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Lawrence Harbison has selected 100 terrific monologues for women ä from contemporary plays all by characters between the ages of 18 and 35 ä perfect for auditions or class. There are comic monologues (laughs) and dramatic monologues (no laughs). Most have a compelling present-tense action for actors to perform. A few are story monologues ä and they're great stories. Actors will find pieces by star playwrights such as Don Nigro Itamar Moses Adam Bock and Jane Martin; by exciting up-and-comers such as Nicole Pandolfo Peter Sinn Nachtrieb Crystal Skillman Greg Kalleres and Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig; and information on getting the complete text of each play. This is a must-have resource in the arsenal of every aspiring actor hoping to knock 'em dead with her contemporary piece after bowling over teachers and casting directors alike with a classical excerpt.

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Ê5-Minute Plays for TeensÊ is the latest collection from veteran editor Lawrence Harbison a man who has...We know - we're already losing your attention. And that's okay! In keeping with the spirit of this book we'll give it to you in five.ÞÞ1.On any given day the average teen spends nine hours engaging with digital media. A fair chunk of that time is spent watching viral videos which run on average for about five minutes.ÞÞ2. Needless to say an average play runs far longer (and costs much more). Accordingly teens don't have the time (or money) for theater.ÞÞ3. Adolescence is an emotional roller coaster rife with laughs and melodrama reality and fantasy. Whatever a teen's mood bite-sized bits of online entertainment keep him/her covered.ÞÞ4. At long last the world of theater has caught up with the digital realm. Five-minute plays and festivals abound äÿyou can now plow through a full-fledged performance before your kids loses interestÞÞ5. Seems your children/students/kids suddenly do have time for theatre.ÞÞWhether you're a frustrated acting teacher struggling to retain your students' interest a performing arts counselor looking for an engaging exercise or a group of theater kids looking to screw around between sets Ê5-Minute Plays for TeensÊ shoehorns all the theater you need into the precise attention span you're granted. Why not give it a whirl?

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Inside these pages aspiring young performers will find 75 challenging monologues just right for kids. All of the pieces are about subjects appropriate for production in schools ä much of it serious and challenging ä which will interest child performers without offending administrators teachers or parents. Some are comical some are dramatic and some are seriocomic (a little bit of both). Most of the monologues are from plays and some are original pieces written especially for this book. Despite the listed age of each character these monologue can all be performed by kids of any age.ÞThe collection features wonderful monologues by some of our finest playwrights such as Don Nigro Cassandra Lewis Reina Hardy Kayla Cagan Jenny Lyn Bader Eric Coble Glenn Alterman Constance Congdon and Barbara Dana. It also highlights exciting up-and-comers such as Sharon Goldner Gabriel David Deanna Alisa Ableser Martha Patterson David Eliet Connie Schindewolf Mark Lambeck and Phoebe Farmer.

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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 Baslo 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.

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Renowned editor Larry Harbison brings together approximately one-hundred never-before-published women’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 and future stars, including Michael Ross Albert, Don Nigro, Daniel Damiano, Molly Goforth, Seth Svi Rosenfeld, Brian Dykstra, Michael A. Jones, Sam Graber, Penny Jackson, Christi Stewart-Brown, George Sapio, Sarah M. Chichester, Constance Congdon, Steven Hayet, and Ashlin Halfnight. There are terrific comic pieces (laughs) and terrific dramatic pieces (no laughs), 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.

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She Persisted: One Hundred Monologues from Plays by Women Over Forty is a collection of monologues from plays by members of Honor Roll!, an advocacy group of women over forty. About Honor Roll!:"Honor Roll! is an advocacy and action group of women+ playwrights over forty—and our allies—whose goal is our inclusion in theater. The term "women+" refers to a spectrum of gender identification that includes women, non-binary identifiers, and trans. We are the generation excluded at the outset of our careers because of sexism, now overlooked because of ageism. We celebrate diversity in theater, and work to call attention to the negative impact of age discrimination alongside gender, race, ethnicity, faith, socioeconomic status, disability, and sexual orientation in the American Theatre and beyond.""These women are in their forties and fifties and sixties, and they have been writing a long time, and they are at the height of their craft. These are tight, complex, nuanced pieces of writing, which no one has seen because for too long they weren't looking. These are important writers, and important plays." —Theresa Rebeck, from the introduction

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