Great Monologues for Young Actors, Vol. 2
Title | Great Monologues for Young Actors, Vol. 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Slaight |
Publisher | Crossroad Press |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2017-09-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
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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
The Actor's Book of Movie Monologues
Title | The Actor's Book of Movie Monologues PDF eBook |
Author | Marisa Smith |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1986-12-02 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780140094756 |
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.
Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors
Title | Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Schulman |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1998-09-15 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780312966546 |
Over 80 scenes and monologues from the finest plays of all time.
Best Contemporary Monologues for Men 18-35
Title | Best Contemporary Monologues for Men 18-35 PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Harbison |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2014-11-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1495013588 |
(Applause Acting Series). Lawrence Harbison has selected 100 terrific monologues for men from contemporary plays, all by characters between the ages of 18 and 35 perfect for auditions or class. There are comic monologues (laughs) and dramatic monologues (no laughs). Most have a compelling present-tense action for actors to perform. A few are story monologues and they're great stories. Actors will find pieces by star playwrights such as Don Nigro, Itamar Moses, Stephen Adly Guirgis, and Terence McNally; by exciting up-and-comers such as Nicole Pandolfo, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Crystal Skillman, Greg Kalleres, Reina Hardy, and J. Thalia Cunningham; and information on getting the complete text of each play. This is a must-have resource in the arsenal of every aspiring actor hoping to knock 'em dead with his contemporary piece after bowling over teachers and casting directors alike with a classical excerpt.
Great Scenes and Monologues for Children
Title | Great Scenes and Monologues for Children PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Slaight |
Publisher | Smith & Kraus |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9781880399156 |
Presents a collection of monologues and scenes from familiar plays and books for young actors to perform.
Great Monologues
Title | Great Monologues PDF eBook |
Author | Glenn Alterman |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2023-02-21 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1621538060 |
A must-have resource for aspiring actors: both monologues to audition with and a step-by-step guide on the best monologue audition preparation! Great Monologues: And How to Give Winning Auditions is primarily for actors looking for excellent acting monologues for their monologue auditions. There are original monologues written specifically for auditions, as well as monologues from award-winning playwright Glenn Alterman’s plays. There are comedic, dramatic, and serio-comedic monologues for all audition calls. Great Monologues also offers a step-by-step process to prepare for all monologue auditions. The monologues offered run from one minute to five minutes, thus covering all audition times. There are also a number of in-depth interviews with major casting directors, directors, and theatre company artistic directors. If you are an aspiring actor in need of an audition monologue, or want the best advice on how to properly audition with a monologue, Great Monologues: And How to Give Winning Auditions is a must-have in your collection! Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Monologues for Latino/a Actors
Title | Monologues for Latino/a Actors PDF eBook |
Author | Jason Davids Scott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Acting |
ISBN | 9781575258850 |
This book is organized a little differently than most published collections of monologues. Each chapter is arranged in several sections: About the Playwright List of Plays Playwright Information Performing the Monologues The Monologues