Scenes and Monologues, Acting & Auditioning

Original Monologues That Showcase Your Talent

Name: Original Monologues That Showcase Your Talent
Author: Dwight Watson
ISBN: 9781581154252

by Dwight Watson

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Overview

Here is an unusual collection of original monologues to capture the actor's imagination, as well as the attention of the director, casting agent, and audience! Male and female actors will find a wealth of serious and comic original monologues that show off their physical and vocal gifts. Monologues call upon actors to tap dance, sing, skateboard, pantomime, ice skate, jump rope, play piano, twirl batons, and much more, while speaking in a variety of dialects, including American Southern, Brooklynese, Irish, German, and others. With a focus on the actor's process, this book provides synopses, character profiles, and character objectives for the book's 30 three- to five-minute pieces and 33 one-minute monologues. The author, a veteran director, teacher, and playwright, has created a wide range of unforgettable characters in monologues ideal for auditions, scene study, or performance. Complete with a prop and costume plot, this is the resource for every high school, college, and budding professional actor hoping to share an honest and captivating performance with audition-length material.

Synopsis

• More than 60 new monologs that spotlight special abilities

• Great for auditions as well as classrooms and scene study

Versatile actors can now set themselves apart from the competition! This collection of more than sixty fresh, serious, and comic pieces allows actors to show off their talents for stage dialects, tap dancing, singing, skateboarding, miming, baton twirling, and much more. Each monolog in Original Monologs That Showcase Your Talent is designed to show off a different specific vocal and physical gift. Thirty three-to-five-minute monologs plus thirty-three one-minute monologs, each one complete with synopses, character profiles, and prop lists, make this a great asset for actors and teachers.

About the Author, Dwight Watson

Dwight Watson, a professor of theater at Wabash College, has directed more than sixty productions. His plays have been produced across the country, and his monologs have appeared in several compilations. He lives in Crawfordsville, IN.