Somewhere in this book is one or several perfect monologs or dialogs for your audition, Short cuttings from some of the very best plays in theatre yesterday and today. All selections are by leading international playwrights: Pinter, Goldsmith, lonesco, Marnet and many more. Powerful moments. Some soft and quiet. Others strident and commanding. The choices are many. The book explains how to find the right audition monolog for your voice, your face, your style, your stage persona. Valuable tips on how to develop your audition monolog for performance and how to build a systematic file of scenes for your personal working repertoire. Featuring scenes from: John Pielmeier's Agnes of God, Harold Pinter's Family Voices, G.B. Trudeau's Doonesbury, Eugene lonesco's Man with Bags, Larry Shue's The Nerd, David Mamet's The Hat and many, many more.

This latest volume in a series of short play anthologies compiled by Deb and Norman Bert provides roles for almost any mix of students in an acting class. The plays range in mood from serious and heavy to dark or satiric comedy to farce. The heart of the book includes fifteen scripts for two actors. Also included are five monologs and five three-character plays. The playwrights are icons of the American avante garde, writers who have contributed much to regional theatre over recent years. An excellent resource for classrooms and festival competition use. Four sections: Part 1: Scripts, Part 2: Securing Rights for Production, Part 3: Rehearsing the Play, Part 4: Book List.