[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Performing the Intercultural Gorilla's Menu?

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department of
Cleveland Public Library highlights books on performance:
"intercultural" performances, outdoor "gorilla" theater,
and preparing characters for performance from the "menu."
We're located on the second floor of the Main Library,
downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue.
Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to
reserve any of these titles. For more information, visit us,
call 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


John Martin.
The Intercultural Performance Handbook.
Routledge, 2004.
(PN2071.M6 M37 2004)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0415281881
This book "opens up a new world of technique for performers.
The first ever full-length, fully illustrated manual for practitioner=
s...
[John Martin] provides exercises, practical advice and a clear
training process for the inquiring performer or director."


Gorillatheatre: A Practical Guide to Performing
the New Outdoor Theatre Anytime, Anywhere.
Christopher Carter Sanderson.
Routledge, 2003 (A Theatre Arts Book)
(PN2297.G67 S26 2003)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0878301704
"[Christopher Sanderson, founding artistic director of the
Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company] provides specific and
practical advice for any performer or director, and relates
stories from his own Gorilla Rep experience that show what
the most unorthodox of theatrical techniques can
achieve - without a theater, without a stage, and
without a ticket to be sold."


The Actor's Menu: A Character Preparation Handbook
     (How to Create Powerful, Believable Characters).
Bill Howey.
Compass, 2005.
(PN2071.P78 H69 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0975310224
"This handbook tell you exactly what you need to know to become
the kind of actor people want to watch. Whether you are a seasoned
professional or just beginning, you will refer to this handbook again=
 and
again." -- from the back cover
[Note: Bill Howey began acting professionally at the Cleveland Playho=
use.]=20

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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org