Black Acting Methods

About this book

Black Acting Methods seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with. A wealth of contributions from directors scholars and actor trainers address afrocentric processes and aesthetics and interviews with key figures in Black American theatre illuminate their methods. This ground-breaking collection is an essential resource for teachers students actors and directors seeking to reclaim reaffirm or even redefine the role and contributions of Black culture in theatre arts.