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fy2005-2006: July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006

Theatre / Film: Materials obtained with departmental, library-internal, replacement, reference, continuations funds, gift funds, and items given to the library. 

  • 112 acting games : a comprehensive workbook of theatre games for developing acting skills / Gavin Levy Colorado Springs, Colo. : Meriwether Pub., c2005  General Collection  PN2061 .L388 2005   
  • The actor's survival handbook / Patrick Tucker and Christine Ozanne New York : Routledge, 2005  General Collection  PN2061 .T83 2005   
  • American musical theatre : a chronicle / Gerald Bordman Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001  General Collection  ML1711 .B67 2001   
  • André Charlot : the genius of intimate musical revue / James Ross Moore Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2005  General Collection  PN2638.C5455 .M66 2005   
  • The Arabian nights : a play / Mary Zimmerman Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2005  General Collection  PS3576.I66 .A73 2005   
  • The art of governance : boards in the performing arts / edited by Nancy Roche and Jaan Whitehead New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2005  General Collection  PN1584 .A78 2005   
  • The art of Ray Harryhausen / Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton ; with a foreword by Peter Jackson New York : Billboard Books, c2006, 2005  Oversize   NC1766.U52 .H37 2005   
  • The art of the laugh : a handbook for sketch writers, actors, and directors / [John Sweeney ; foreword by Pat Proft] Minneapolis, MN : Aerialist Press, 2005  General Collection  PN1969.C65 .S94 2005   
  • Art of the short film [videorecording] / Film Movement. [New York] : Film Movement, c2005.  General Collection  PN1995.9.F67 .A78 2005  Gift Of: Bob Gorman
  • Art, glitter, and glitz : mainstream playwrights and popular theatre in 1920s America / edited by Arthur Gewirtz and James J. Kolb Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003  General Collection  PS351 .A87 2003   
  • August Wilson : a literary companion / Mary Ellen Snodgrass Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2004  General Collection  PS3573.I45677 .Z89 2004   
  • Beat generation : 3-act play / Jack Kerouac ; introduction by A.M. Homes New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005  General Collection  PS3521.E735 .B47 2005   
  • Beautiful boys/outlaw bodies : devising Kabuki female-likeness / Katherine Mezur New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005  General Collection  PN2924.5.K3 .M43 2005   
  • A Boal companion : dialogues on theatre and cultural politics / edited by Jan Cohen-Cruz and Mady Schutzman New York : Routledge, 2006  General Collection  PN2474.B63 .B63 2006   
  • Breaking into commercials : the complete guide to marketing yourself, auditioning to win, and getting the job / Terry Berland and Deborah Ouellette ; [foreword by Jason Alexander] Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, c2006  General Collection  PN1992.8.A3 .B47 2006   
  • Broadway babies : the people who made the American musical / Ethan Mordden New York : Oxford University Press, 1983  General Collection  ML1711 .M73 1983   
  • Burlesque and the art of the Teese ; Fetish and the art of the Teese / Dita Von Teese with Bronwyn Garrity New York : ReganBooks, c2006  General Collection  PN1949.S7 .V66 2006   
  • Charlotte : being a true account of an actress's flamboyant adventures in eighteenth-century London's wild and wicked theatrical world / Kathryn Shevelow New York : H. Holt, 2005  General Collection  PN2598.C28 .S48 2005   
  • Chekhov : the four major plays / in new translations by Curt Columbus Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, c2005  General Collection  PG3456.A13 .C65 2005   
  • Close up : an actor telling tales / John Fraser London [England] : Oberon, 2004  General Collection  PN2598.F73 .C56 2004   
  • Clubland [videorecording] / Barnholtz Entertainment, Shoreline Entertainment, Legacy Releasing, Intrepid Entertainment ; in association with Gitlin Productions ; a Mary Lambert film ; screenwriter, Glen Ballard ; producers, Glen Ballard, Mimi Polk Gitlin, Guy J. Louthan ; director, Mary Lambert. La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc Corporation ; Sunland, CA : Distributed by Barnholtz Entertainment, 2003.  General Collection  PN1995.9.M86 .C68 2003   
  • The complete plays / Anton Chekhov ; translated, edited, and annotated by Laurence Senelick New York : Norton, c2006  General Collection  PG3456 .A19 2006   
  • The complete plays / Aristophanes ; the new translations by Paul Roche New York : New American Library, c2005  General Collection  PA3877.A1 .R57 2005   
