Synopsis
The Theatre Audition Book - BOOK TWO
Published by Meriwether Press
This sequel to the popular The Theatre Audition Book features more than 130 monologues from classical, Shakespeare, period, modern, and contemporary plays and a new chapter on musical theatre and the medium, including commercial and film auditions
The monologues - some taken from non-dramatic sources like novels and poems - are organized by historical times and provide an overview of acting styles and audition expectations for playing each time period
The collection features well-known playwrights including Ntozake Shange, Athol Fugard, Christopher Durang, John Patrick Shanley, Edward Albee. August Wilson, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, and Paula Vogel - and a number of exciting new writers who have contributed original monologues written especially for classroom study and performance
There are also a number of original duologues and musical monologues from standard classics
This is Book Two, for The Theatre Audition Book One click here