American Theatre Book of Monologues for Women


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Audition monologues selected from plays first published in American theatre magazine since 1985.




Outstanding Women's Monologues


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Editors Craig Pospisil and Danna Call compiled this new collection of more than fifty monologues selected exclusively from Dramatists Play Service publications from recent seasons. Inside these pages you will find an enormous range of voices and subject matter, characters from their teens to their sixties and authors of widely varied styles, but all immensely talented. These monologues represent some of the best writing in the American theatre today, and we are proud to bring them together in this new volume.




The Vagina Monologues


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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 Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues


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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




Show People


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THE STORY: Jerry and Marnie are Broadway actors who haven't worked in years. At Jerry's insistence, they take on a wildly unorthodox job for a rich, young New York banker in SHOW PEOPLE, a comedy about the darker as-pects of the need to create and




Radioactive Monologues for Women


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An invaluable selection of pieces resource for actors working in radio, theatre or television.




Sez She


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Full Length, Comedy Characters: 5 female Bare stage with chairs Written to be performed by five actresses, this sequel to Jane Martin's last monologue play picks up where VITAL SIGNS left off - in these funnier, stranger days of the 21st century. Reveling in virtues of brevity that include hilarity, surprise and homespun philosophy, these monologues roam the range of contemporary perspective on everything from sexual harassment to sleeping in theaters to the erotic appeals o




The Best Stage Scenes of 2007


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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 Actor's Book of Movie Monologues


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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.




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