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Author | : Nina Shengold |
Publisher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780140096491 |
This unique anthology provides a wealth of material for actors and acting students, and a wonderful overview of the best recent plays for anyone interested in theatre. The more than 150 monologues cover a diverse range of subjects, and offer a variety of dramatic styles and moods. Each monologue is introduced with a short description of the plot, setting, and character type by the leading plauwrights of our time. Featured dramatists include: Christopher Durang, Wendy Wasserstein, Lanford Wilson, Wallace Shawn, Tina Howe, Caryl Churchill, Athol Fugard, Beth Henley, Sam Shepard, David Henry Hwang, Harry Kondoleon, John Patrick Shanley, Larry Shue, Michael Weller, David Rabe, Marsha Norman, August Wilson, Albert Innaurato, Jules Feiffer, Harold Pinter, David Hare, Jose Rivera, Tom Stoppard, John Guare, David Mamet, Charles Fuller, William Matrosimone, Robert Patrick, Miguel Pinero
Author | : Roberta Uno |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780878300716 |
"This collection features 45 monologues excerpted from contemporary plays and specially geared for actors of color. Robert Uno has carefully selected the monologues so that there is a wide-range of ethnicities included: African American, Native American, Latino and Asian American. Each monologue comes with an introduction with notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor."--Publisher.
Author | : Craig Slaight |
Publisher | : Crossroad Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2017-09-15 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
As professional directors and teachers who work with young and adult actors at the Tony Award-Winning American Conservatory Theater, Slaight and Sharrar have years of experience helping actors uncover the dynamics of the monologue, as acting exercise and as audition material. Now in their impressive third volume of age-appropriate monologues, culled from plays by substantial playwrights from an international field, the editors have assembled an impressive collection to take the actor/director/teacher to new levels of sophistication and breadth. The volume's introduction is a concise guide to today's audition obstacles and how to overcome them. As in their other award-winning collections, Slaight and Sharrar have selected character speeches from the finest dramatic literature. In addition, they have included a special section on the use of the song lyric as an exciting and useful exercise in solo work. Some of the writers included are: Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Constance Congdon, Kia Corthron, Bob Dylan, Horton Foote, Timothy Mason, Sharman Macdonald, Lynn Nottage, Adam Rapp, George Bernard, Shaw Shakespeare, Sam Shepard, John M. Synge
Author | : Marisa Smith |
Publisher | : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1986-12-02 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780140094756 |
For actors, acting students, and film buffs, this book of more than 100 movie monologues has the juiciest roles that will help you create the perfect audition. Whether you need a long or short part, you'll find great selections of male and female characters for all types across diverse age ranges. Use this reference for the featured scenes from screenplays of such classics as Adam’s Rib by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, The Goodbye Girl by Neil Simon, The French Lieutenant’s Woman by Harold Pinter, and The Conversation by Francis Ford Coppola, among others.
Author | : Stephanie Coen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Audition monologues selected from plays first published in American theatre magazine since 1985.
Author | : Lorraine Cohen |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1994-08 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0380761874 |
In professional and student theater alike, a good monlogue can often mean the difference between a "Thank you . . . Next!" and a call-back. But sometimes it's hard for an aspiring actor to find the absolutely right audition piece that suits his or her personal style, type or age group. Monologues For Young Actors is a unique and invaluable collection of dramatic speeches from some of the world's greatest plays -- chosen specifically for actors in their teens and early twenties. Whether you're looking for something comedic or tragic, contemporary or classic, unorthodox or naturalistic, this superb compilation has the monologue you need -- an indispensible tool to help you hone you craft . . . and land that role.
Author | : Lawrence Harbison |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2014-11-01 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1495013588 |
(Applause Acting Series). Lawrence Harbison has selected 100 terrific monologues for men from contemporary plays, all by characters between the ages of 18 and 35 perfect for auditions or class. There are comic monologues (laughs) and dramatic monologues (no laughs). Most have a compelling present-tense action for actors to perform. A few are story monologues and they're great stories. Actors will find pieces by star playwrights such as Don Nigro, Itamar Moses, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Terence McNally; by exciting up-and-comers such as Nicole Pandolfo, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Crystal Skillman, Greg Kalleres, Reina Hardy, and J. Thalia Cunningham; and information on getting the complete text of each play. This is a must-have resource in the arsenal of every aspiring actor hoping to knock 'em dead with his contemporary piece after bowling over teachers and casting directors alike with a classical excerpt.
Author | : Michael Schulman |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1998-09-15 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780312966546 |
Over 80 scenes and monologues from the finest plays of all time.
Author | : Woodie King |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2000-02 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1617745944 |
A collection of scenes and monologues by African American playwrights.
Author | : Stephanie Coen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
Audition monologues selected from plays first published in American theatre magazine since 1985.