| Description |
xv, 271 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
The Applause acting series
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Applause acting series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270). |
| Contents |
Are you ready? / David Auburn -- At the vanishing point / Naomi Iizuka -- Bad dates / Theresa Rebeck -- Beginning of August / Tom Donaghy -- Boys and girls / Tom Donaghy -- Boxing it / Christine Emmert -- Bunny's last night in limbo / Peter Petralia -- Committee / Brian Dykstra -- Communicating through the sunset / Kerri Kochanski -- Dance / Lenning A Davis Jr. -- Dead city / Sheila Callaghan -- Dianalogues / Laurel Haines -- Dog assassin / Stephen A. Schrum -- Dog my cats, or the stalker play / Gaylord Brewer -- Dottie / Staci Swedeen -- Elephant / Margie Stokley -- Empty stage / Murray Schisgal -- Enter the night / Maria Irene Fornes -- Fabulation, or the re-education of Undine / Lynn Nottage -- Face in the mirror / Phil Zwerling -- Fat pig / Neil LaBute -- Feather / Claudia Barnett -- Fit for feet / Jordan Harrison -- A Friday night Trans-Am ride / Andrea Moon -- Gem of the oceam / August Wilson -- Ghost moments / Randy Wyatt -- Golda's balcony / William Gibson -- Halo / Ken Urban -- Heartbreaker / John Meyer -- Highwayman / Julia Jarcho -- House arrest / Anna Deavere Smith -- Hypocrites and strippers / Kim Yaged -- Intelligent design of Jenny Chow / Rolin Jones -- Jesus hopped the A train / Stephen Adly Guirgis -- Johnny behind the deuce / Lydia Lunch -- Kalighat / Paul Knox -- Kawaisoo (The pity of things) / Jason Grote -- Kid-simple / Jordan Harrison -- Language of kisses / Edmund De Santis -- Let it go / Crystal Field -- Lola's vision / Stephen Fife -- Lost and found / Dori Appel -- Lot's daughters / Rebecca Basham -- Ludicrous trial of Mr. P / Susan Yankowitz -- Margo Veil: an entertainment / Len Jenkin -- Mercy seat / Neil LaBute -- Message from the driver / Katie Bull -- Miss Witherspoon / Christopher Durang -- Mother to son / Winter Miller -- New York / David Rimmer -- Night train to Bolina / Nilo Cruz -- Orange flower water / Craig Wright -- Orange lemon egg canary / Rinne Groff -- Our son's wedding / Donna de Matteo -- Problem play / Thomas McCormack -- Prophecy / Karen Malpede -- Read the goddamn poem / Anne Elliott -- Real pornography / Lydia Lunch -- Rebirth / Lisa Soland -- Rock the line / Kathleen Warnock -- Sans-culottes in the promised land / Kirsten Greenidge -- Scenes from an unfinished life / Leigh Kennicott -- Second / Neal Utterback -- Secret of life / David Simpatico -- Separation anxiety / June Rifkin -- Silence / Brian Dykstra -- Six that fell / Laura Henry -- Small domestic acts / Joan Lipkin -- Some girl(s) / Neil LaBute -- Songs of the dragons flying to heaven / Young Jean Lee -- Soul healing / Bob Shuman -- Souvenir / Stephen Temperley -- Spine / Jessie Mc Cormack -- String fever / Jacquelyn Reingold -- Teotwawki / Jo J. Adamson -- Train story / Adam Rapp -- The 29 questions project / Hillary Rollins -- A visit to the archive / Holly Hughes -- Waiting / Lisa Soland -- War of nerves / Stephen Fife -- When Grace comes in / Heather McDonald -- White Russian / Joseph Goodrich -- Yemaya's belly / Quiara Alegria Hudes -- Yit, ngay (one, two) / Michael Lew. |
| Summary |
" Three editors, each associated with theatre, collaborated on this book of monologues for actresses. What they discovered, besides bravura pieces for auditions, acting classes, and study, was the pulse of the millennial theatrical scene. A follow-up to the popular previous edition from the 1990s, One on One: The Best Women's Monologues for the 21st Century includes the work of over 70 playwrights, spotlighting the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional, and experimental writings since 2000. A special introduction also explains how to choose, practice, and perform a speech for auditions. Comic or serious or both the monologues are written for young, old, and multicultural players by famous names and up-and-coming talent. Anna Deavere Smith records abuse in "real" relationships ( House Arrest ); August Wilson relates trials of those who survived coming to America and those who did not ( Gem of the Ocean ); and William Gibson recreates the dark, fledgling days of Israel ( Golda's Balcony ). Additional works include Are You Ready? by David Auburn, Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck, The Committee by Brian Dykstra, and many others. |
| Provenance |
Gift from the Estate of Professor Rebecca Basham. |
| Subject |
Monologues.
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Monologues. |
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Acting.
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Acting. |
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Drama -- 21st century.
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Drama. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Added Author |
Henry, Joyce E.
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Jaroff, Rebecca Dunn.
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Shuman, Bob.
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| Added Title |
Best women's monologues for the twenty-first century |
| ISBN |
1557837007 |
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9781557837004 |
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