The best monologues from 15 years of American Theatre magazine plays.
These monologue books present the best audition pieces for actors selected from over 80 plays first published in
American Theatre
magazine since 1985. The magazine has published many of the most important contemporary American plays over the last 15 years, including
Angels in America
,
Three Tall Women
M. Butterfly
Talk Radio
The Baltimore Waltz
Buried Child
, to name a few.
Chosen by Stephanie Coen, the former managing editor of
, these books provide a remarkable array of styles and characters for use in auditions or scene study classes by male and female actors.
Selected from the work of the following playwrights:
Edward Albee, Jon Robin Baitz, Eric Bogosian, Pearl Cleage, Don DeLillo, Rita Dove, Christopher Durang, Horton Foote, Maria Irene Fornes, Athol Fugard, Vaclav Havel, Danny Hoch, David Henry Hwang, Moisès Kaufman, Tony Kushner, Craig Lucas, Emily Mann, Steve Martin, Reynolds Price, Dael Orlandersmith, David Rabe, Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Lanford Wilson and George C. Wolfe.
Stephanie Coen
is the former managing editor of
magazine. She is currently associated with the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, where she lives.