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03372aam a2200421 i 4500 001 6E9C79F64DE711E4A85DE8D9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141007010118 008 140204s2014 wiuaf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2014003395 020 $a 1480355534 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781480355538 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)870147598 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d GK8 $d NYP $d ORX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d STF $d PUL $d OCLCF $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN2287.A433 $b O34 2014 082 00 $a 792.02/8092 $2 23 100 1 $a Ochoa, Sheana, $e author. 245 10 $a Stella!: $b mother of modern acting / $c Sheana Ochoa. 246 30 $a Mother of modern day acting 264 1 $a Milwaukee, WI : $b Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, $c 2014. 300 $a xvii, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323) and index. 520 $a Arthur Miller decided to become a playwright after seeing her perform with the Group Theater. Marlon Brando attributed his acting to her genius as a teacher. Theater critic Robert Brustein calls her the greatest acting teacher in America. At the turn of the 20th century by which time acting had hardly evolved since classical Greece Stella Adler became a child star of the Yiddish stage in New York, where she was being groomed to refine acting craft and eventually help pioneer its modern gold standard: method acting. Stella's emphasis on experiencing a role through the actions in the given circumstances of the work directs actors toward a deep sociological understanding of the imagined characters: their social class, geographic upbringing, biography, which enlarges the actor's creative choices. Always "onstage," Stella's flamboyant personality disguised a deep sense of not belonging. Her unrealized dream of becoming a movie star chafed against an unflagging commitment to the transformative power of art. From her Depression-era plays with the Group Theatre to freedom fighting during WWII, Stella used her notoriety as a tool for change. For this book, Sheana Ochoa worked alongside Irene Gilbert, Stella's friend of 30 years, who provided Ochoa with a trove of Stella's personal and pedagogical materials, and Ochoa interviewed Stella's entire living family, including her daughter Ellen; her colleagues and friends, from Arthur Miller to Karl Malden; and her students from Robert De Niro to Mark Ruffalo. Unearthing countless unpublished letters and interviews, private audio recordings, Stella's extensive FBI file, class videos and private audio recordings, Ochoa's biography introduces one of the most under recognized, yet most influential luminaries of the 20th century. 600 10 $a Adler, Stella. 650 0 $a Acting teachers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Method acting. 600 17 $a Adler, Stella. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00225934 650 7 $a Acting teachers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00796175 650 7 $a Method acting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01018629 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019021837.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091851.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161006023855.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6E9C79F64DE711E4A85DE8D9DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search