Acting 2.0: Doing Work That Gets Work in a High-Tech World

by Anthony Abeson

Anthony Abeson’s actor-training is an amalgam of his work with Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Harold Clurman. Many of his students have gone on to successful careers in theatre, film and television. In his book "Acting 2.0: Doing Work that Gets Work in a High-Tech World" Mr. Abeson discusses the consequences of the American acting culture’s emphasis on using rather than developing talent. In the opening of his book he says "I want to empower you with practical tools with which to do good work that gets work “in the room”—work on the stage and screen that inspires all of us, that arouses not prurience or violence but that precious “something,” intangible but of inestimable value, that is “being destroyed from our lives”: our humanity.

173 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 12, 2016

Reviews

[Darby Puckett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for any actor!

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

The GOAT of acting teachers. This book and the teachings of Anthony Abeson will remain with me for the rest of my life.