Acting Natural: Monologs, Dialogs, and Playlets for Teens [Paperback]

Peg Kehret (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1992

Require no sets, props or costumes. Monologues: 7 for women, 9 for men, and 4 optional. Dialogues: 12 woman/woman and 8 man/man. Playlets: 20 with various cast.

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Amazon.com Review

Short-length scripts expressing the honest feelings of teenagers - their joys and their problems. Subjects include the environment, diets, babysitting, self-image, drunk driving, teenage sex and more - all treated with humor, warmth and realism. Most roles may be played by either male or female performers. May be staged with no special sets, props or costumes. Ideal for speech and drama classrooms, variety shows and forensic competitions.

From School Library Journal

Grade 6-12 --A wide range of topics is addressed in this sourcebook of 60 original scenes and monologues, including single-parent families, drinking, emerging and dissolving friendships, pregnancy, and self-image. Kehret, however, tends to present and resolve these genuine adolescent concerns in a series of neat little packages, turning away from her subjects just short of their harsher truths. This inclination may be the result of enforcing the theater's traditional rule of closure on relatively brief pieces. Still, one must wonder if it wouldn't be more valuable, for performers and audiences alike, if form were permitted to slip a bit, so that unpolished verity might steal through. --Dianne G. Mahony, The Harvey School, Katonah, NY
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Product Details

• Paperback: 219 pages
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing (February 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916260844
• ISBN-13: 978-0916260842
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,139,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've published 45 books; all but two are for children. I wrote magazine articles, short stories, and plays for many years before I discovered that what I like best is to write books for kids.
When I was twelve, I was paralyzed with polio. I made almost a full recovery but I remember that time of my life so clearly that it's easy for me to write from the viewpoint of a twelve or thirteen-year-old.
I'm always thrilled when one of my books wins a state young reader award, because I know those awards are voted on by children.
I am a widow who was married for 48 years. I have two grown children and four grandchildren. I live on a small wildlife sanctuary near Mt. Rainier National Park and I often have deer and elk in my yard.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent arrangement for teens to pick from., May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Acting Natural: Monologs, Dialogs, and Playlets for Teens (Paperback)

I am a Theater Arts teacher and I have trouble finding material that my students can relate to, but when I stumbled upon this book, I was amazed at how well my kids could perform with this material. It just clicked with them!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something for Everyone, June 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Acting Natural: Monologs, Dialogs, and Playlets for Teens (Paperback)

Excellent source! As a drama director for a Girl Scout theater group, it's often difficult to locate material that appeals to pre-teen to teen aspiring actors. This book is full of great scripts that kids really relate to and enjoy presenting. I recommend that all teachers, drama instructors and youth leaders put this book at the top of the pile.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars acting natural, September 15, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Acting Natural: Monologs, Dialogs, and Playlets for Teens (Paperback)

awsome book! Great for acting in plays, or speech team. I haven't bought it, but i'v read it. hoping to buy it now on amazon. A+++++ book. some are funny scripts, others more not as funny, some are both!