"Great Monologues: And How to Give Winning Auditions is primarily for actors looking for excellent acting monologues for their monologue auditions. There are original monologues written specifically for auditions, as well as monologues from award-winning playwright Glenn Alterman's plays. There are comedic, dramatic, and serio-comedic monologues for all audition calls. Great Monologues also offers a step-by-step process to prepare for all monologue...

"Veteran character actor David Dean Bottrell draws on his 35+ tumultuous years of work in the entertainment industry to offer a guide to breaking in, making a living, and making a life in the fabulous trenches of show business. In Working Actor, Bottrell offers a how-to manual jammed with practical information and insider advice, essential reading for any artist (aspiring or established) in need of insight or inspiration. Mixing prescriptive advice...

" ... In Performance is intended for young people who are auditioning for both undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional productions and industry meetings. Featured are dynamic monologues from contemporary stage plays of the past fifteen years. Along with covering the basics of how to match the best monologue to the actor and how to approach the rehearsal and performance of the piece, the book provides a synopsis of each play, a...

Declan Donnellan's fresh and radical approach to acting takes a scalpel to the heart of actor's persistent fears from ... "I don't know what I'm doing" through "I don't know who I am" to "I don't know what I'm playing."--Publisher's description.

Following up on 2008's best-selling first volumes, this book and its companion volume showcase selected monologues from some of the very best contemporary plays. Includes work by Mojisola Adebayo, Richard Bean, Lee Blessing, Will Eno, Judith Thompson, Laura Wade, and Arnold Wesker, with all pieces organized into age-specific groupings.