Stay Home and Star!: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Regional Acting Career [Paperback]

William Paul Steele (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0435086030 | ISBN-13: 978-0435086039 | Publication Date: January 6, 1992 | Edition: 1St Edition

For professionals in the field who want to know if there is life after New York; for students who don't want to become just one more in the annual migration to the Big Apple; for anyone who has ever wondered what it takes to make a career in acting -- this is the book. Chapters include: Preparation, The Unions, and Reality; Working in Commercials; Corporate and Education Markets; Theatre and Movies, Commercial and Corporate Print, and others.

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About the Author

William Paul Steele is a working actor who has appeared in hundreds of industrial films and videos. His acting experience ranges from summer stock to weather announcing, talk shows to commercials. In addition to being on the theatre faculty at the University of Southern Maine, Bill is a drama critic for the Portland (Maine) Press Herald, a theatre columnist for the Maine Sunday Telegram, and co-host of the Maine Public Broadcasting TV show Power and Steele on Theater. He lives with his wife, Eleanor, in Falmouth, Maine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann Drama; 1St Edition edition (January 6, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0435086030
• ISBN-13: 978-0435086039
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,640,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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