Multicultural Monologues for Young Actors

Multicultural Monologues for Young Actors
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 1995
Genre: Acting
ISBN: 9780329163372

Best Books for Young Teen Readers. Includes 20 poems, plays, & other fiction, arranged by gender. Monologues represent various cultures & dramatic literatures, both contemporary & classic. Some strong language & mature themes.

Multicultural Theatre

Multicultural Theatre
Author: Roger Ellis
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781566080262

The 37 duet scenes and monologues by writers of the multicultural experience are certain to inspire actors and directors. This is an excellent collection for studying and expressing cultural diversity.

Great Monologues for Young Actors, Vol. 2

Great Monologues for Young Actors, Vol. 2
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

One Vision, Many Voices

One Vision, Many Voices
Author: Gail Noppe-Brandon
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2011-03-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1440135924

In One Vision, Many Voices, Gail Noppe-Brandon shares the results of a twenty-year experiment in generating dialogueboth on paper and between people. She outlines her life-changing Find Your Voice coaching method and provides an eclectic compilation of plays, scenes, and monologues from fifty powerful and moving works of dramatic literature written in response to evocative photographs. Noppe-Brandon builds on her unique approach to communication training while instilling an appreciation for the written, spoken, and literary tradition of the theatre. She shares the creative works of both new and experienced multicultural writersranging in age from twelve to eightywho connected to the power of their own unique voices in memorably moving plays that explore a multitude of relatable issues, including coming of age, body image, aging, and addiction. In this rare collection, actors of every age and background will find worthy audition material, and writers, creative clinicians, and teachers of all subjects will see what is possible when they ask the write questions. One Vision, Many Voices, with a Foreward by acclaimed Narrative Therapist, Robert Neimeyer, PhD, builds a crucial bridge between the worlds of theatre making and meaning making.