{"id":456,"date":"2025-02-19T20:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T20:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/?page_id=456"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:26:31","slug":"sms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/?page_id=456","title":{"rendered":"SECRET MAGIC STUFF FOR ACTORS"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>\u201cI immediately saw vast improvement in my stage and film work.\u201d
\n<\/em>–Sanaa Lathan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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SECRET MAGIC STUFF FOR ACTORS
\n<\/b>Solutions for almost every situation
\n<\/i><\/i>By Stephen Book<\/p>\n

(Silman-James Press, 304 pages, 6\u00d79, 978-1-935247-33-3, $23.95 paper)<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a> FOR CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cStephen Book is a gifted and deeply experienced teacher with both encyclopedic \u00a0<\/span>knowledge of contemporary practice and the wisdom to know that no two actors approach the work in the exact same way. In\u00a0Secret Magic Stuff for Actors, he has arrayed voluminous prompts and instructions in craft: there are treasures for any actor with a growth mindset.<\/em>\u201d
\n–James Bundy, <\/b>Dean\/Artistic Director, Geffen School of Drama at Yale\/ Yale Repertory Theatre<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cSecret Magic Stuff for Actors is a treasure trove of advice for professional actors. In this\u00a0pragmatic guide, Stephen Book assembles a myriad of tips, drawn from a broad range of actor training approaches and tempered by his experience in the industry. Open and read whenever you need a specific suggestion or a boost in your acting!\u201d<\/em>
\n–Sharon Marie Carnicke<\/b>, author of Stanislavsky in Focus<\/i> and Dynamic Acting through Active Analysis<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cImprovisation is essential to acting and Book is a terrific teacher.\u201d<\/i>
\n<\/i><\/b>—\u00a0William Hurt<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cComing as I did from stand-up comedy \u2014 and with a movie part in hand I was greatly in need of a teacher and a system which could bring out and begin to develop my natural skills in a short time.<\/em> \u00a0Stephen Book and his workshop were just such a combination.\u201d
\n<\/b><\/em>–George Carlin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every film or stage actor at some point confronts a problem to be solved. Stephen Book\u2019s Secret Magic Stuff for Actors<\/i> is an extraordinary reference book of unique and powerful <\/b>solutions. If you need to respond to a director\u2019s note, or any of forty-four different problems, you can consult Book\u2019s table of contents and easily find appropriate <\/b>tips.<\/p>\n

The book includes \u201cSpecial Stuff\u201d —<\/i> seven remarkably useful tools unfamiliar to most actors. They will enable you to instantly create the emotions of your choice, think spontaneously as the character instead of for the character, and discover the character\u2019s physicality, personality, and essence. Secret Magic Stuff for Actors<\/i> will open a world of possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI immediately saw vast improvement in my stage and film work.\u201d –Sanaa Lathan SECRET MAGIC STUFF FOR ACTORS Solutions for almost every situation By Stephen Book (Silman-James Press, 304 pages, 6\u00d79, 978-1-935247-33-3, $23.95 paper) CLICK HERE FOR CONTENTS \u00a0 \u201cStephen Book is a gifted and deeply experienced teacher with both encyclopedic \u00a0knowledge of contemporary practice … Continue reading SECRET MAGIC STUFF FOR ACTORS<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-456","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":509,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456\/revisions\/509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenbook.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}