  • The complete professional audition : a commonsense guide to auditioning for musicals and plays / Darren R. Cohen with Michael Perilstein ; with illustrations by Chad Thompson ; [foreword by Jason Robert Brown] New York : Back Stage Books, 2005  General Collection  PN2080 .C644 2005   
  • Cornell Woolrich : from pulp noir to film noir / Thomas C. Renzi Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006  General Collection  PS3515.O6455 .Z85 2006   
  • Costumes, accessories, props, and stage illusions made easy / Barb Rogers Colorado Springs, Colo. : Meriwether Pub., c2005  General Collection  TT633 .R636 2005   
  • 'Da kink in my hair / Trey Anthony Toronto : Playwrights Canada Press, 2005  General Collection  PR9199.3.A52 .D3 2005   
  • Dancing for dollars and paying for love : the relationships between exotic dancers and their regulars / R. Danielle Egan New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006  General Collection  PN1949.S7 .E33 2006   
  • Dialects for the stage / Evangeline Machlin New York : Routledge, 2006  General Collection  PN2071.F6 .M33 2006   
  • A dictionary of theatre anthropology : the secret art of the performer / Eugenio Barba, Nicola Savarese ; translated by Richard Fowler London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2006  Reference   PN2041.A57 .A5313 2006   
  • Divine fire : eight contemporary plays inspired by the Greeks / edited by Caridad Svich ; [foreword by Charles L. Mee] New York : Back Stage Books, 2005  General Collection  PS634.2 .D58 2005   
  • A dream play / August Strindberg ; in a new version by Caryl Churchill ; from a literal translation by Charlotte Barslund ; with an introduction by Caryl Churchill New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2005  General Collection  PR6053.H786 .D74 2005   
  • Encyclopedia of early cinema / edited by Richard Abel Abingdon, Oxon, OX [England] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2005  Reference   PN1993.45 .E53 2005  Gift of the Friends of Dacus Library donated by Elizabeth Patrick, 2006
  • The encyclopedia of novels into film / John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh ; additional research by Rodney Hill ... [et al.] ; foreword by Robert Wise New York : Facts on File, c2005  Reference   PN1997.85 .T54 2005   
  • The expressive body : physical characterization for the actor / David Alberts Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c1997  General Collection  PN2071.M6 .A42 1997   
  • The Faber book of monologues for men / introduced with notes and commentaries by Jane Edwardes London [England] ; New York : Faber, 2005  General Collection  PN2080 .F33 2005   
  • Filmography of social issues : a reference guide / Charles P. Mitchell Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2004  Reference   PN1995.9.S62 .M58 2004   
  • From option to opening : a guide to producing plays off-Broadway / Donald C. Farber Pompton Plains, N.J. : Limelight Editions, 2005  General Collection  PN2291 .F3 2005   
  • Gentlemen callers : Tennessee Williams, homosexuality, and mid-twentieth century Broadway drama / Michael Paller New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005  General Collection  PS3545.I5365 .Z799 2005   
  • Le grand voyage [videorecording] / Film Movement and Ognon Pictures ; produced by Humbert Balsan ; written by Ismaël Ferroukhi ; directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi. [New York] : Film Movement, 2005.  General Collection  PN1997.2 .G73 2005  Gift Of: Bob Gorman
  • The great escape [videorecording] / Mirisch Company ; United Artists ; producer/director, John Sturges ; screenwriters, James Clavell, W. R. Burnett. Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1988.  General Collection  D805.G3 .G74 1988  Gift Of: Bob Gorman
  • Harold Prince and the American musical theatre / Foster Hirsch New York : Applause Theatre and Cinema Books, c2005  General Collection  ML429.P78 .H6 2005   
  • Hipsters in distress : Are you lookin'? and other plays / by Murray Mednick Los Angeles, CA : Padua Playwrights Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Theatre Communications Group, 2005  General Collection  PS3563.E25 .H56 2005   
  • Homebody/Kabul / Tony Kushner New York : Theatre Communications Group ; St. Paul, MN : Distributed to the Book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2004  General Collection  PS3561.U778 .H66 2004   
  • Honky tonk parade : New Yorker profiles of show people / John Lahr Woodstock [NY] : Overlook Press, c2005  General Collection  CT105 .L35 2005   
  • How to stage a play, make a fortune, win a Tony, and become a theatrical icon / Charles Marowitz Pompton Plains, N.J. : Limelight Editions, 2005  General Collection  PN2053 .M359 2005   
  • Ideas of the theatre : the five directorial perspectives of the American stage / Lewis E. Shelton Bethesda, MD : Academica Press, c2005  General Collection  PN2256 .S54 2005   
