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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
A Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Direction by William Ball  By the founder of the famous American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco — a candid account of his working method as a director.
A Sense of Direction represents a life's work in directing. William Ball engages his audience in a wide-ranging discussion of the director's process, from first read-through to opening night.
Theatregoers will find this an informative, insightful, and often astonishingly clear look at the people and process behind the wonderful and magical phenomenon we call theatre. Our Price: $21.95 Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen  The classic book on acting. Respect for Acting helped generations of actors hone their craft, and its advice is as useful now as it was in 1973, when it was first published.
Legendary actress and teacher Uta Hagen knew that an actor's finest work was often achieved for love rather than for money. She lived this philosophy, alongside her husband Herbert Berghof, at HB Studio, their acting school; together they turned a handful of scruffy old buildings into a workplace and spiritual home for actors.
Respect for Acting is Hagen's blueprint for the actor, her design for enlightened stage acting. Among Hagen's distinguished students were Robert DeNiro, Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Fritz Weaver, Bette Midler, Geraldine Page and Steve McQueen. This book will continue to bring Hagen's techniques to actors and theater-lovers alike. Our Price: $21.95 True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by David Mamet  The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, director, and teacher gives us a blunt, irreverent, unsparingly honest guide to acting that overturns conventional truths and tells aspiring actors what they really need to know.
David Mamet leaves no acting tenet untouched: How to judge the role, approach the part, work with the playwright. How to concentrate and think about the scene. How to avoid becoming the Paint-by-Numbers Mechanical Actor, the "How'm I Doing?" Ham Actor, the over-the-top "Hollywood Huff" Actor. The right way to undertake auditions and rehearsals. The proper approach to agents, to individual jobs, and to the business in general. The question of talent.
Mamet is unmistakably clear about why he thinks actors should not be taken in by such highly touted notions as "the arc" of the character or the play, "substitution," "sense-memory," the Method itself — in fact, by most of what is being taught in acting schools and workshops across the country today. Our Price: $16.00 On Directing Film by David Mamet  Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies, House of Games and Things Change, David Mamet illuminates how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect of directing — from script to cutting room — to show the many tasks directors undertake in reaching their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audience and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time. Based on a series of classes David Mamet taught at Columbia University's film school, On Directing Film will be enjoyed not only by students but by anyone interested in an overview of the craft of filmmaking. Our Price: $16.00 The Three Uses of a Knife by David Mamet  Get real. Get in. Maybe even get rich..
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 Pacific Theatre presents Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley.
In a rundown bar in the Bronx, two strangers meet at the end of their ropes. Haunted by the past and trapped in the violence of the present, Danny and Roberta begin the ruthless act of revealing themselves – a brutal exposure that threatens to change everything. Explosively funny and surprisingly tender, a deeply affecting study of alienation and the redemptive power of love. Director: Jason Goode
Cast: Lori Triolo, Aleks Paunovic Special 15% ticket discount offer for BizBooks.net subscribers. | | | | The Biz Interview: Jason Goode - Director of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Film and theatre director Jason Goode is the man behind Pacific Theatre's new production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley. As we approach opening night, Jason took some time to answer our questions and offer insight into his directorial process and the launch of the play. |
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