| Description |
xi, 168 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
The Applause acting series
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Applause acting series.
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| Summary |
Renowned editor Lawrence Harbison brings together approximately one hundred never-before-published men's monologues for actors to use for auditions and in class, all from recently produced plays. The selections include monologues from plays by both well-known playwrights such as Don Nigro, Theresa Rebeck, Rob Ackerman, Len Jenkin, Stephen Belber, and Tim Blake Nelson, and future stars such as David MacGregor, Reina Hardy, Chris Daftsios, Frank Basloe, and Will Arbery. There are terrific comic and dramatic pieces, and all represent the best of contemporary playwriting. This collection is an invaluable resource for aspiring actors hoping to ace their auditions and impress directors and teachers with contemporary pieces. |
| Contents |
Ain't no mo' [excerpt] / by Jordan E. Cooper -- American deal [excerpt] / by Donna Hoke -- Apartment life [excerpt] / by Gerry Sheridan -- Auld lang syne [excerpt] / by Jack Neary -- Birthday getaway [excerpt] / by Dale Griffiths Stamos -- Blackest battle [2 excerpts] / by Psalmayene 24 -- Box step [excerpt] / by Seth Kramer -- Boy about ten [excerpt] / by Jon Tuttle -- Codger talk [excerpt] / by Lewis Gardner -- Communicating through the sunset [excerpt] / by Kerri Kochanski -- Devilman [excerpt] / by Adam Seidel -- Dontrell, who kissed the sea [3 excerpts] / by Nathan Alan Davis -- Dropping gumballs on Luke Wilson [excerpt] / by Rob Ackerman -- Everything is super great [3 excerpts] / by Stephen Brown -- Family by numbers [excerpt] / by Arianna Rose -- Fear [2 excerpts] / by Matt Williams -- Gentleman's pact [excerpt] / by Karen Howes -- Georgia Mertching is dead [excerpt] / by Catya McMullen -- Half court [4 excerpts] / by Brian Silberman -- Heal [excerpt] / by Aaron Posner -- Heroes of the fourth turning [2 excerpts] / by Will Arbery -- Hoboken [excerpt] / by Laura Rohrman -- How is it that we live [excerpt] / by Len Jenkin -- Huns [excerpt] / by Michael Ross Albert -- Imagining Madoff [excerpt] / by Deb Margolin -- Impossibility of now [excerpt] / by Y York -- Joan [excerpt] / by Stephen Belber -- Kill move paradise [excerpt] / by James Ijames -- Kodachrome [excerpt] / by Adam Szymkowicz -- Let there be love [excerpt] / by Mrinalini Kamath -- Lifespan of a fact [excerpt] / by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell ; based on the book by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal -- Lily [3 excerpts] / by Chris Daftsios -- Lincoln dress [excerpt] / by John P. McEneny -- Linda Vista [3 excerpts] / by Tracy Letts -- Magwitch the Magnificent and his mysterious theatre of cheese [excerpt] / by Don Nigro -- Maternal spirits [excerpt] / by James Caputo -- Meteor shower [excerpt] / by Steve Martin -- Nothing human [excerpt] / by Duncan Pflaster -- 1 1/2 steps, or, Nothing to say [3 excerpts] / by Nicholas Priore -- People where they are [2 excerpts] / by Anthony Clarevoe -- Phantasmagoria electromagnetica [4 excerpts] / by Don Nigro -- Plano [excerpt] / by Will Arbery -- Please continue [excerpt] / by Frank Basloe -- Prick perfect [excerpt] / by C.S. Hanson -- Reception [excerpt] / by Linda LaRocque -- Red ink [2 excerpts] / by Steven Leigh Morris -- Sabrina and the thunderbird [excerpt] / by Lindsay Partain -- Seared [excerpt] / by Theresa Rebeck -- Sherlock Holmes and the adventure of the fallen soufflé [excerpt] / by David MacGregor -- Socrates [2 excerpts] / by Tim Blake Nelson -- Soft animals [2 excerpts] / by Erin Mallon -- Someone's gotta be the dick [excerpt] / by Adam Kraar -- Something clean [excerpt] / by Selina Fillinger -- Stargazers [excerpt] / by Reina Hardy -- Surrealists [2 excerpts] / by Don Nigro -- That which isn't [3 excerpts] / by Matthew Freeman -- This tainted earth [excerpt] / by Adam Kraar -- Thunderbodies [excerpt] / by Kate Tarker -- Tiny houses [2 excerpts] / by Chelsea Marcantel -- Top load [excerpt] / by Jerrod Bogard -- Transwestern [excerpt] / by Erik Christian Hanson -- Trojan men [2 excerpts] / by Brenton C. Lengel -- Two truths and a lie [excerpt] / by Catherine Wiley -- Uncle Charlie sings [excerpt] / by Mark Harvey Levine -- Vienna blood [3 excerpts] / by Don Nigro -- Viking suicides [excerpt] / by George Sapio -- Waiting for Beckett [excerpt] / by Brenton C. Lengel -- Warm like the sun [excerpt] / by Ken Kaissar -- Williston [excerpt] / by Adam Seidel -- Wrecked [excerpt] / by Greg Kalleres. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Monologues, American -- 21st century.
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Monologues, American. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Monologues.
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Monologues. |
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Acting -- Auditions.
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Acting -- Auditions. |
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Men -- Drama.
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Men. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
monologues.
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Monologues (Drama)
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| Subject |
Men. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Added Author |
Harbison, Lawrence, editor, writer of introduction.
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| ISBN |
9781493053230 (paperback) |
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149305323X (paperback) |
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