  • Improv ideas : a book of games and lists / compiled, created and invented by Justine Jones and Mary Ann Kelley Colorado Springs : Meriwether Pub., c2006  General Collection  PN2071.I5 .J66 2006   
  • Instant applause : twenty-nine very short complete plays :compiled and merged from Instant applause volumes I & II Toronto, [Ont.] : Playwrights Canada Press, 2005, c2004  General Collection  PR9196.7.O5 .I57 2005   
  • Introduction to stage lighting : the fundamentals of theatre lighting design / Charles I. Swift Colorado Springs, Colo. : Meriwether Pub., c2004.  General Collection  PN2091.E4 .S95 2004   
  • The joy of rehearsal : reflections on interpretation and practice / Anatoly Efros ; translated by James Thomas New York : Peter Lang, c2006  General Collection  PN2053 .E318 2006   
  • The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival presents : award- winning plays from the Michael Kanin National Playwriting Program / edited by Gary Garrison New York : Backstage Books, 2006  General Collection  PS350 .K46 2005   
  • King Hedley II / August Wilson New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2005  General Collection  PS3573.I45677 .K56 2005   
  • Lessons : the craft of acting : truthful human behavior on stage and screen / Tom Isbell Colorado Springs, Colo. : Meriwether Pub., [2005]  General Collection  PN2061 .I78 2005   
  • Lion of Hollywood : the life and legend of Louis B. Mayer / Scott Eyman New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005  General Collection  PN1998.3.M397 .E94 2005   
  • Literature and the visual media / edited by David Seed for the English Association Woodbridge, Suffolk [England] ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2005  General Collection  PN1995.3 .L58 2005  This title came at no extra charge with an existing journal subscription
  • Little musicals for little theatres : a reference guide to the musicals that don't need chandeliers or helicopters to succeed / Denny Martin Flinn Pompton Plains, N.J. : Limelight Editions, 2006  General Collection  MT955 .F55 2006   
  • The long Christmas ride home : a puppet play with actors / Paula Vogel New York : Theatre Communications Group ; St. Paul, MN : Distributed to the Book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2004  General Collection  PS3572.O294 .L66 2004   
  • The Lord Chamberlain regrets... : a history of British theatre censorship. Dominic Shellard and Steve Nicholson with Miriam Handley London [England] : British Library, 2004  General Collection  PN2044.G6 .S54 2004   
  • The lord of the rings [videorecording] : the fellowship of the ring / New Line Cinema presents a Wingnut Films production ; producers, Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Tim Sanders ; directed by Peter Jackson ; screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson. Burbank, Calif. : New Line Home Entertainment, [2002].  General Collection  PR6039.O32 L67 2002  Gift Of: Bob Gorman
  • Major voices : the drama of slavery / selected with introductions by Eric Gardner New Milford, Conn. : Toby Press, 2005  General Collection  PS627.S53 .M35 2005   
  • Modern tragedy / Raymond Williams ; edited by Pamela McCallum Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2006  General Collection  PN1892 .W5 2006   
  • Myth, magic, and farce : four multicultural plays / by Sterling Houston ; edited and with an introduction by Sandra M. Mayo Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2005  General Collection  PS3608.O875 .M98 2005   
  • New plays from the Black theatre : an anthology / edited and with an introduction by Ed Bullins. New York : Bantam Books, c1969.  General Collection  PS634 .N49 1969  This item replaces a missing copy
  • A new way to please you, or, The old law / Thomas Middleton and William Rowley London, [England] : Nick Hern, 2005  General Collection  PR2704 .O43 2005   
  • Night and fog [videorecording] = Nuit et brouillard / Janus Films ; une co-production de Como Films, Argos Films, Cocinor ; producers, Anatole Dauman, Samy Halfon, Philippe Lifchitz ; text writer, Jean Cayrol ; director, Alain Resnais. [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2003.  General Collection  D805.G3 .N8 2003  Gift Of: Bob Gorman
  • No applause, just throw money, or, The book that made vaudeville famous : a high-class, refined entertainment / by Trav S.D New York : Faber and Faber, 2005  General Collection  PN1968.U5 .T73 2005   
  • No more cherry blossoms : Sisters Matsumoto and other plays / Philip Kan Gotanda ; foreword by Stephen H. Sumida Seattle [Wash.] : University of Washington Press, c2005  General Collection  PS3557.O7934 .N6 2005   
  • The performing set : the broadway designs of William and Jean Eckart / Andrew B. Harris ; foreword by Carol Burnett ; preface by Sheldon Harnick Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2006  General Collection  PN2096.E23 .H37 2006   
