Actor Resources

Here are some helpful links and other suggestions for actors.

Reading List

Here are my suggestions of important books for actors.

An Actor’s Work
Konstantin Stanislavski

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The Stanislavski System
Sonia Moore

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Stanislavski and the Actor
Jean Benedetti

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The Technique of Acting
Stella Adler

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Advice to the Players
Robert Lewis

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On Acting
Sanford Meisner

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Acting:The First Six Lessons
Richard Boleslavsky

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Being and Doing
Eric Morris

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To the Actor
Michael Chekhov

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Respect for Acting
Uta Hagen

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Freeing the Natural Voice
Kristin Linklater

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Improvisation for the Theater  
Viola Spolin

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The Actor’s Thesaurus
Marina Caldarone

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Acting in Film
Michael Caine

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Audition
Michael Shurtleff

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Useful Links

Links to Auditions, Networking, News, Scripts, Dialects, Unions, and more.

NEWS
Backstage
Playbill
Variety
Hollywood Reporter
Screen Daily
Indiewire
Deadline 

REFERENCE
IMDb Pro
IMDb
IBDb  Broadway Db
IOBDb    Off-Broadway Db
MRQE  Movie Review Query Engine
Doolee  Playwright Db


UNIONS
SAG-AFTRA
AEA


DIALECTS
IDEA  Dialects of English Archive
Speech Accent Archive  

SCRIPTS

IMSDb  Movie Script Db
Simply Scripts
Drew's Script-O-Rama
Suggested Scenes
Beverly Hills Playhouse Scene Db
Open Source Shakespeare  Complete Works


STAGE
TCG  Theatre Communications Group
LA Stage Alliance  Non-Profit Arts Organization
Stage Raw  LA Theatre Journal
Inland Theatre League
Broadwayworld


CASTING
Actors Access
Now Casting
Casting Frontier
LA Casting


NETWORKING
Stage 32  Film/TV/Theatre
SM Network  Stage Managers