1. General Introduction: Between theory and practice / Phillip B. Zarrilli
Pt. I. Theories of and Meditations on Acting
2. Introduction / Phillip B. Zarrilli
3. Actor's Presence: Three phenomenal modes / Bert O. States
4. On Acting and Not-Acting / Michael Kirby
5. "Just Be Your Self": Logocentrism and difference in performance theory / Philip Auslander
6. Actor's Emotions Reconsidered: A psychological task-based perspective / Elly Konijn
Pt. II. (Re)Considering the Body and Training
7. Introduction / Phillip B. Zarrilli
8. Amulet Made of Memory: The significance of exercises in the actor's dramaturgy / Eugenio Barba
9. Meyerhold's Biomechanics / Mel Gordon
10. Etienne Decroux's Promethean Mime / Deidre Sklar
11. Actor Training in the Neutral Mask / Sears A. Eldredge and Hollis W. Huston
12. Bali and Grotowski: Some parallels in the training process / I. Wayan Lendra
13. Culture is the Body / Tadashi Suzuki
14. My Bodies: The performer in West Java / Kathy Foley
15. "On the edge of a breath, looking": Cultivating the actor's bodymind through Asian martial/meditation arts / Phillip B. Zarrilli
16. Gardzienice Theatre Association of Poland / Paul Allain
17. Effector Patterns of Basic Emotions: A psychophysiological method for training actors / Susana Bloch, Pedro Orthous and Guy Santibanez-H
Pt. III. (Re)Considering the Actor in Performance
18. Introduction / Phillip B. Zarrilli
19. Brecht and the Contradictory Actor / John Rouse
20. Dario Fo: The roar of the clown / Ron Jenkins
21. Forum Theatre / Augusto Boal
22. Resisting the "Organic": A feminist actor's approach / Lauren Love
23. Rachel Rosenthal Creating Her Selves / Eelka Lampe
24. Task and Vision: Willem Dafoe in LSD / Philip Auslander
25. David Warrilow: Creating symbol and cypher / Laurie Lassiter
26. Robert Wilson and the Actor: Performing in Danton's Death / Ellen Halperin-Royer
Pt. I. Word Becomes You: an Interview / Carol Martin
Pt. II. Acting as Incorporation / Richard Schechner
Bibliographical Note: Actors speaking on acting.
