Contemporary American Monologues for Men

By Todd London

"This collection has a simple aim: to make matches. You're an actor searching for the right monologue--for auditions or acting class--and here are the cuttings from dozends of the most exciting American plays...The material might be said to be searching, too. It's on the lookout for actors who will connect deeply, who have the emotional availability and the craft to deliver these monologues into the world with their complexity intact. It seeks actors who think on their feet, who understand in their bodies the impression contemporary life makes on a character. Like any matchmaker, though, this book offers only an introduction. The work is left to you."

--from the introduction by Todd London

Selected monologues from the works of: Jon Robin Baitz, Eric Bogosian, Lee Breuer, Constance Congdon, E.L. Doctorow, Richard Foreman, Maria Irene Fornes, Philip Kan Gotanda, Spalding Gray, David Greenspan, William H. Hoffman, Tina Howe, Judith Alexa Jackson, John Jesurun, Adrienne Kennedy, Harry Kondoleon, Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney, Eduardo Machado, Emily Mann, Donald Margulies, Marsha Norman, John O'Keefe, Suzan-Lori Parks, Reynolds Price, Ronald Ribman, Jose Rivera, Milcha Sanchez-Scott, Nicky Silver, Stephen Sondheim, Paula Vogel, and John Weidman.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559361344
• ISBN13: 9781559361347
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great Audition Material

I bought this book while looking over several different monologue books for audition materials. I used a monologue to audition for my college's B.F.A. in Musical Theatre degree, and made the program. The book is well organized in a way that is helpful to find monologues by subject material instead of providing a long list of playwrights and character names, which really is not helpful at all unless you are already familiar with the monologues. This book is truly terrific, especially if you are trying to find monologues for things such as Sense Memory work, since you can easily find a monologue by subject matter.

GREAT BOOK!!!!!

I love the discription of the context and the characters that is on every monologue. It is poorly orginized, but there are some great pieces and shows in this book. Check it out.