Monologues from The Last Frontier Theatre Conference The Best of the 2009-2012 Monologue Workshop

by Moore, Dawson; Gardner, Laura

• ISBN13: 9781585106301
• ISBN10: 1585106305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-03-15
• Publisher: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.

Summary

The book contains 64 monologues designed specifically for use in the audition process. These monologues were derived from the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, one of the longest running theater conferences of its kind, held every year in Valdez, Alaska from 2009 to 2012.

The monologues are honed for freshness, length, and effect and are designed for actors who are taking an audition/monologue workshop. Also included are some tips on creating monologues by Last Frontier Director Dawson Moore and for acting with the monologues by actor and mentor, Laura Gardner, both of whom selected and edited the monologues. The monologues are catagorized by gender and sorted by age of the speaker.

Author Biography

Laura Gardner has been on the faculty of the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles for over 16 years. In addition to the LA studio she now teaches Foundation, scene study and Intensive Workshops at their satellite school in Australia. She has taught workshops all over the states and in the UK. A working actress as well, Laura has appeared on and off Broadway, in national tours, and in major regional theatres throughout the US and in the UK. Her extensive tv and film credits include The West Wing, Criminal Minds, Law and Order: LA, and My Name is Earl, where she recurred with her husband, Frank Collison. Dawson Moore lives in Valdez, Alaska, where he coordinates the Playwriting AFA program at Prince William Sound Community College. He has attended the Last Frontier Theatre Conference since 1995, taking over coordination in 2003.

Table of Contents

Monologues for Women Daniel Guyton\u2019s Where\u2019s Julie?    15 Jonathan Minton\u2019s The Monkey Virus of Mildred Valley    15 Amy Tofte\u2019s Roadmap of the Jilted Lover    Late teens to early 20s Judah Skoff\u2019s Circus    Teens to 20s Cody Goulder\u2019s The Halfway House    Early 20s Tom Moran\u2019s Boundary    Early 20s Ryan Buen\u2019s Now Boarding    22 Kate Mulley\u2019s The Tutor    27 David Clark\u2019s An Inexcusably Fantastic Theatrical Work…    20s Lillian DeRitter\u2019s Discourse    20s Jerry D. McDonnell\u2019s Back Home    20s Nicholas Walker Herbert\u2019s Coming Clean    20 to 30 Corey Ann Haydu\u2019s Caf\u00e9 Manhattan    mid to late 20s Rand Higbee\u2019s The Interview    20 to 30 Dennis Schebetta\u2019s Green Eyed Monster    20s to 30s Daniel Damiano\u2019s Maya    20 to 40 Antoinette Winstead\u2019s Refugee    34 George Sapio\u2019s Headstrong    36 Schatzie Schaefer\u2019s A Fabulous Coat    30s Scott Tobin\u2019s Struck    30s Kavelina Torres\u2019 Something In The Living Room    30 to 40 Kenneth L. Stilson\u2019s The Cow and the Milk    30s to 40s Ron Pullins\u2019 The Boss is Dead    35 to 55 Paul Brynner\u2019s Pivot Point    40s E.J.C. Calvert\u2019s The Bear (A Tragedy)    40s Judd Lear Silverman\u2019s Faith    40s Jennifer Williams\u2019 Sexual Fantasies    40s David Guaspari\u2019s New and Selected    40s to 50s Linda Ayres-Frederick\u2019s Years Later: I Smell the Rain    Middle-aged or older Rand Higbee\u2019s Edith    50 Lois Simenson\u2019s Glaciers and Demons    Mid 50s Karyn Traut\u2019s Caffeine?    50 to 65 Henry Murray\u2019s Treefall    60s Jeanne Beckwith\u2019s The Man in the Hat    old Kevin Six\u2019s Integrity Problem    Indeterminate age Monologues for Men Ryan Buen\u2019s Hey, Judae    20 Tom Moran\u2019s Boundary    Early 20s Dawson Moore\u2019s Revenge Fantasy     20s David Clark\u2019s An Inexcusably Fantastic Theatrical Work…    20s Cody Goulder\u2019s The Halfway House    20s Nicholas Walker Herbert\u2019s Teddy Berg\u2019s Story    20s Rand Higbee\u2019s A Tribute to the Late, Great Bird    25 Gail High\u2019s Breathe In Breathe Out    25 Laura Neubauer\u2019s The Chasm    mid 20s Jonathan Minton\u2019s Someone to Watch Over Me    Late 20s/Early 30s Eoin Carney\u2019s \u2018Corse I Know Marcie    30s Melissa Gawlowski\u2019s Spring Tides    30s Elena Hartwell\u2019s The Last Train to Hicksville    30s Carolyn Kras\u2019 The Virus    30s Michael Parsons\u2019 Fire Dance    30s Henry Murray\u2019s Treefall    30s to 40s Jeanne Beckwith\u2019s Filmed in Bagdad    At least 35 Ron Pullins\u2019 The Dollartorium    At least 35 Erica Silberman\u2019s In the Night Everyone is Equal    Late 30s Arlitia Jones\u2019 The Ugly Children of Eve    Late 30s Amy Tofte\u2019s FleshEatingTiger    Late 30s to 40s Damon Chua\u2019s Film Chinois    30-50 Joe Barnes\u2019 Father Francis Gives His Farewell Sermon    Middle-aged or older Al Frank\u2019s Ain\u2019t No Place Like Home    63 Jerry D. McDonnell\u2019s Engines of Time    Late 80s Jaron Carlson\u2019s Stalker    Any age Monologues for Men or Women Allan Lefcowitz\u2019s Colleagues    40s or older Barry Levine\u2019s The Dreamer    Ageless Tom Moran\u2019s Pac-Man    Any age Joe Barne\u2019s October 18, 2009    Any age Index by playwright