| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 145 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Audition monologues selected from plays first published in American theatre magazine since 1985. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Be specific: the actor's approach to the monologue / an interview with Bartlett Sher -- "Was I wrong to side with the living?". Angel, Marisol / José Rivera -- Susannah, A question of mercy / David Rabe -- Miss Evers, Miss evers' boys / David Feldshuh -- Phebe, The darker face of the Earth / Rita Dove -- "I have to do penance". Marion, Abingdon Square / Maria Irene Fornes -- Judith, An American daughter / Wendy Wasserstein -- Alexis, The gimmick / Dael Orlandersmith -- "My babies!". Bette, The marriage of Bette and Boo / Christopher Durang -- Bette, The marriage of Bette and Boo / Christopher Durang -- Dessa, Tongue of a bird / Ellen McLaughlin -- Dess, Tongue of a bird / Ellen McLaughlin -- Halie, Buried child / Sam Shepard -- Normal, The colored museum / George C. Wolfe -- "Happier ever after...". Wanda, The waiting room / Lisa Loomer -- Wanda, The waiting room / Lisa Loomer -- Hester, La Negrita, In the blood / Suzan-Lori Parks -- Rachel, Reckless / Craig Lucas -- Rachel, Reckless / Craig Lucas -- "You will remember this". Maxine, Tongue of a bird / Ellen McLaughlin -- A, Three tall women / Edward Albee -- Claire, Fuddy Meers / David Lindsay-Abaire -- Roma, August snow / Reynolds Price -- Taw, August snow / Reynolds Price -- Sky, The monogamist / Christopher Kyle -- "I crossed the line". The welfare, In the blood / Suzan-Lori Parks -- Suzie, Silence, cunning, exile / Stuart Greenman -- Barbara, Three hotels / Jon Robin Baitz -- "Do you know who I am?". Callie, Stop kiss / Diana Son -- Miss Pat, The colored museum / George C. Wolfe -- Topsy, The colored museum / George C. Wolfe -- Shelly, Buried child / Sam Shepard -- Pooty, Reckless / Craig Lucas -- Jolene, They day room / Don DeLillo -- "It's my fate, do you see? This love". Masha, The three sisters / Anton Chekhov, adapted by David Mamet -- Yachiyo, Ballad of Yachiyo / Philip Kan Gotanda -- Lee, The chemistry of change / Marlane Meyer -- Mom, Lloyd's prayer / Kevin Kling -- Genevieve, August snow / Reynolds Price -- "Art was not a part of our lives". Bob's Mom, Bobrauschenbergamerica / Charles L. Mee -- Marie, Search and destroy / Howard Korder -- Alexis, The gimmick / Dael Orlandersmith -- Alexis, The gimmick / Dael Orlandersmith -- "There's bad blood between us...". Myrna, The Mineola twins / Paula Vogel -- Mrs. Siezmagraff, Betty's summer vacation / Christopher Durang -- Nan, Three days of rain / Richard Greenberg -- "The ones who crossed the ocean...". Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, Angels in America, part one: millennium approaches / Tony Kushner -- Zofia, Tongue of a bird / Ellen McLaughlin -- Anka, Hunting cockroaches / Janusz Glowacki -- "Yes, you are, he said; you're that kind of girl". C, Three tall women / Edward Albee -- Suzanne, Picasso at the lapin agile / Steve Martin -- Chata, Roosters / Milcha Sanchez-Scott -- "Aren't human beings the saddes people you ever met?". Dora, The swan / Elizabeth Egloff -- Dora, The swan / Elizabeth Egloff -- Harper, Angels in America, part one: millennium approaches / Tony Kushner -- Corlis, The chemistry of change / Marlane Meyer -- Bessie, Marvin's room / Scott McPherson -- Linda, Talk radio / Eric Bogosian -- Denise, Talk radio / Eric Bogosian -- Blonde, The incredibly famous Willy Rivers / Stephen Metcalfe -- "The happiest moment of all?". A, Three tall women / Edward Albee -- Emma, Pterodactyls / Nicky Silver -- Betty, Betty's summer vacation / Christopher Durang -- Marisol, Marisol / José Rivera -- Further reading. |
| Subject |
Monologues.
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Acting -- Auditions.
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American drama -- 20th century.
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Women -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Coen, Stephanie.
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| Added Title |
American theatre magazine.
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| ISBN |
1559361980 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781559361989 paperback alkaline paper |
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