  • Peter Brook : a biography / Michael Kustow New York : St. Martin's Press, 2005  General Collection  PN2598.B69 .K87 2005   
  • Play directing : analysis, communication, and style / Francis Hodge, Michael McLain Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, 2005  General Collection  PN2053 .H6 2005   
  • The Playwrights' Center monologues for men / edited by Kristen Gandrow and Polly K. Carl Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2005  General Collection  PN2080 .P62 2005   
  • The Playwrights' Center monologues for women / edited by Kristen Gandrow and Polly K. Carl Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2005  General Collection  PN2080 .P6215 2005   
  • Poetics of the creative process : an organic practicum to playwriting / Femi Euba Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2005  General Collection  PN1661 .E93 2005   
  • Present at the creation, leaping in the dark, and going against the grain : 1776, Pippin, M. Butterfly, La bête, and other Broadway adventures / Stuart Ostrow New York, NY : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, c2006  General Collection  ML429.O77 .A3 2006   
  • Print and the poetics of modern drama / W.B. Worthen Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005  General Collection  PR736 .W65 2005   
  • Prologues to Shakespeare's theatre : performance and liminality in early modern drama / Douglas Bruster and Robert Weimann London, [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2004  General Collection  PR658.P68 .B78 2004   
  • Queer images : a history of gay and lesbian film in America / Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2006  General Collection  PN1995.9.H55 .B44 2006   
  • Remembering Arthur Miller / edited by Christopher Bigsby London : Methuen, 2005  General Collection  PS3525.I5156 .Z86 2005   
  • Roads to Koktebel [videorecording] / [ presented by] Film Movement, Cinematography Service of the RF Ministry of Culture and Roman Borisevich ; produced by Roman Borisevich ; written and directed by Boris Khlebnikov & Alexei Popogrebsky. [New York] : Film Movement , 2005.  General Collection  PN1997.2 .R63 2005  Gift Of: Bob Gorman
  • Roaring boys : playwrights and players in Elizabethan and Jacobean England / Judith Cook ; foreword by Gregory Doran Stroud : Sutton, 2004  General Collection  PR651 .C66 2004   
  • Romance : a play / David Mamet New York : Vintage Books, c2005  General Collection  PS3563.A4345 .R66 2005   
  • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead [videorecording] / a theatrical production of Michael Brandman & Emanuel Azenberg in association with Thirteen WNET ; a Tom Stoppard film ; produced by Michael Brandman, Emanuel Azenberg ; written and directed by Tom Stoppard ; a Cinecom Entertainment Group Release Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, c2005  General Collection  PR6069.T6 .R63 2005   
  • Running theaters : best practices for leaders and managers / Duncan M. Webb New York, N.Y. : Allworth Press, 2004  General Collection  PN2053 .W36 2004   
  • The San Francisco Mime Troupe reader / [edited by] Susan Vaneta Mason Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2005  General Collection  PN2297.S25 .S26 2005   
  • Sarah Bernhardt : the art of high drama / Carol Ockman and Kenneth E. Silver ; with contributions by Janis Bergman-Carton, Karen Levitov, Suzanne Schwarz Zuber New York : Jewish Museum, New York under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2005  General Collection  PN2638.B5 .O35 2005   
  • Scenes keep happening : more real-life snapshots of teen lives / Mary Krell-Oishi Colorado Springs, Colo. : Meriwether Publishing Ltd., c2005  General Collection  PS3561.R425 .S34 2005   
  • Scenic art for the theatre : history, tools, and techniques / Susan Crabtree and Peter Beudert Boston : Focal Press, c2005  General Collection  ND2885 .C73 2005   
  • Secondary stages : revitalizing high school theatre / Jeff Bennett foreword by D.B. Sweeney Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2001  General Collection  PN3175 .B46 2001   
  • Secrets of voice-over success : top voice-over artists reveal how they did it / Joan Baker Boulder, CO : Sentient Publications, 2005  General Collection  PN1990.9.A54 .B35 2005   
  • Shakespeare after all / Marjorie Garber New York : Pantheon Books, c2004  General Collection  PR2976 .G368 2004   
  • She speaks : monologues for women / compiled and edited by Judith Thompson Toronto, [Ont.] : Playwrights Canada Press, 2004  General Collection  PN2080 .S54 2004   
  • Show boat : the story of a classic American musical / Miles Kreuger New York : Oxford University Press, 1977  General Collection  ML410.K385 .K7 1977   
