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Applying performance techniques to propel your non-acting career can significantly enhance your communication skills, boost your confidence, and make you stand out in your professional field. Performance techniques traditionally associated with actors can apply to a wide range of careers. This book contains strategies to help you leverage your position using performance techniques for success at your job or business.

1 Minute Monologues for Acting Class is a practical resource designed for students and teachers of acting. This collection offers a wide range of original, one-minute monologues crafted to challenge, inspire, and develop performance skills. Each piece is concise yet emotionally rich, giving actors the opportunity to showcase character, intention, and depth within a short time frame. Perfect for classroom exercises, auditions, and practice, these monologues encourage students to focus on clarity, authenticity, and versatility in performance.

2-Minute 2-Person Scenes for Acting Class is packed with original, dynamic scene scripts designed for students, teachers, and working actors. Each scene is short, easy to memorize, and emotionally charged—perfect for classroom exercises, rehearsals, or audition prep. With a variety of characters and conflicts, these quick-to-learn pieces help actors practice clarity, authenticity, and versatility while making bold performance choices. A must-have resource for building confidence and craft in any acting class.

How the voice of the character of Rand from the animated ROBOTECH series was created. Lots of information about working in voice over and animation.

How to select monologues by your casting type, prepare and perform them for auditions. Includes 70 original audition monologues. Also, great for acting classes. Reviews of other books by Frank Catalano 5 stars - Stand Out at your Auditions By Sean This book helped me book a job! The monologues are unique, show emotional range and gave me voice that was completely my own. Next time your thinking about busting out another tired monologue from" Our Town" slap yourself and then buy a copy of this book ! 5.0 stars - SUCH A TREASURE By Paul In this day and age everything is the same. We're all ...

A great guide to beginning a career as a professional actor including chapters on acting classes, acting terminology, how to perform scenes and monologues, cold readings and auditioning.

A great choice for both professional actors and performing arts students who have been assigned a monologue in an acting class. You will learn how to select a monologue that is right for you and get valuable tips for presentation and how to present your choice within an acting class. Contains 80 original short monologues for presentation and practice.

ADAPTING YOUR NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY BOOK TO SCREEN was first presented as part of the 25th Annual Writer's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University on February 6 through the 8th, 2009 at the Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Mission Hills, California. The following transcript was presented and recorded by Frank Catalano as part of the programs offered at the conference. The book which is based partly upon that presentation, focuses on the adaptation of an existing novel into a screenplay for presentation as a motion picture, television program or Internet content. Writers of fiction ...

A fantastic pick for acting class, whether you're a pro or just getting started. This will teach you how to pick the perfect monologue for your style and give you some killer tips for wowing your acting class. Plus, it's got a detailed section on showcasing your acting talent in a theater or showcase for agents and casting directors. And guess what? It's packed with 60 awesome, one minute monologues for you to practice and present.

This volume is a great choice for both professional actors preparing for an audition for an agent or casting director or performing arts students who have been assigned a monologue in an acting class. You will learn how to select a monologue that is right for you and get valuable tips for presentation at auditions and acting classes. It also contains sections on terminology you will need to know when performing in film, television, voice over and stage. Contains 20 original short monologues for presentation and practice.

How to select and present short two-person acting scenes by your casting type, skill type and genre. Great for auditions and acting classes. Includes 25 original scenes identified by gender, age range and genre.

A New York City mafia hit man gets a second chance on life on, when his assassins mistakenly believe he is dead. He is rescued on the island of Sicily by an Islamic Bedouin and his life takes a new course of redemption. His life of purity is challenged when he meets Mara a pop singer haunted by drugs and alcohol who is on the edge of self destruction. However the only way he can save her and himself is to once again, go back to his old way of life.

ADAPTING YOUR NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY BOOK TO SCREEN is based upon the content presented by Frank Catalano at the Annual Writer's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University. How to create great stories and characters from the page to the screen and how to pitch them to producers and get them made Writing Great Characters in the First Ten Pages What Does an Audience Expect of You? How to Pitch Your Book as a Screenplay Your First Ten Script Pages Writing on Your Feet How to Start Your Story at the End How to Visualize Your Book as a Movie Trailer How to Create Inevitability A Rose by...

An exploration of the modern audience's collaborative role in the creation of painting, sculpture, photography, theatre, film and television.

Joey Fanellii, a successful Beverly Hills real estate agent is on the brink of committing suicide. His once prosperous and happy life is falling a part. His wife Calcutta is cheating on him, his oversized house is in foreclosure and he's about to be forced out of his job. He's about to end it all when he gets a phone call that his widowed mother, whom he hasn't spoken to in thirteen years, is in the hospital with a stroke. He has no choice but to go back home to Franklin Square, Long Island and see her. A journey that will change his life forever. 3 Acts - 6 characters (3 adult male, one ...

How to use acting skills and the art of eloquence to communicate more effectively and get what you want in any career. Lots of information about how to find and be part of an acting class to give you the skills you need to get ahead. This 141- page book shows you why and how to take an acting class and use the acquired skills at your job, at home and in business to get the results you want. These techniques rely on the ancient Greek sophist traditions that utilize extraordinary communication skills to influence how people perceive you and make them want to give you whatever you want. The ...

Veronica Colletti is a world famous painter living in Paris, whose creative juices have gone dry. She's come home to Long Island after many years to bury her mother and her demons. Upon her return, she comes face to face with her past, her abusive father and ultimately herself. Single Set - five characters Two adult female Two adult male one male child - 8-10 years old