Research on right and left hemisphere brain functions provides a metaphor and possibly even a physical explanation for the dual nature of the performing experience. Investigations by psychologists and neurologists suggest that the creative, non-verbal functions of the right hemisphere of the brain are equally important to our balance as whole personalities as is the dominant left hemisphere of the brain, long believed to direct logical and verbal functions. If the dominant left hemisphere can be temporarily overridden, we gain access to the creative right functions and a healthy balance occurs. It is this balance between the two hemispheres which creates the double awareness that the audience has of the performer as both actor and character. It is the balance which permits actors the simultaneous experience of emotional release and emotional control. Further study convinced the author the right-brain/left-brain approach was indeed a useful way of organizing the development of the creative processes.

Acting With Both Sides of Your Brain: Perspectives on the Creative Process

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Delgado, Ramon

Psychology & Counseling

Harcourt School

Presents a collection of contemporary dramas which reflect the temperament of the times and provide insight into the current international theater

Best Short Plays, 1985 (Best American Short Plays)

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Dramas & Plays

Players Pr

(Applause Books). "These are sharp, tightly constructed pieces with small casts, as readable as they are actable just the sort of thing community players and other small ensembles will find practical." Booklist

The Best Short Plays - 1986

Humor & Entertainment

Applause Theatre & Cinema Books

(Applause Books). Lose yourself in a universe of forces familiar and frightening in the 21 plays presented in this exclusive volume. The playwrights included here succeed in pushing back the boundaries of conventional dramatic expression. Among them, Lanford Wilson dissects a survivor's anguish after his lover's death in A Poster of the Cosmos and Deborah Pryor spins an eerie tale of spellbinding romance in The Love Talker . Richard Greenberg plots a battle of wills between a young writer and his elusive muse, while Sheila Walsh examines the exchange of a woman's soul for her husband's fame in Molly and James . From the starkly realistic to the fantastic, these plays challenge their audiences to confront the universal from a new perspective.

The Best Short Plays of 1988-1989

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Acting With Both Sides of Your Brain: Perspectives on the Creative Process

Best Short Plays, 1985 (Best American Short Plays)

The Best Short Plays - 1986

The Best Short Plays of 1988-1989