American Theatre Book of Monologues for Men

by Coen, Stephanie

• ISBN13: 9781559361972
• ISBN10: 1559361972
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group

Summary

The best monologues from 15 years of American Theatre magazine plays. These monologue books present the best audition pieces for actors selected from over 80 plays first published in American Theatre magazine since 1985. The magazine has published many of the most important contemporary American plays over the last 15 years, including Angels in America, Three Tall Women, M. Butterfly, Talk Radio, The Baltimore Waltz, Buried Child, to name a few. Chosen by Stephanie Coen, the former managing editor of American Theatre, these books provide a remarkable array of styles and characters for use in auditions or scene study classes by male and female actors. Selected from the work of the following playwrights: Edward Albee, Jon Robin Baitz, Eric Bogosian, Pearl Cleage, Don DeLillo, Rita Dove, Christopher Durang, Horton Foote, Maria Irene Fornes, Athol Fugard, Vaclav Havel, Danny Hoch, David Henry Hwang, Moisegrave;s Kaufman, Tony Kushner, Craig Lucas, Emily Mann, Steve Martin, Reynolds Price, Dael Orlandersmith, David Rabe, Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Lanford Wilson and George C. Wolfe. Stephanie Coen is the former managing editor of American Theatre magazine. She is currently associated with the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, where she lives.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Be Specific: The Actor's Approach to the Monologue - An Interview with Bartlett Sher
"We were a Well-Established Family Once"	p. 1
Dodge, Buried Child	p. 3
Vince, Buried Child	p. 4
Walker, Three Days of Rain	p. 5
"It was Love. Always Love"	p. 9
Anthony, A Question of Mercy	p. 11
Chilli, In the Blood	p. 12
Craver, In the Heart of America	p. 14
Gallimard, M. Butterfly	p. 16
Porter, August Snow	p. 17
Pip, Three Days of Rain	p. 19
"Trying to Talk, Saying Good-Bye"	p. 21
Thomas, A Question of Mercy	p. 23
Lord Alfred Douglas, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde	p. 24
Oscar Wilde, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde	p. 26
Walter, Unfinished Stories	p. 28
"Once you Know you're Dead, why Keep on Dyin ..."	p. 31
Junie, The Colored Museum	p. 33
Lou, The Speed of Darkness	p. 35
Joe, The Speed of Darkness	p. 36
Joe, The Speed of Darkness	p. 38
"Some Sense of History"	p. 41
Todd, Pterodactyls	p. 43
The Foundling Father as Abraham Lincoln, The America Play	p. 45
The Foundling Father as Abraham Lincoln, The America Play	p. 48
T.J., Insurrection: Holding History	p. 49
Brodus, Miss Evers' Boys	p. 51
Vershinin, Three Sisters	p. 52
"Here I am, Talking to you about my Revolutionary Life"	p. 55
Pio, The Day You'll Love Me	p. 57
Ernesto, Principia Scriptoriae	p. 59
The Little Dutch Boy at Age 50, The Baltimore Waltz	p. 60
Jonesy, Side Man	p. 62
Swahili, I Am a Man	p. 63
Augustus, The Darker Face of the Earth	p. 64
"People Fall for Me, What they Think is Me"	p. 67
Neal, August Snow	p. 69
Baron, The Chemistry of Change	p. 70
Patrick, Zero Positive	p. 71
Roy, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches	p. 72
"People I Know are Dying"	p. 75
Jody, Lonely Planet	p. 77
Carl, Lonely Planet	p. 79
Carl, The Baltimore Waltz	p. 80
Captain John Graunt, The Living	p. 82
Captain John Graunt, The Living	p. 84
"The Point is Husband and Wife, Man and Woman, Adam and Rib"	p. 87
Father Donnally, The Marriage of Bette and Boo	p. 89
Chilli, In the Blood	p. 92
Pip, Three Days of Rain	p. 94
Nick, Sight Unseen	p. 96
Takamura, Ballad of Yachiyo	p. 97
"You Want to be Nice, or you Want to be Effective?"	p. 99
Roy, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches	p. 101
Hoyle, Three Hotels	p. 102
Barry, Talk Radio	p. 104
Judge, Santos & Santos	p. 106
"I am a Man of the People ..."	p. 109
The Doctor, In the Blood	p. 111
Reverend D., In the Blood	p. 113
Lou, The Speed of Darkness	p. 115
"The Most Precious Asset in Life ... is the Ability to be a Good Son"	p. 119
Roy, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches	p. 121
Jonathan, Sight Unseen	p. 123
Bob, Lloyd's Prayer	p. 124
"A Father's Love is a Fairly Spectacular Thing"	p. 127
Samuel, An Almost Holy Picture	p. 129
Samuel, An Almost Holy Picture	p. 130
Hector, Roosters	p. 132
Lloyd, Lloyd's Prayer	p. 133
Will, The Young Man from Atlanta	p. 135
"You Ever Killed Anybody? Ever Want to?"	p. 137
Prisoner, The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers	p. 139
Boxler, In the Heart of America	p. 140
Golf Club, Marisol	p. 141
Ron, Search and Destroy	p. 142
Gallo, Roosters	p. 144
"What is it that Makes a Man Feel Sorry?"	p. 145
Martinus, Playland	p. 147
Gideon, Playland	p. 149
Bob, the Pizza Boy, Bobrauschenbergamerica	p. 151
Lunga, Middle Finger	p. 153
Further Reading	p. 155
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