YOU Can Build Characters Too!

About the Book

YOU CAN BUILD CHARACTERS, TOO! is an Acting textbook that shows the Actor and Acting student how to analyze and construct a character in fundamental, systematic, and step-by-step formats. This book begins by teaching the Actor two simple systems of Character Construction. This book also helps the Actor master the Four Tools of Tone so that he or she can build the characters voice and even identify—quickly—the vocal patterns of people observed in the streets. After showing the Actor how to construct the character’s voice and body, this book then shows him or her how to analyze the character in order to identify the character’s vision of the world and the people in it and how the character responds to the world and its people.

About the Author

James Pringle is the Founder and Artistic Director of the famous Harlem Theatre Company (HTC), a producing organization and Acting school. Mr. Pringle ran HTC for 17 years in NYC and has registered it for operation in Chicago. Mr. Pringle is a graduate of the acclaimed Los Angeles City College Theatre Department and Academy and the City University of New York. He also attended Carnegie-Mellon University and was a Gallatin Program Scholar at New York University. Mr. Pringle is a former Adjunct Professor of Theatre at Medgar Evers College, in New York. Mr. Pringle is a former member of the Arts Council for the Mayor of the City of Mount Vernon, NY; he has also received a Certificate of Achievement for Distinguished Achievement from the Audience Development Committee (AUDELCO); he has been honored by the Harlem Is .. .Theatre branch of New York's Community Works, for his "role in keeping the legacy of Black Theater alive", sponsored by CitiBank and The Museum of the City of New York. Mr. Pringle has also received an invitation to the White House for his contribution to Theatre in Harlem. Mr. Pringle has also completed another manuscript focusing on Play and Role Analysis; it is entitled THE PRINGLE SYSTEM OF PLAY AND ROLE ANALSIS.