Advice to a Young Black Actor Conversations with Douglas Turner Ward

Name: Advice to a Young Black Actor Conversations with Douglas Turner Ward
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ISBN: 9780325006659

ISBN-10: 0325006652

ISBN-13: 9780325006659

Edition: 2004

Authors: Douglas Turner Ward, Gus Edwards

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Cofounder and artistic director of the famed Negro Ensemble Company, Douglas Turner Ward is also the country's foremost authority on African Americans in theatre. Playwright and educator Gus Edwards talked with Ward about the opportunities for African American actors. The result is the first book to address the creative and professional challenges of acting from a specifically African American perspective. For the actor of color, these conversations reveal much about important topics, including: ethnic specificity colorblind casting cultural honesty of roles. The talks also provide immediately usable personal advice on establishing and maintaining a professional career on stage, TV,…

Book details

List price: $16.23
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 3/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Preface


Douglas Turner Ward and the NEC


In the Beginning


What Is Acting?


Where to Begin?


Acting and Commitment


Natural Talent


Acting Essentials


Acting and Being Black


Actor or Black Actor?


Tapping into the Black Experience


Black Speech and Accents


Political Correctness


Studying Acting


Acting as a Profession


Acting Training


The Validity of Workshops


The Stanislavsky System, or Method


The Work


Auditions


Cold Readings


Callbacks


Discipline and Intellect


The Actor's Ego


The Actor's Emotional Tools


The Voice


The Actor's Ear


Self-Consciousness and Inhibition


Playing the Action


Preparing to Play a Role


In General


Tyrone, in The Offering


Louie, in Louie and Ophelia


Johnny Williams, in The River Niger


Sergeant Waters, in A Soldier's Play


Russell B. Parker, in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1968)


Russell B. Parker, in Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1985)


Critics, Audience, Etc.


Actors and Criticism


Dealing with the Audience/Learning from the Audience


Sustaining Long Runs


Drugs and Alcohol


Acting in Commercials


Final Words


Finding the Plays Referred To in the Text


Mainstage Plays Produced by the NEC Under the Artistic Direction of Douglas Turner Ward


Douglas Turner Ward: A Chronology


About Gus Edwards