Author: Stephanie CoenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Audition monologues selected from plays first published in American theatre magazine since 1985.
Author: Stephanie CoenContemporary American Monologues for Women
Author: Todd LondonPublisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367636
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Audition monologues for female characters selected from recent works by American playwrights including Tony Kushner, Jon Robin Baitz, Constance Congdon, Paula Vogel, Donald Margulies, Emily Mann, Eric Bogosian, Nicky Silver, and others. Unique to the TCG monologue series is a bibliography of other works by the playwrights included.
The Actor's Book of Monologues for Women
Author: VariousPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0140157875
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A diverse collection of monologues featuring the voices of women through the ages Drawn from poetry, fiction, diaries, journals, and documents of public record, these selections, although not originally intended for theatrical or cinematic performances, offer unique dramatic opportunities for actors, speakers, students, or anyone interested in women’s studies. Stefan Rudnicki has brought together selections from well-known as well as obscure authors, providing a tremendous range of women’s perspectives from a variety of sources: poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, and Sappho, among others; passages from Mary Shelley’s journal, the diaries of Anais Nin, and the memoirs of Isadora Duncan; polemics from Mary Wollstonecraft and Joan of Arc, as well as Susan B. Anthony’s “On Woman’s Right to Suffrage”; and selections from the novels of Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Ursula K. LeGuin, and others.
The Actor's Book of Movie Monologues
Author: Marisa SmithPublisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140094756
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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.
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
Contemporary American Monologues for Men
Author: Todd LondonPublisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559367628
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Audition monologues for male characters selected from recent works by American playwrights including Tony Kushner, Jon Robin Baitz, Constance Congdon, Paula Vogel, Donald Margulies, Emily Mann, Eric Bogosian, Nicky Silver, and others. Unique to the TCG monologue series is a bibliography of other works by the playwrights included.
The Methuen Book of Contemporary Monologues for Women
Author: Chrys SaltPublisher: Methuen Drama
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A wide ranging selection of some of the best stage monologues from the last ten years. The book provides a varied and dramatic challenge for the professional, student and amateur actor, for auditions, classes or rehearsals.
Author: Woodie KingThe Best Women's Monologues from New Plays, 2020
Author: Lawrence HarbisonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493053264
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Renowned editor Lawrence Harbison brings together approximately one hundred never-before-published women’s monologues for actors to use for auditions and in class, all from recently produced plays. The selections include monologues from plays by both well-known playwrights such as Don Nigro, Saviana Stanescu, and Len Jenkin and future stars such as Lia Romeo, Steven Hayet, Lori Fischer, Will Arbery, and Carey Crim. There are terrific comic and dramatic pieces, and all represent the best of contemporary playwriting. This collection is an invaluable resource for aspiring actors hoping to ace their auditions and impress directors and teachers with contemporary pieces.
