Craig Slaight

Designed to explore the rich cultural diversity in dramatic literature.

Multicultural Scenes for Young Actors

Elizabeth E. Monteleone

Jennifer Esty

An index of over 500 plays for middle and high school students as well as a plot summary and information for each play including author, style, cast size, and leasing agent.

The Smith and Kraus Play Index for Young Actors Grades 6-12

Presents a collection of monologues and scenes for young actors to perform.

New Plays from A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory

Jack Sharrar

84 exciting selections for young actors ages 14-22 from the contemporary stage, the classical stage, and literature.

Great Monologues for Actors 3

Jack F. Sharrar

Offers 84 selections from classic and contemporary stage plays and other literature.

Great Monologues for Young Actors

As professional directors and teachers who work with young and adult actors at the Tony Award-Winning American Conservatory Theater, Slaight and Sharrar have years of experience helping actors uncover the dynamics of the monologue, as acting exercise and as audition material. Now in their impressive third volume of age-appropriate monologues, culled from plays by substantial playwrights from an international field, the editors have assembled an impressive collection to take the actor/director/teacher to new levels of sophistication and breadth. The volume's introduction is a concise guide to today's audition obstacles and how to overcome them. As in their other award-winning collections, Slaight and Sharrar have selected character speeches from the finest dramatic literature. In addition, they have included a special section on the use of the song lyric as an exciting and useful exercise in solo work. Some of the writers included are: Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Constance Congdon, Kia Corthron, Bob Dylan, Horton Foote, Timothy Mason, Sharman Macdonald, Lynn Nottage, Adam Rapp, George Bernard, Shaw Shakespeare, Sam Shepard, John M. Synge

Craig Slaight

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