Contains thirty original monologues for performance by teenage boys and girls, based upon contemporary themes such as school, the environment, social life, and violence.

From back cover, "Because a monologue comes from a great play it doesn't necessarily follow that it's a great monologue for you. The writing may be fine and literary but, from an actor's standpoint, there are other considerations. A great monologue for you is one which showcases you, lends itself best to your interpretation, makes auditors, instructors, and casting directors sit up and say, "Wow!". More often than not, monologues lifted from plays are, because they're lifted from plays - totally out of contextl They don't make a heck of a lot of sense unless delivered in relation to the total piece. Or unless you devote a great portion of your valuable, allotted time to exposition. A monologue pulled from a play is an abstract thing and usually, therefore, has no point of reference, no point o view, no beginin, middle and end, and is of an unspecified duration. Dramaline monologues, on the other hand, are of ideal durations, embrace contemporary subjects, have definite points of view, are written in today's speech, and have beginnings, middles, and ends. And they're not over-worked war-horses. They are fresh slices of modern life that will focus maximum attention on you. And they are presented in larger, readable type and spacing. They are also printed on non-glare, eye-easy paper. Every consideration has been taken to make Dramaline books easy on the actor, to make them readily usable, effective tools. The accent is on you!"

New, fresh, contemporary speeches for men and women.

A reference for high school theatre teachers covering both curricular and extracurricular problems – everything from how to craft a syllabus for a theatre class to what to say to parents about a student's participation in a school play.

It's 1909 and the shirtwaist industry in New York is making profits of $50 million. But the young girls who work in the factories earn barely enough to live on, and their working conditions are brutal. When their pleas for help are rejected by the male-dominated union, the young girls who work at Johannsen's Shirtwaist Factory band together to fight for a better life. They endure beatings, starvation, and even prison but ultimately prevail ... This play is based on real people and actual events.