HCCC Libraries: Theatre & Acting: Monologues & Plays

The Best 10-minute Plays for Three or More Actors
The collection of 10-minute plays by American playwrights for 2009, The Best Ten-Minute

Plays of 2008 for 3 or More Actors is part of the essential 2-book set for producers looking

for high-quality plays and professors who need relevant and engaging material for their class work.
Best Black Plays : The Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting
Offers a reflection of the accomplishments of black playwrights and their importance in shaping

contemporary theater.
The Color of Desire [and] Hurricane : Two Plays
Nilo Cruz employs his signature poetic imagery and vivid language to tender and humorous effect

in this pair of his newest works.
Duo! : The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century
Applause BooksCulled from the work of over 100 playwrights and encompassing the seminal

issues of our time, this follow-up compendium is by turns comic and serious but always intensely

human. Pieces include scenes from August: Osage County , George & Martha , Intimate Apparel ,

Take Me Out , and Water Music .
Plays / Tennessee Williams
This book brings together in a matching format the plays of one of America's most influential and

innovative dramatists. Arranged in chronological order, this ongoing series includes the original

cast listings and production notes.
Shorter, faster, funnier : comic plays and monologues
Collects short plays and monologues covering the full spectrum of humor styles and includes selections

by emerging young writers as well as such major playwrights as David Ives, Christopher Durang, and

Mark O'Donnell.

Cover of Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors

60 seconds to shine. Volume 5, 101 original one-minute monologues for women ages 18-25
The Best Women's Stage Monologues
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.
One On One : The Best Men's Monologues for the 21st century
One on One challenges actors to explore the inner self, develop skill and artistry for auditions, and deliver

a knockout onstage performance. These monologues sometimes comic, sometimes serious, and often

both tackle issues ranging from race, class, gender, relationships and romance to coming of age, mortality,

9/11, and the Iraq war.
The Perfect Audition Monologue
Auditioning with a two-minute monologue is a skill unto itself, apart from an actor's abilities in rehearsal

and performance. In this concisely written guide, Alterman provides expert tips for choosing, editing, rehearsing,

and performing a compelling, age-appropriate audition monologue.

Monologues - Websites

Drama Online
Need a monologue for an audition? =Find monologues
Have a specific cast size or length of play in mind? =Find plays
Monologue Archive
An assortment of public domain monologues taken from classic plays organized by gender and type.
Play Database
"Find the script that fits." A database of plays with current content totaling: 12498 plays, 5653 writers, 356 monologues.

Theatre & Acting

Monologues - Websites

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