The Persuasive Actor

No book can teach anyone how to speak, but the lessons herein, practically applied, will help everyone who reads it become a better actor, speaker, and communicator. This is an exciting, invigorating book which will be required reading for all my acting students. I predict it will become a celebrated text of great worth to educators and students. Murray McGibbon, Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance, Indiana University, Bloomington Milan Dragicevich is a godsend to the American theatre. In his new book for actors, The Persuasive Actor , he eloquently articulates with brilliant clarity the tools every serious actor needs to become a master of his craft . I rejoice in Milan's vision. I wish it had been part of my own training. It will invigorate and inspire the American actor to new heights. Apollo Dukakis, actor, director, teacher, and Resident Artist with the acclaimed A Noise Within Theater Company of Los Angeles In a time when language seems to be shrinking, this book is a must-read for all actors. Milan's enthusiasm for language is positively infectious. He is the Mick Jagger of classical rhetoric ! Susan Angelo, actress, director An essential new manual for actors, poets, singers, and public speakers . Yannis Simonides, Artistic Director, Elliniko Theatro of New York and Athens For generations, actors were trained in the rhetorical power of communication. Today, perhaps more than ever, the strategic choices of captivating stage speech can deeply touch the hearts and minds of an audience. In just a few chapters, Dragicevich provides the keys to unlocking this incredible resource for the actor. Mike Moreno, Host, The Actor CEO Podcast Dragicevich makes a compelling argument that actors should study rhetorical structures in plays in order to make their use of language active and vibrant. As he boldly states, the 'art of crafted speaking will not steal your soul, robbing you of spontaneity. Quite the contrary, it will give you more impulses and freedom to chooseamong a wide range of optionshow best to detonate the charges within the text.' This is an energizing, useful read. Erika Bailey, Head of Voice and Speech at American Repertory Theater (ART) and Lecturer at Harvard University, in Voice and Speech Review