: Other, Doing, and Impulse 5. The Basic Repetition Exercise 6. The Independent Activity 7. Common Struggles and How to Work Through Them 8. The Foundations Developed, Part 1 Part II: Technique 9. The Foundations Developed, Part 2: Preparing to Work with a Script 10. Point of View (POV) 11. The Foundations Developed: Need (The Organizing Principle) 12. The Foundations Developed: Action (The Actor’s Tools) 13. Putting It All Together Part III: Additional Considerations 14. Bigger Acting Problems 15. A Few Final Thoughts 16. The Ethical Acting Studio Conclusion
Biography
Kevin Otos is a professional actor and director and Associate Professor of Acting at Elon University, North Carolina, where he teaches Acting, Movement, and Period Styles.
Kim Shively is a professional actor and director, Associate Faculty at Theatrical Intimacy Education, and Assistant Professor of Performing Arts at Elon University, North Carolina, where she teaches Acting, Voice, and Content Creation.
