Introduction -- Warm up, balance, and homeostasis -- Body awareness -- Observation -- Memorization -- Bare essentials -- Sensory awareness -- Voice -- Concentration and focus -- Imagination -- Creative state -- Trust -- Improvisation -- The physical actor -- Auditioning -- Action and reaction -- Knowing your objectives -- Life experience -- Ensemble -- Listening -- The coordinated actor -- Characterization -- Spatial awareness -- Making specific choices -- Releasing inhibitions -- Mime -- Motor skills -- Nonverbal communication -- Thinking outside the box -- Unlimited possibilities -- The storyteller -- The audience -- Performance -- Monologues.