{"product_id":"answers-from-the-working-actor-two-backstage-columnists-share-ten-years-of-advice-paperback","title":"Answers from The Working Actor: Two Backstage Columnists Share Ten Years of Advice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJackie Apodaca\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Kostroff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly a decade, Jackie Apodaca and Michael Kostroff shared duties as advice columnists for the actors' trade paper, \u003ci\u003eBackstage\u003c\/i\u003e. Their highly popular weekly feature, \"The Working Actor,\" fielded questions from actors all over the country. A cross between \"Dear Abby\" and \u003cem\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e, their column was a fact-based, humorous, compassionate take on the questions actors most wanted answered. Using some of their most interesting, entertaining, and informative columns as launch points, \u003cem\u003eAnswers from \"The Working Actor\"\u003c\/em\u003e guides readers through the ins and outs (and ups and downs) of the acting industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApodaca and Kostroff share an approach that is decidedly \"on the ground.\" They've both labored in the trenches just like their readers-dealing with auditions, classes, photos, résumés, rehearsals, contract negotiations, representatives, jobs, challenging colleagues, and the search for that elusive life\/career balance. There are few absolutes in the acting profession and virtually no proven and reliable steps. Unlike books that claim to offer \"Quick Steps to a Successful Acting Career,\" \u003cem\u003eAnswers from \"The Working Actor\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003edeals honestly with the realities, providing facts, options, strategies, stories, points of view, and the wisdom of experience, while ultimately challenging readers to make their own decisions. This book\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ewill give new actors a head start on their journeys and remind experienced professionals that, in the acting business, there is never only one answer to any question. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJackie Apodaca\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of theatre at Southern Oregon University. She has worked as an actor, director, and producer in theatre, film, and media, with companies such as the Roundabout, Denver Center, National Geographic, filmscience, Modern Media (head of production), Venice Theatre Works (associate artistic director), Shakespeare Santa Barbara (producing director), and Ashland New Plays Festival (associate artistic director). She spent more than a decade at \u003ci\u003eBackstage\u003c\/i\u003e, where she was a contributing editor and wrote the advice column \"The Working Actor.\" Jackie earned an MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory, under the guidance of RSC founding member, Tony Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Kostroff is an established actor best known for his five seasons on HBO's \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e and a long list of other television roles. He's toured nationally in \u003ci\u003eThe Producers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLes Misérables\u003c\/i\u003e, an experience which he chronicled in his book, \u003ci\u003eLetters from Backstage\u003c\/i\u003e (Allworth Press, 2005). From 2006 to 2012, he shared writing duties with Jackie Apodaca on \u003ci\u003eBackstage\u003c\/i\u003e's advice column, \"The Working Actor.\" A teacher as well as an actor and writer, he's presented his popular Audition Psych 101 workshop all over the country, and recently authored a book by the same name (Dog Ear Publishing, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42189895336016,"sku":"9780415394826","price":66.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/VmxZT2Q2b2w0Vm9yZHlJVVl0U1BSUT09.webp?v=1774785030","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/answers-from-the-working-actor-two-backstage-columnists-share-ten-years-of-advice-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}