Table of Contents

ABOUT THE HANDBOOK (INTRODUCTION)

PART ONE – THE EXERCISES

• About the Exercises

• Exercise Descriptions and Guides

□□ Painting and Sculpture Exercise

□□ Private Moment for the Character

□□ Animal Exercise

□□ Need Exercise

□□ Music Exercise

□□ Emotional Memory Exercise

PART TWO – BUILDING THE CHARACTER

PART THREE - ACTING AND DIRECTING CHOICES

• Use the imagination to stimulate the creative process

• Break down the text to discover fully developed believable characters

• Use subtext to find logical emotional and physical behavior and

transitions

• Find inspiration from the other art forms

• Work alone and with scene partners to fulfill the given circumstances of

the play. (Understanding the characters psychology of behavior and

their very nature.

• Making production choices for set, lighting, music, costumes,

transitions, etc.

PART FOUR APPLYING THE WORK

• Rehearsal Procedures

• Monologues

• Auditions

• Performance

• Scene Examples

PART FIVE DIRECTING AND THE METHOD ACTING EXERCISES

• Origins of Method Acting Use in Directing

• Creating the Director’s Vision

• Production and Technical Choices

• Director’s Work with Cast and Crew

• Selected Great Directors

PHOTOGRAPHS

About the Author

Lola Cohen