Contemporary American Monologues for Men

by London, Todd

• ISBN13: 9781559361347
• ISBN10: 1559361344
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group

Summary

Audition monologues from recent works by American playwrights.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi	(2)
An Actor Chooses: An Interview with Daniel Swee	xiii
I. "I was just thinking about my father."	1	(10)
Balton. The Film Society, Jon Robin Baitz	3	(1)
Hector, Roosters, Milcha Sanchez-Scott	4	(1)
Mitchell, The Loman Family Picnic, Donald Margulies	5	(1)
Javier, The House of Roman Iglesia, Jose Rivera	6	(1)
Jonathan, Sight Unseen, Donald Margulies	7	(1)
George, Losing Father's Body, Constance Congdon	8	(3)
II. "A man who loves his work"	11	(14)
Mr. Sergeant Smith, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Suzan-Lori Parks	13	(1)
Mr. Sergeant Smith, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Suzan-Lori Parks	14	(1)
Hoyle, Three Hotels, Jon Robin Baitz	15	(2)
Drinking in America, Eric Bogosian	17	(1)
Gallo, Roosters, Milcha Sanchez-Scott	18	(1)
Young Roy, No Mercy, Constance Congdon	19	(1)
Sebastian, Raised in Captivity, Nicky Silver	20	(2)
Andre, Coastal Disturbances, Tina Howe	22	(3)
III. "I'm dying, that's what's wrong"	25	(8)
Swimming to Cambodia, Spalding Gray	27	(1)
Saul, As Is, William M. Hoffman	28	(1)
Herbie, The Loman Family Picnic, Donald Margulies	29	(1)
Herbie, The Loman Family Picnic, Donald Margulies	30	(3)
IV. "Description of the so-called Venus"	33	(12)
The Baron Docteur, Venus, Suzan-Lori Parks	35	(2)
The Negro Resurrectionist, Venus, Suzan-Lori Parks	37	(1)
Leo, Coastal Disturbances, Tina Howe	38	(2)
Bobo, Casanova, Constance Congdon	40	(1)
Bobo, Casanova, Constance Congdon	41	(2)
Anibal, Cloud Tectonics, Jose Rivera	43	(2)
V. "My shit's intense"	45	(8)
Pounding Nails in the Floor....Eric Bogosian	47	(1)
Philip, Free Will & Wanton Lust, Nicky Silver	48	(2)
President, Symphony of Rats, Richard Foreman	50	(1)
Bishop, Fat Men in Skirts, Nicky Silver	51	(2)
VI. "I thought of killing people"	53	(14)
Mark, Still Life, Emily Mann	55	(1)
Mark, Still Life, Emily Mann	56	(2)
Sam Byck, Assassins, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman	58	(1)
Nobu, The Wash, Philip Kan Gotanda	59	(1)
Otto, The Food Chain, Nicky Silver	60	(1)
Pounding Nails in the Floor.... Eric Bogosian	61	(2)
Orlando, The Conduct of Life, Maria Irene Fornes	63	(1)
Baz, A Bright Room Called Day, Tony Kushner	64	(3)
VII. "God's lightning opens up the ground"	67	(8)
Preacher Oedipus, The Gospel at Colonus, Lee Breuer	69	(1)
Sam, Traveler in the Dark, Marsha Norman	70	(2)
Mack, White Water, John Jesurun	72	(3)
VIII. "We are the master race"	75	(8)
Young Man, Greensboro, Emily Mann	77	(1)
Klansman, Greensboro, Emily Mann	78	(1)
Storyteller, Pacific Overtures, Stephen Sondheim, John Weidman and Hugh Wheeler	79	(1)
Goering, 2, Romulus Linney	80	(3)
IX. WOMBmanWARs	83	(6)
Reverend, WOMBmanWARs, Judith Alexa Jackson	85	(1)
Nick, Sight Unseen, Donald Margulies	86	(1)
Man, Hot `N' Throbbing, Paula Vogel	87	(2)
X. "Thuh children"	89	(12)
Ham, The Death of the Last Black Man....Suzan-Lori Parks	91	(2)
Buck, Buck, Ronald Ribman	93	(1)
Danny, WOMBmanWARs, Judith Alexa Jackson	94	(1)
Swimming to Cambodia, Spalding Gray	95	(2)
Peck, How I Learned to Drive, Paula Vogel	97	(4)
XI. "Nothing left but to run"	101	(6)
Michael, Drinks Before Dinner, E.L. Doctorow	103	(1)
Shimmer, John O'Keefe	104	(3)
XII. "Will the past release us?"	107	(8)
Aleksii Antedilluvianovich Prelapsarianov, Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika, Tony Kushner	109	(1)
Byron, Childe Byron, Romulus Linney	110	(1)
Byron, Childe Byron, Romulus Linney	111	(2)
Character 8, Jack, David Greenspan	113	(2)
XIII. "Now tell me what it means"	115	(10)
Stewie, The Loman Family Picnic, Donald Margulies	117	(1)
Will, What did He See?, Richard Foreman	118	(2)
Teddy, Sleep Deprivation Chamber, Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy	120	(1)
Oscar, The Modern Ladies of Guanabacoa, Eduardo Machado	121	(1)
Senator Out-to-Lunch, WOMBmanWARs, Judith Alexa Jackson	122	(3)
XIV. "It's time we go our separate ways"	125	(6)
Max, The Model Apartment, Donald Margulies	127	(1)
Isaac, The Substance of Fire, Jon Robin Baitz	128	(1)
Martin, The Substance of Fire, Jon Robin Baitz	129	(1)
Walter, Full Moon, Reynolds Price	130	(1)
XV. "I choose not to be inconsolable"	131	(6)
Joel, Drinks Before Dinner, E.L. Doctorow	133	(1)
Fox, The Film Society, Jon Robin Baitz	134	(1)
Nissim, Christmas on Mars, Harry Kondoleon	135	(2)
Further Reading	137