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The Steve Blackwood Sessions
Steve Blackwood
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Steve Blackwood Sessions is an invaluable handbook for the actor on technique and administration. Celebrated actor Steve Blackwood (Days of Our Lives, Machine Gun Preacher, Ed Gein) combines what he learned from studying with master acting teachers Uta Hagen and Milton Katselas with 30 years of acting experience into a practical guide for both beginning and working actors. A must have!
This book not only for actors, but soap fans! Soap fans are legion — in the US and worldwide — and, though most are not actors, they will also follow the content in this motivational book as it applies to their lives/jobs and be most interested in the many Days of Our Lives anecdotes sprinkled throughout the text.
The Steve Blackwood Sessions is unique in that it is both a “How to Act” and “How to Succeed” acting book written by a noted soap star, yet is understandable to and enjoyed by any person. It inspires the reader to take chances and not settle for “middle class” decisions/family advice etc if it’s not who they are. In my acting classes, we ask that students “personalize the role.” In this book we ask everyone to personalize their life and not go with the herd.
BOOK REVIEW
"...it feels like Steve is in the room with you."
Steve Blackwood, long-time and successful actor has moved to New England, and has began offering acting classes in many of our local venues. I have taken the time to review his new book, The Steve Blackwood Sessions.
First I noticed, this is a small book, but it was so good, that I read it twice. Steve’s book is short, so at first I was thinking, maybe there is not a lot inside. But I was pleasantly proven wrong. This book has concise, info-filled writing that is rich and thought-provoking. You too, may find yourself reading it twice. Steve has not wasted one second of your valuable reading time. His balance of practical information with emotional depth is very satisfying. Steve comes to many of the came conclusions that I have worked very hard to learn after many years of acting, and working with some top coaches out in LA. But with Steve, the acting concepts are revealed in the context of his incredible experiences, namely his studies with Uta Hagen and working on a Soap for 10 years!
Somehow, as you read, it feels like Steve is in the room with you, sharing some useful information with his entertaining style. His chapter with transcripts from his actual classes are quite good also. In other books, I usually don’t find ‘class examples’ to be helpful at all. But in this case, I found myself following the student he is coaching, as if I were sitting right there in class, watching the performance, and benefiting from the feedback.
Thumbs up, worth getting.
Karl Steudel
www.NewEnglandActorsNetwork.com
www.KarlSteudel.co