Author: D. L. LepidusPublisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Gathers fifty-nine selections from plays suitable for use as audition monologues.
The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 2004
Author: D. L. LepidusPublisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Gathers fifty-nine selections from plays suitable for use as audition monologues.
The Best Women's Stage Monologues of 2006
Author: D. L. LepidusPublisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN: 9781575255552
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2004
Author: D. L. LepidusPublisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Selections from 43 plays staged in 2004 feature monologues designed to help male actors enhance their audition and performance skills.
The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues
Author: Nina ShengoldPublisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140096491
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
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
The Vagina Monologues
Author: Eve EnslerPublisher: Villard Books
ISBN: 0375505121
Category : Body image in women
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Drawing on conversations with hundreds of women about their genitalia, the author presents a collection of performance pieces from her one-woman show of the same name.
The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2007
Author: Lawrence HarbisonPublisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This latest in Smith and Kraus's popular series contains only material from published, readily available plays, all first published or produced in 2006/2007, and most appropriate for use by student actors and working actors in need of audition material. A partial list:BEL CANTO by Renee Flemings BFF by Anna Ziegler BLOOD ORANGE by David Wiener CAROL MULRONEY by Stephen Belber DARK PLAY; OR STORIES FOR BOYS by Carlos Murillo THE DARLINGS by Susan Eve Haar DEDICATION; OR by THE STUFF OF DREAMS by Terrence McNally DIRECT FROM DEATH ROW THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS by Mark Stein DISCONNECT by Rob Ackerman DRACULA RIDES AGAIN by Jeff Goode THE FIRST ANNUAL ACHADAMEE AWARDS by Alan Haehnel HOME FRONT by Greg Owens. Also gender-specific are The Best Men¿s Stage Monologues of 2007, and The Best Women¿s Stage Monologues of 2007, both edited by Lawrence Harbison. Some of the playwrights represented are familiar (Theresa Rebeck, A.R. Gurney, Terrence McNally), but much of the material is from new and emerging authors ¿ once again giving the performer access to well crafted, but not overexposed works. Stage Directions - Off The Shelf, May 2008
Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays #2
Author: Gerald Lee RatliffPublisher: Meriwether Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
So well-liked was the first collection of these contemporary monologues that we offer this sequel by popular demand. The monologues are wildly funny, tragically sad and yet courageous. The ultimate journey for this collection is to create the possibility of living lovingly as equals in our modern world. The monologues are organised in chapter themes with brief sketches to set the scene. The collection features well-known playwrights - Arthur Miller, Wendy Wasserstein, August Wilson - and many superb, emerging new writers. There are several original monologues written especially for classroom discussion and exploration. Sample titles include: "The Last Yankee" by Arthur Miller, "Boy Meets Girl" by Wendy Wasserstein, "The Underpants" adapted by Steve Martin, "Romantic Fools2 by Rich Orloff, "Voices from September 11" by Lavonne Mueller, "Funnylogues for Women" by Mort Kaufman, Roger Karshner and Zelda Abel, "W.A.C. Iraq" by Mel Nieves and many more.
The Best Stage Scenes of 2007
Author: Lawrence HarbisonPublisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN: 9781575255880
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This latest in Smith and Kraus's popular series is a terrific collection of scenes for two men, for two women, and for one man and one woman, all from plays first published and/or produced in 2006/2007 and most are appropriate for use by young actors. Scenes are taken from:ALL THAT I WILL EVER BE by Alan Ball ALL THIS INTIMACY by Rajiv Joseph ASYLUM by Keith Aisner BFF by Anna Ziegler BHUTAN by Daisy Foote BLUR by Melanie Marnich BYE, BYE, MARGARITA by Gavin Lawrence.CHECK PLEASE: TAKE 2 by Jonathan Rand THE DEAD GUY by Eric Coble DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGED BLOCKHEAD by Bert V by Royal LEVITTOWN by Marc Palmieri LIFE SCIENCE by Anna ZieglerMANUSCRIPT by Paul GrellongTHE MISTAKES MADELINE MADE by Elizabeth Meriwether PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION by Warren C by Bowles STRAIGHT ON TIL MORNING by Trish Harnetiaux STRIKE/SLIP by Naomi Iizuka THEY'RE JUST LIKE US by Boo Killebrew VICTORIA MARTIN: MATH TEAM QUEEN by Kathryn Walat ASYLUM by Keith Aisner COUNTY LINE by Christina Hamm DARK PLAY; OR, STORIES FOR BOYS by Carlos Murillo DUES by Dwight Hobbes INDIAN BLOOD by A by R by Gurney LEADING LADIES by Ken Ludwig OVER THE TAVERN by Tom Dudzick POOF! Lynn Nottage THE RADIANT ABYSS by Angus MacLachlan SECRETARY OF SHAKE by Eisa Davis THE SPIRIT IS WILLING by Nicole Quinn Stage Directions - Off The Shelf, May 2008
The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 2005
Author: D. L. LepidusPublisher: Smith & Kraus
ISBN:
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Contains forty-three monologues for men, selected from some of the best plays published or produced during the 2004-2005 theatrical season, most for characters under the age of forty.
Carol Mulroney
Author: Stephen BelberPublisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 0822221381
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
This delightful comic revue...is fresh, breezy and very funny indeed, a perfect summer entertainment. --NY Times. GONE MISSING is not merely a witty, quick-footed and entertaining evening of theater; it is also a finely tuned inquiry into the nature of me