Great Monologues for Young Actors

by Craig Slaight and Jack Sharrar

As professional directors and teachers who work with young and adult actors at the Tony Award-Winning American Conservatory Theater, Slaight and Sharrar have years of experience helping actors uncover... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157525106X
• ISBN13: 9781575251066
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Smith & Kraus
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

A lot of great, rare monologues

I actually don't own this book, but I was looking through it in the book store and initially noticed all of the great playwrights with work in the book. This is probably one of the best books I have found for age appropriate monologues for teens. They're not your usual, melodramatic "I'm a teen drug addict" monologues. They come from great plays and each monologue contains a brief synopsis. I would definitely recommend this book if you're looking for monologues from college that are rarely seen but still great pieces.

The Best Book I've found!

As a young actor, it is very hard to find monologues that do not insult my intelligence or acting ability. So many books have shallow monologues that cannot really show off a young actors strong points. I love this book because every page has a challenging and effective performance piece. As a student or young actor, this book is a must have! The pieces come some well known plays, are challenging, and are open to iterpretation to many different styles. The cuttings are great (the best I've found actually). You'll love this book. It's wonderful.