Music and Theater Resources

Theater Companies
Actors Theatre Center	http://www.theatrecenter.biz/id13.html
Ambit Theatre Company	http://www.freewebs.com/ambittheatre/
Arclight Repertory Theatre	www.arclightrep.org
Broadway by the Bay	http://www.broadwaybythebay.org/
Bus Barn Stage Company	http://www.busbarn.org/index.html
California Theater Arts	http://www.ctarts.com/
City Lights	http://www.cltc.org/
Curtain Theatre	http://www.curtaintheatre.org/
Custom Made Theater Company	http://www.custommade.org/main.htm
Dragon Productions Theatre Company	http://dragonproductions.net/
Lamplighters Music Theatre	http://www.lamplighters.org/
Martinez Opera	http://www.mtzo.com/
New Conservatory Theatre	http://www.nctcsf.org/index.html
Pear Avenue Theatre	http://www.thepear.org/
Wilde Irish Productions	http://www.wildeirish.org/
Thunderbird Theatre Company	http://thunderbirdtheatre.com/
Three Wise Monkeys Theatre Company	http://www.threewisemonkeys.org/aboutus.html
Willows Theatre Company	http://www.willowstheatre.org/
Wily West Prductions	http://wilywestproductions.com/
Woman's Will	http://www.womenswill.org/

Opera
Classical Singer magazine	www.classicalsinger.com	Articles, audition listings, interviews, events, training: Everything of interest to the emerging and professional singer
San Francisco Classical Voice	http://www.sfcv.org	Events, articles, reviews on the classical music scene in San Francisco
Opera News	http://www.operanews.com/	Online version of the Metropolitan Opera Guild magazine
Lieder & Art song Text: Translations	http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/	Excellent resource for singers: Translations of art songs, categorized many ways including composer, poet, title, first line, original language.

Books
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making, by Michael Caine	http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Caine-Applause-Revised-Expanded/dp/1557832773/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267895663&sr=1-1	Simple and clear - unvarnished look at film acting by one of the best film actors around.
To The Actor, by Michael Chekhov	http://www.amazon.com/Actor-Michael-Chekhov/dp/0415258766/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329066123&sr=1-1	Classic; must read
How To Stop Acting, by Harold Guskin	http://www.amazon.com/How-Stop-Acting-Harold-Guskin/dp/0571199992/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329066043&sr=1-1-spell	One of the best books I've ever read on acting. Get it "off the page" and tell the truth.
The Actor's Field Guide, By Ed Hooks		Practical, PACKED with good information and advice for actors
Being an Actor, by Simon Callow		What can I say? The man in a genius.
The Monologue Workshop, by Jack Poggi		All the advice you need to make good choices on audition material and preparation
Downwind of Upstage - the art of Coarse Acting by Michael Green	They have it on Amazon but its out of print and expensive. Check out used stores and the library.	Just for fun!! It's basically a hilarious how-to on what NOT to do.
Mis-Directing the Play, by Terry McCabe		Advice on how to direct a play by simply telling the story & working with the intent of the play's author

Other Helpful Links
International Dialects of English	http://web.ku.edu/~idea/	Pretty much any accent you can think of with great examples to listen to and work with
Theatre Bay Area	http://www.theatrebayarea.org/	Invaluable resource on what is happening with theatre (and film) in the San Francisco Bay Area
Graphic Reproductions	http://graphicreproductions.com/	Well-priced, great service for getting headshots reproduced in quantity.
Stuart Locklear photography	http://www.stuartlocklearphotography.com/	Love his work. Included in the session is a makeup artist who partners with him to get your makeup and his lighting just right.

Theatre and Music Professionals

Pamela Hicks	http://class.csueastbay.edu/music/faculty.php?faculty=hicks	Voice Studio ( Hayward, CA)
Jenny Matteucci	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Voice Studio ( Alameda CA)
Kathy McKee	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Voice Studio ( San Francisco, CA)
Jeffrey Bihr	http://www.jeffreybihr.com/	Actor, Director, Composer and Acting Teacher
Carly Ozard	http://www.carlyozard.com/	Cabaret singer extraordinaire
Lisa Popeil	http://www.popeil.com/	Voiceworks ( Los Angeles)
David Gordon	http://www.spiritsound.com/	Voice Studio
Voice One	www.voiceoneonline.com	Voiceover Training
Lynn Wickham	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it	Voice Studio ( San Francisco, CA)
Rebecca Achenbach	http://www.voicesofcecilia.com/	Music director, Voices of Cecilia, Private vocal instruction: (Lancaster, PA)
Jane Erwin Hammett	http://www.familyoflighthealing.net/	certified Reiki therapist and co-founder of a new frequency-based healing modality: to bring about frequency harmonics in all aspects of performance, seeking resonances which can create a healing experience for an audience.
Dana Lewenthal	http://www.danalewenthal.com/	Actor, singer, and acting coach