A collection featuring a set of 45 monologues each for men and women, excerpted from contemporary plays and specially geared for actors of colour. Roberta Uno has selected the monologues so that there is a wide-range of ethnicities included: African American, Native American, Latino and Asian American. Each monologue comes with an introduction on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor.
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Presently the best source for minority dramatic material in monologue form in publication, these two volumes [Women and Men] should be in every library used by students of the theater or actors.
–Choice, June 2000
–Choice, June 2000
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Big Butt Girls, Hard Headed Women "is a series of monologues based on the lives and times of real women who are incarcerated behind bars" it is "dedicated to the memory of Regina Brown, who was murdered in 1989 upon her third release from jail." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Charlie Parker, Mary Alice, Sweet Potato, Chin Moo, Fort Benton, Miss Harrington, Asian American, Gwan Gung, Luisa Leschin, Puerto Rican New!
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Big Butt Girls, Hard Headed Women "is a series of monologues based on the lives and times of real women who are incarcerated behind bars" it is "dedicated to the memory of Regina Brown, who was murdered in 1989 upon her third release from jail." Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Charlie Parker, Mary Alice, Sweet Potato, Chin Moo, Fort Benton, Miss Harrington, Asian American, Gwan Gung, Luisa Leschin, Puerto Rican New!
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- Contemporary Plays by Women of Color: An Anthology by Kathy A. Perkins in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Contemporary Black Drama: From "a Raisin in the Sun" to "No Place to Be Somebody". by Clinton F. Oliver in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fish Head Soup and Other Plays by Philip Kan Gotanda in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Flyin' West (Dramatists Play Service) by Pearl Cleage on page 41, and Back Matter
- Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play by James Baldwin on page 3, and Back Matter
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