Outstanding Stage Monologs and Scenes from the '90s: Professional Auditions for Student Actors (Paperback)

~ Steven H. Gale (Editor)

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Product Description

A collection of 40 selections from some of the most important contemporary plays and playwrights of the 1990s. The book reflects current trends where small theatre groups proliferate, women and minorities have a growing influence, and drama has become a truly international art form. Includes monologues, duets and four complete ten-minute plays.

About the Author

Steve H Gale, Editor

Product Details

• Paperback: 195 pages
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing; 1st edition (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566080584
• ISBN-13: 978-1566080583
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,272,053 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing special., September 12, 2003

By	hypersparkle (California, USA) - See all my reviews

First of all, I can't see how this book can come off saying it's for students. A big hunk of the monologues are NOT age appropriate. They're for older women, looking back on their lives. It is important to know your range - and I'm sorry, but college students just aren't in their 60s for the most part! We don't have the life experience to give honesty to these roles. Also, a huge chunk of the monologues for women are story telling, another thing you should try to avoid in monologues.

I do NOT recommend this book to any college women who are looking for something to use at auditions.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, February 14, 2003

By	"bluehairednerd" (Somewhere far, far away...) - See all my reviews

This book has everything you need to perform. Monologs (good ones, which are very hard to come by), duets, group scenes, EVERYTHING! All of them are either award winning plays or excerpts from them. Each different performance has an intro to it that gives information like: what the stage sould look like, what awards the play one, what other plays the playwright wrote and where the play was performed. The only problem is that the monologs are too short for the contests I enter. Does anyone know of any books that have 5 to 7 minute monologs? Thanks!