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| Preface | |
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| Acting One | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Preparation For Acting | |
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| Preparing to Act Relaxation | |
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| Exercise 1-1 Relaxation | |
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| Trust | |
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| Exercise 1-2 Spine Lengthening | |
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| Exuberance | |
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| Exercise 1-3 BAM-POW, Dance, Sing | |
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| Discipline | |
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| Criticism | |
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| A Playful Attitude | |
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| Freedom | |
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| Preparation | |
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| What Is Acting? Exercise 2-1 Pledge Your Allegiance to a Flag | |
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| The Actor's Approach | |
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| Goal and Obstacle Fundamental Principle | |
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| Exercise 3-1 Reaching | |
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| Exercise 3-2 Reaching for Goals | |
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| Exercise 3-3 Overcoming an Obstacle | |
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| Self-Consciousness | |
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| Exercise 3-4 Doing vs. Being | |
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| Projection | |
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| Exercise 3-5 Resonating | |
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| Exercise 3-6 Resonating (A Continuation) | |
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| Exercise 3-7 Goals | |
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| Acting with the "Other" The Other | |
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| Exercise 4-1 Making Your Partner Smile | |
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| Interactive Dynamics | |
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| Exercise 4-2 Vulnerability | |
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| Exercise 4-3 Discovery | |
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| The Character | |
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| Tactics | |
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| Exercise 4-4 Using Tactics | |
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| Exercise 4-5 One Two Three Four Five Six Seven | |
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| Monologues | |
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| Exercise 4-6 Inventing the Other | |
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| Beginning to Act Contentless Scene | |
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| Exercise 5-1 Contentless Scene I | |
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| Intensifiers | |
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| Exercise 5-2 Intensifying | |
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| Physicalizers | |
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| Exercise 5-3 Varying Locale or Action | |
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| Exercise 5-4 Contentless Scene II | |
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| Tactics Punishment and Reward | |
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| Playing Tactics | |
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| Exercise 6-1 Frighten Your Partner | |
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| Exercise 6-2 Building Intensity | |
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| Exercise 6-3 Try to Make Your Partner Cry | |
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| Exercise 6-4 Movement and Contact | |
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| Exercise 6-5 Encourage Your Partner | |
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| Alternating Tactics | |
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| Exercise 6-6 Mixing Tactics | |
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| The Middle Ranges | |
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| Exercise 6-7 Eliminating the Extremes | |
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| Expectations Expecting Victory | |
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| Exercise 7-1 Playing Bored | |
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| Positive Goals | |
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| Exercise 7-2 Enthusiasm | |
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| Exercise 7-3 Try the Impossible | |
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| Eye Contact | |
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| Exercise 7-4 Tactics and Expectations | |
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| GOTE A Basic Method | |
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| "Get Your Character's GOTE" | |
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| Exercise 8-1 The GOTEsheet | |
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| The Actor's Task | |
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| Preparing a Role Finding Your Role | |
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| Finding Your "Character" | |
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| Editing a Scene | |
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| Memorization Methods | |
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| Cues: Action Cues and Line Cues | |
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| Studying the Part | |
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| Exercise 9-1 The Gentleman Caller I | |
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| Rehearsing Rehearsals | |
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| Undirected Rehearsals | |
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| Rehearsal Alternatives | |
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| Exercise 10-1 The Gentleman Caller II | |
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| Staging the Scene Stage Directions | |
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| Creating the Locale | |
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| Movement and Stage Business | |
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| Interesting Positions | |
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| Reaching the Audience | |
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| Exercise 11-1 Setting the Stage | |
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| Choices The Need for Choices | |
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| Good Choices | |
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| Exercise 12-1 Bold Choices | |
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| Performing Stage Fright | |
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| Classroom Performance | |
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| Play for Results--In the Other Character! | |
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| Evaluation and Improvement Helpful Criticism | |
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| Reworking | |
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| Exercise 14-1 Scene Presentation | |
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| The Actor's Instrument | |
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| The Actor's Voice Breathing | |
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| Exercise 15-1 Breathing from the Abdomen | |
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| Phonation: Making Sounds | |
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| Exercise 15-2 Sounding | |
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| Resonance | |
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| Exercise 15-3 Exploring Resonance | |
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| Pitch | |
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| Exercise 15-4 Exploring Your Pitch Range | |
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| A Stageworthy Voice | |
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| Exercise 15-5 Speaking with Resonance | |
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| Stage Speech Good Diction | |
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| Speech Sounds | |
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| Exercise 16-1 Vowels | |
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| Exercise 16-2 Repeating Syllables | |
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| Exercise 16-3 Consonants | |
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| Exercise 16-4 Speeches | |
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| Using Your Voice Liberation | |
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| Exercise 17-1 Rude Chants | |
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| Exercise 17-2 Rude Cheering | |
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| Exercise 17-3 Fancy Talk | |
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| Exercise 17-4 Address a Group | |
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| Purposefulness | |
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| Exercise 17-5 Adding Purpose | |
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| The Actor's Body Agility | |
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| Exercise 18-1 Fast Warm-Up | |
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| Alignment | |
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| Exercise 18-2 Improving Alignment | |
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| Walking | |
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| Exercise 18-3 Sixteen Walks | |
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| Exercise 18-4 Walk and Talk | |
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| Sitting and Standing | |
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| Exercise 18-5 Walk, Talk, Sit | |
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| Velocity: Accelerating, Decelerating, and Constant | |
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| Exercise 18-6 Acceleration/Deceleration | |
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| Counterpoise | |
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| Exercise 18-7 Contraposto | |
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| Exercise 18-8 Contraction/Extension | |
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| The Dynamics of Effort | |
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| Exercise 18-9 Distinct Movements | |
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| Exercise | |