Acting for the Stage

Acting for the Stage: Succeeding as a Creative Professional is a highly accessible guide to the business of theater acting, written for those interested in pursuing acting as a profession. This book is a collection of essays by and interviews with talented artists and businesspeople who have built successful careers in the theater; it’s a gold mine of career advice that might take years to find on your own. Herein, the myths around professional acting are dispelled, and the mysteries revealed. Acting for the Stage illuminates practical strategies to help you build a life as a theater professional and find financial reward and creative fulfillment in the process.

Anna Weinstein is the Series Editor for PERFORM. A writer and editor with over fifteen years of experience in educational publishing, she received her MFA in Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California at Riverside-Palm Desert and her BA in Communication Studies/Performance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an adjunct instructor at Auburn University, where she teaches introductory and advanced screenwriting, and she is a frequent contributor to Film International, where she publishes interviews with award-winning female directors in her series "Diva Directors Around the Globe."

Chris Qualls is an Associate Professor of Theater at Auburn University where he teaches acting for stage, film, and voiceover, as well as introduction to theater. He received his MFA in Acting from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) and his BA in Communication Studies/Film from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has also taught at the ASF Academy and has worked as a voiceover actor for thirty years. His research and creative work focuses on theater and media for social justice and human rights, the integration of classical and nontraditional approaches to the performance of Shakespeare, and physical approaches to acting. He is a member of Actors' Equity Association.