The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2005 [Paperback]

D. L. Lepidus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1575254298 | ISBN-13: 978-1575254296

The plays and playwrights represented in the 2005 annuals include:
Animal, Kevin Augustine
Anna in the Tropics, Nilo Cruz
Bad Blood, Richard Stockwell
A Bad Friend, Jules Feiffer
Billy and Dago, Charles Evered
Bluff, Jeffrey Sweet
Boise (2), David Folwell
Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup, Alan Haehnel
The Clawfoot Interviews, Werner Trieschmann
Crashing the Gate, Frederick Stroppel
Den of Thieves (3), Stephen Adly Guirgis
Duty Honor Country, Stephen Bittrich
Ears on a Beatle (2), Mark St. Germain
Elephant, Margie Stokley
Eloise & Ray (2), Stephanie Fleischmann
The Exonerated, Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Expecting Isabel, Lisa Loomer
Fabulation; or, the Re-Education of Undine (2), Lynn Nottage
Flags, Jane Martin
The Gifted Program, Ruben Carbajal
Harvest Time, Frederick Stroppel
Hazzard County (2), Allison Moore
Kalighat, Paul Knox
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (4), Stephen Adly Guirgis
The Learning Curve, Rogelio Martinez
The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild, Greg Owens
Luminescence Dating (3), Carey Perloff
Maggie May, Tom O’Brien
Mick Just Shrugs (2), Brian Dykstra
The Moonlight Room, Tristine Skyler
A Nervous Smile, John Belluso
The People vs. Spam, Jonathan Rand
Platonov! Platonov! Platonov!, Eric Michael Kochmer
Portraits, Jonathan Bell
Pure Confidence, Carlyle Brown
Small Tragedy (2), Craig Lucas
The Taxi Cabaret (2), Peter Mills
Texas Homos (3), Jan Buttram
To Moscow!, Jeanmarie Williams
Tumor, Sheila Callaghan
Twentieth Century, Adapted by Ken Ludwig from the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
The Violet Hour, Richard Greenberg
What the Night Is For, Michael Weller

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

D.L. LEPIDUS is a freelance critic and editor who has covered the New York theater scene for more than twenty-five years. Since 1993, his work has appeared in theater columns for Chelsea Clinton News and the Westsider.

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The monologues in this book have been culled from the best plays published or produced during the 2004â€"2005 theatrical season. Almost all are from published, readily available plays (see the Rights and Permissions pages at the back of the book for publisher contact information). Many of the monologues herein are by playwrights of considerable reputation, such as Nilo Cruz, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Lynn Nottage, Lisa Loomer, and Michael Weller. Others are by future stars, such as Stephanie Fleischmann, Ruben Carbajal, Allison Moore, Jeanmarie Williams, Jonathan Rand, and Sheila Callaghan. Most are monologues by characters under forty, although there are a few, from plays such as Ears on a Beatle, which may be useful to older actors. I made a conscientious effort this year to find some great monologues that will be of particular interest to teen actors, such as the ones from Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup, Eloise & Ray, The Gifted Program, and The Moonlight Room. In short, this is the best darn monologue book I could put together. I know you will find in it the perfect piece for your audition or class use; but if you want some more options, check out Smith and Kraus’ other fine monologue collections. Many thanks to the agents, authors, and publishers who have allowed me to include these wonderful pieces in this book.

â€" D. L. Lepidus

Product Details

• Paperback: 121 pages
• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575254298
• ISBN-13: 978-1575254296
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
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More About the Author

Ruben Carbajal spent the first nineteen years of his life praying to get out of his hometown of Racine, Wisconsin. He now lives in Jersey City, where he spends much of his time talking, thinking, and writing about Racine, Wisconsin.

His play THE GIFTED PROGRAM, a fine example of this hometown fixation, was developed at Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab, produced in New York to some acclaim and published by Dramatists Play Service in 2004. It has since been included in several best-of anthologies available here.

Other plays include SUBDIVISION, HOLD, PORTLAND, CAR & CARRIAGE COLLIDE, MOMENT BEFORE IMPACT and THE LAST READER OF BOOKS. His works have been presented by (to name a few) Gorilla Tango Theatre, Pipeline Theatre, Armstrong Atlantic University, St. Joseph's College, Pace University, Brooklyn College, 11:11 Theatre Company, Stage Shadows at the Museum of Television and Radio and The Bridge Theatre Company.

Ruben is the co-founder of the non-profit art collective OVO, a company that premiered several of his plays as well as the documentary THE WORLD'S BEST PROM. He has served as writer-in-residence at the Millay Colony and the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, where his first play, THE MAN WHO STOPPED was produced.

If you've made it this far, you might consider visiting www.rubencarbajal.net.

When Ruben isn't writing for dying art forms, he works as a freelance copywriter. He currently lives in the mouth of the Holland Tunnel with his wife and a furry son named Indiana Bones.