Monologues from The Last Frontier Theatre Conference

Monologues from The Last Frontier Theatre Conference

Author: Dawson Moore

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1585106968

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The book contains 64 monologues designed specifically for use in the audition process. These monologues were derived from the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, one of the longest running theater conferences of its kind, held every year in Valdez, Alaska from 2009 to 2012. The monologues are honed for freshness, length, and effect and are designed for actors who are taking an audition/monologue workshop. Also included are some tips on creating monologues by Last Frontier Director Dawson Moore and for acting with the monologues by actor and mentor, Laura Gardner, both of whom selected and edited the monologues. The monologues are catagorized by gender and sorted by age of the speaker.


The Best American Short Plays 2009-2010

The Best American Short Plays 2009-2010

Author: Barbara Parisi

Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema

Published: 2011-07-01

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1557839360

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(Applause Books). Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 70 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. As previous series editor Ramon Delgado wrote in his introduction to The Best American Short Plays of 1989 , the choice of entries for each edition has been based on the same goal: "to include a balance among three categories of playwrights: 1) established playwrights who continue to practice the art and craft of the short play, 2) emerging playwrights whose record of productions indicate both initial achievement and continuing artistic productivity, and 3) talented new playwrights whose work may not have had much exposure but evidences promise for the future." From its inception, The Best American Short Plays has identified new, cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams ( A Streetcar Named Desire ), Edward Albee ( Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ), Wendy Wasserstein ( The Heidi Chronicles ), David Mamet ( Glengarry Glen Ross ), and Horton Foote ( The Trip to Bountiful ). This volume is Barbara Parisi's fifth edition as series editor. The volumes of the new millennium include the work of playwrights Murray Schisgal, Adam Kraar, Theodore Mann, David Ives, and Mark Medoff, among others, and tackle complex human issues through diverse theatrical styles and a wide range of character perspectives.


Creating Your Own Monologue

Creating Your Own Monologue

Author: Glenn Alterman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2005-09-01

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1621531066

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In the second edition of this popular guide, actors learn to use their skills to write monologues, performance art pieces, and one-person plays. Updated to include exclusive interviews and tips on marketing, this guide helps actors create their own exciting performance opportunities and follow in the footsteps of Elaine Stritch, Billy Crystal, John Leguizamo, and other stunningly successful writer-performers of one-person shows. The author, an award-winning actor, breaks down the writing process into simple steps, coaching the reader through each stage of the creative journey.


Monologues for Men by Men

Monologues for Men by Men

Author: Gary Garrison

Publisher: Heinemann Drama

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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A collection of monologues about what men are thinking in the new millennium and how they're putting those thoughts and feelings into theatrical expression.


One Minute Plays

One Minute Plays

Author: Steve Ansell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-02-03

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 1317199561

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Can you really write a play that lasts a minute? The one minute play offers a unique challenge to actors, directors and writers: how do you create a whole world, where actors have room to perform and where audiences have a true experience all in 60 seconds? One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre demystifies the super-short-form play, demonstrating that this rich, accessible format offers great energy and variety not only to audiences but to everyone involved in its creation and performance. This handbook includes: An anthology of 200 one-minute plays selected from the annual Gone in 60 Seconds festival. A toolbox of exercises, methodologies and techniques for educators, practitioners and workshop leaders at all levels. Tips and advice on the demands of storytelling, inclusivity and creative challenges. Detailed practical information about creating your own minute festival, including play selection, running order, staging and marketing. Drawing on a wealth of experience, Steve Ansell and Rose Burnett Bonczek present an invaluable guide for anyone intrigued by the art of creating, producing and performing a one minute play.


The Playwrights' Center Monologues for Men

The Playwrights' Center Monologues for Men

Author: Kristen Gandrow

Publisher: Heinemann Drama

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13:

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The work in The Playwrights' Center Monologues for Men is finely crafted, entertaining, often poignant, and features the best playwriting in present-day American theater.


New Monologues for Women by Women

New Monologues for Women by Women

Author: Tori Haring-Smith

Publisher: Drama

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Editors Tori Haring-Smith and Liz Engelman present fifty-nine previously unpublished monologues written by some of the most inspiring and exciting women now emerging onto the international stage


Trash

Trash

Author: Arthur M. Jolly

Publisher: Next Stage Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13:

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TRASH is a full length play for two women. It takes place entirely in a dump - a municipal landfill, where two estranged sisters have come to look for a letter fro, their mother. They've come from their mother's funeral - the first time they've seen each other in years, and as they dig through the literal and metaphorical trash heap, they get further and further into their complicated relationship - and with the lives they led under the shadow of a domineering mother who still controls and influences them even after her death.


Edward Albee

Edward Albee

Author: Phyllis T. Dircks

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-03-10

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 0786456590

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This work covers the canon of playwright Edward Albee, perhaps best known as the author of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Comprehensive entries detail the plays and major characters. Other features include biographical information and insights into Albee's artistic beliefs, his understanding of the playwright's responsibility, the importance of music in drama, and the technical craft of writing plays.


The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Presents

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Presents

Author: Gary Garrison

Publisher: Back Stage Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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• Foreword by Neil La Buteplusthe Kennedy Center imprimatur • KCACTF involves more than 18,000 college students annually—and they all need a copy of this book • KCACTF plays are staged at state, regional, and national competitions, all heavily attended • Exciting new material for theater producers, playwrights, aspiring playwrights, and drama students at every level Since 1969, the American College Theater Festival has recognized the finest work produced in college and university drama programs through state, regional, and national festivals around the country. At last, many recent competition winners have been gathered into one volume, an anthology of the work the Kennedy Center judges to be the best from our young dramatists. Entertaining, challenging, and sometimes startling, these plays introduce readers to the emerging playwrights who are sure to be the theater giants of tomorrow.