  • Sing for your supper : the Broadway musical in the 1930s / Ethan Mordden New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005  General Collection  ML1711.8.N3 .M785 2005   
  • Sonia Moore and American acting training : with a sliver of wood in hand / Suzanne M. Trauth, Elizabeth C. Stroppel Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005  General Collection  PN2287.M6974 .T73 2005   
  • Stage management / Lawrence Stern Boston, [Mass.] : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2006  General Collection  PN2085 .S77 2006   
  • Staging race : black performers in turn of the century America / Karen Sotiropoulos Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006  General Collection  PN2270.A35 .S67 2006   
  • Street scenes : Brecht, Benjamin, and Berlin / Nicolas Whybrow Bristol, UK ; Portland, Or. : Intellect Books, 2005  General Collection  PN2656.B42 .W5 2005   
  • Symptoms of withdrawal : a memoir of snapshots and redemption / by Christopher Kennedy Lawford New York : W. Morrow, 2005  General Collection  PN2287.L286 .A3 2005   
  • Talk / by Carl Hancock Rux New York : Theatre Communications Group ; St. Paul, MN : Distributed to the Book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2003  General Collection  PS3568.U86 .T35 2003   
  • Talking to the audience : Shakespeare, performance, self / Bridget Escolme Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2005  General Collection  PR3091 .E83 2005   
  • Tallulah : the life and times of a leading lady / Joel Lobenthal New York : Regan Books, c2004  General Collection  PN2287.B17 .L63 2004   
  • The theater director's primer / Gary P. Cohen Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2005  General Collection  PN2053 .C57 2005   
  • Theaters / Craig Morrison New York : W.W. Norton & Co. ; Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, c2006  General Collection  NA6830 .M67 2006   
  • Theatre and autobiography : writing and performing lives in theory and practice / edited by Sherrill Grace & Jerry Wasserman Vancouver : Talon Books, c2006  General Collection  PN2039 .T44 2006   
  • Theatre and celebrity in Britain, 1660-2000 / edited by Mary Luckhurst and Jane Moody New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005  General Collection  PN2597 .T44 2005   
  • Theatre history explained / Neil Fraser Ramsbury, [England] : Crowood, 2004  General Collection  PN2101 .F73 2004   
  • Theatre, sacrifice, ritual : exploring forms of political theatre / Erika Fischer-Lichte London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2005  General Collection  PN3203 .F57 2005   
  • Theatricality as medium / Samuel Weber New York : Fordham University Press, 2004  General Collection  PN2039 .W36 2004   
  • This is how it goes : a play / by Neil LaBute New York : Faber and Faber, 2005  General Collection  PS3612.A28 .T48 2005   
  • Tools and techniques for character interpretation : a handbook of psychology for actors, writers and directors / by Robert Blumenfeld ; [foreword by Alice Spivak] Pompton Plains, N.J. : Limelight, 2006  General Collection  PN2058 .B58 2006   
  • Upstaged : making theatre in the media age / [compiled by] Anne Nicholson Weber New York : Routledge, 2006  General Collection  PN2039 .U67 2006   
  • Utopia in performance : finding hope at the theater / Jill Dolan Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005  General Collection  PN1936 .D65 2005   
  • The viewpoints book : a practical guide to viewpoints and composition / Anne Bogart and Tina Landau New York : Theatre Communications Group ; St. Paul, MN : Exclusively distributed to the book trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2005  General Collection  PN2071.M6 .B64 2005   
  • The Voysey inheritance : a play / Harley Granville Barker ; adapted by David Mamet New York : Vintage Books, 2005  General Collection  PS3563.A4345 .V695 2005   
  • Winning auditions : 101 strategies for actors / by Mark Brandon Pompton Plains, N.J. : Limelight Editions, 2005  General Collection  PN2071.A92 .B73 2005   
  • The working director : how to arrive, thrive, and survive in the director's chair / Charles Wilkinson Studio City, CA : M. Wiese Productions, c2005  General Collection  PN1995.9.P7 .W55 2005   
  • The world in an orange : creating theatre with Barney Simon / written by Irene Stephanou & Leila Henriques ; edited by Lionel Abrahams & Jane Fox New York : Seven Stories, 2006  General Collection  PR9369.3.S47 .Z8 2006   
  • The X list : the National Society of Film Critics' guide to the movies that turn us on / edited by Jami Bernard Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo, 2005  General Collection  PN1995.9.S45 .X5 2005   
  • Your face looks familiar-- : how to get ahead as a working actor / Michael Bofshever Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2006  General Collection  PN2055 .B53 2006   
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