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Danny and the Deep Blue Sea is a full length dramatic comedy by John Patrick Shanley. An explosive, deeply affecting study of alienation and the redemptive power of love.
The setting is a rundown bar in the Bronx, where two of society's rejects, Danny and Roberta, strike up a halting conversation over their beer. He is a brooding, self-loathing young man who resorts more to violence than reason; she is a divorced, guilt-ridden young woman whose troubled teenage son is now being cared for by her parents. Danny, whose fellow truck drivers call him "the animal," seems incapable of tender emotion, while Roberta, who is still haunted by the memory of an ugly sexual incident involving her father, is distrustful of men in general. And yet, as their initial reserve begins to melt, and they decide to spend the night together, the possibility of a genuine and meaningful relationship begins to emerge — the first for both of them. In the end there are no facile, easy answers, but thanks to the playwright's skill and compassion, both characters are able to probe within themselves to find an exorcism and forgiveness that, while painfully achieved, offers the hope of a future touched, at last, with more than the bitterness and loneliness that had been their lot before their fateful meeting. Our Price: $10.00
Sanford Meisner on Acting by Sanford Meisner  This book, written by Sanford Meisner in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises and ending with affecting and polished scenes from contemporary American plays. Throughout these pages Meisner is delight -- always empathizing with his students and urging them onward, provoking emotion, laughter, and growing technical mastery from his charges. With an introduction by Sydney Pollack, director of Out of Africa and Tootsie, who worked with Meisner for five years. Our Price: $17.95 Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekov by Stella Adler & Barry Paris  An original member of the famed Group Theater, Stella Adler was one of the most influential artists to come out of the American theater. As a Stanislavsky disciple and founder of her own highly esteemed acting conservatory, the extravagant actress was also an eminent acting teacher, training her students — among them Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and Robert DeNiro — in the art of script interpretation. The classic lectures collected here, delivered over a period of forty years, bring to life the plays of the three fathers of modern drama: Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and Anton Chekhov. With passionate conviction and shrewd insight, Adler explains how their plays forever changed the world of dramaturgy while offering enduring insights on society, class, culture, and the role of the actor. She explores the struggles of Ibsen's characters to free themselves from societal convention, the mortal conflicts that trap Strindberg's men and women, and the pain of loss and transition lyrically evoked by Chekhov. Our Price: $17.95 On Directing by Harold Clurman  In On Directing, you are taken logically from the initial choice of play right through every aspect of its production to performances and beyond. Harold Clurman, one of this century's most respected directors, describes the pleasures and perils of working with such celebrated playwrights and actors as Marlon Brando, Arthur Miller, Julie Harris, and Lillian Hellman. In this classic guide to directing, Harold Clurman also presents his own directing notes for ten of his best-known plays. Our Price: $17.95 The Intent to Live by Larry Moss  When Oscar-winning actors Helen Hunt and Hilary Swank accepted their Academy Awards, each credited Larry Moss's guidance as key to their career-making performances. There is a two-year waiting list for his advanced acting classes. But now everyone — professionals and amateurs alike — can discover Moss's passionate, in-depth teaching. Inviting you to join him in the classroom and onstage, Moss shares the techniques he has developed over thirty years to help actors set their emotions, imagination, and behavior on fire, showing how the hard work of preparation pays off in performances that are spontaneous, fresh, and authentic. From the foundations of script analysis to the nuances of physicalization and sensory work, here are the case studies, exercises, and insights that enable you to connect personally with a script, develop your character from the inside out, overcome fear and inhibition, and master the technical skills required for success in the theater, television, and movies. Our Price: $18.00 | | | | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Discount Night Tonight!
 Tonight is BizBooks.net Discount Night for Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley at Pacific Theatre! Special 15% ticket discount offer for ticket purchases by phone from BizBooks.net subscribers! | | | | The Biz Interview: Lori Triolo - Actor in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea  Lori Triolo is a fixture in Vancouver's film, television and theatre scene. A shining light for her guidance of local talent, she's now getting the opportunity to share some of her many performance gifts as one of two leads in Pacific Theatre's new production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley. Lori talked to us about her experience in preparing for the role and what it all means to her.
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