Sources for Actors:
Monologues, Scenebooks and Dialect Instruction
Humanities Division, 3rd Floor
J. Erik Jonsson
Central Library
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revised 9/16/05
REFERENCE WORKS
Call# Title
016.80882
H784U The Ultimate Scene and
Monologue
RREF
2 Sourcebook
016.80882
S642 The Smith and Kraus
Monologue Index
RRef 2
808's
808.245
A466C * Creating
Your Own Monologue
808.245
K18H* High
School Monologues They Haven't Heard
808.82
C343B The Book of Scenes for
Aspiring Actors
808.82
M689* The
Modern Monologue: Women
808.82
M751* Monologues
From Contemporary Literature
808.82
S289 Scenes for Mature
Actors
808.8204
A188 The Actor's Scenebook: Scenes and Monologues From Contemporary Plays
808.8204
C761* Contemporary Scenes for
Student Actors
808.824
O58 One Hundred Women's
Stage Monologues from the 1980's
808.8245
A188* Actor's Book of
Monologues for Women: From non-dramatic sources
808.8245
A188 Actresses' Audition
Speeches: for all ages and accents
808.8245
B561* The
Best Men's Stage Monologues of ...(dif. yrs)
808.8245
B561* The
Best Women's Stage Monologues of...
808.8245
B724* The Book of Monologues
for Aspiring Actors
808.8245
C614 * Classic Mouth: Monologues
for Boys and Girls
808.8245
G786** Great
Monologues for Young Actors
808.8245
G786 * The Great Monologues from
the EST Marathon
808.8245
G786* Great Scenes and Monologues
for Actors
808.8245
H653C Comedy Monologues for
Young Actors
808.8245
K18M* Monologues for Teenagers
808.8245
K18M** Monologues
They Haven't Heard
808.8245
K18M** More
Monologues They Haven't Heard
808.8245
M349A Actors' Audition
Speeches: for all ages and accents
808.8245
M646 Millennium Monologs;
95 contemporary characterizations
808.8245
M751 Monologues, Women, 3:
speeches from the contemporary theatre
808.8245
M751 Monologues
for Actors of Color (men’s and women’s eds.)
808.8245
M751* Monologues
From Classic Plays, 468 B.C. to
1960
A.D.
808.8245
M935 Moving Parts:
Monologues from Contemporary Plays
808.8245
M961
* Multicultural
Monologues for Young Actors
808.8245
N532
* New Monologues
for women by women
808.8245
O58* 100
Great Monologues from the Neoclassical
Theater
808.8245
O58* 100
Great Monologues from the 19th Century
Romantic and Realistic Theatres
808.8245
O58 100 True
Soliloquies for Women
808.8245
R236t Theatre Audition Book; 144 monologs from
contemporary,
Modern,
period, Shakespeare and classical plays.
808.8245
The Ultimate Audition Book; 222
monologues 2 minutes and under
U47*
812's:
812.008
C555*
812.008
V889* Voices
of Color: Scenes and Monologues from the Black American Theatre
812.00808
A258 African American Scenebook
812.04108
T447* 30 Ten-Minute Plays
(for 2,3,and 4-6 actors-sep vols.)
812.04108
U42G* Get in the Act; 60
monologs, dialogs and skits for teens
812.04508
A188* The
Actor's book of Contemporary Stage Monologues
812.04508
A466P The Perfect Audition
Monologue
812.04508
A512* American Theatre Book
of Monologues
(men’s
and women’s editions)
812.04508
A912* Audition Monologs for
Student Actors; selections from
contemporary
plays
812.04508
C761 Contemporary American
Monologues (M & F eds.)
812.04508
E51* Elvis
Monologues
812.04508
E93 Even More
Monologues for Women by Women
812.04508 Extreme Exposure : an
anthology of solo performance texts
E96 from the
twentieth century
812.04508
G131B By actors, For Actors:
a collection of original monologues
812.04508
G786* The
Great Monologues From the Mark Taper Forum
812.04508
O58* 100 Monologues: an
Audition Sourcebook from New Dramatists
812.04508
O94 Out of Character:
Rants, Raves, and Monologues
From
Today's Top Performance Artists
812.04508
O94 Outstanding
(Men’s/Women’s) Monologues 2001-2002
812.04508
P723* Playwrights’ Center
monologues for (Men/ Women)
812.04508
P785F* For
Women: more monologues they haven't heard
812.04508
P964 Profiles of Women
Past & Present: women's
history
monologues for group presentations
812.04508
S689 Solo!: the best
monologues of the 80's (men)
812.04508
T146* Talk to Me; monologue
plays
812.04508
Y68* Young Women’s
Monologs from Contemporary Plays
812.508
P722* Play the Scene; the ultimate
collection of contemporary and
Classic
scenes and monologues
812.50809
C343G Great Scenes from Women
Playwrights: classic and contemporary
selections; for one to
six actors
812.50809
G786* Great
Scenes From Minority Playwrights
812.50809
L434* Leading Women: plays
for actresses II
812.50809
S289 Scenes for Women by
Women
812.54
A428B The Best Burlesque
Sketches
812.54
A466T * Two-Minute
Monologs: original auditions
812.54
A466U **
Uptown: Character Monologues for Actors
812.54
B164T Three Hotels: plays and
monologues (Baitz)
812.54
B642p* Playing Scenes from
Classic Literature
812.54
B675D * Drinking
in
812.54
B675E The Essential Bogosian: Talk Radio,
Drinking
in
812.54
B675P* Pounding
Nails in the Floor With My Forehead (Bogosian)
812.54
B947T* Troupers
& Tramps: one-person plays
812.54
E26m Monologues on Black
Life
812.54
E26m* More Monologues on
Black Life
812.54
E59V Ensler,Eve. The Vagina Monologues
812.54
F164S* Spotlight:
Solo Scenes for Student Actors
812.54
G782G* Gray,
Spalding. Gray's Anatomy
812.54
H361T Hatcher, Jeffrey. Three Viewings
812.54
H496F The Flip Side: 64
point-of-view monologs for teens
812.54
H514M* Beth Henley: Monologues
for Women
812.54
K18M * Teenage Mouth
812.54
K18m* More Monologues for
Teenagers
812.54
K24T T-Cells and Sympathy:
monologues in the age of AIDS
812.54
K26E
* Encore : More
Winning Monologs for Young Actors
812.54
K26A* Acting Natural: Monologs, Dialogs, and Playlets
for Teens
812.54
K66o* Original Audition
Scenes for Actors; a collection of
Professional
level short scenes
812.54
K84R Red Diaper Baby: 3
Comic Monologues
812.54
K86c Character
Witness; dramatic monologues for Christmas and Easter
812.54
K86I I Witness; dramatic
monologues from Hebrew scriptures
812.54
K92m More Scenes That
Happen; real life snapshots of teenage lives
812.54
K92p* Perspectives; relevant
scenes for teens
812.54
K92s Scenes That Happen;
dramatized snapshots about the real
life of high
schoolers
812.54
L419F* 57
Original Auditions for Actors
812.54
L668A* Acting Scenes and
Monologs for Young women
812.54
M264G Goldberg Street; short
plays and monologues (Mamet)
812.54
M264S Short Plays and
Monologues (Mamet)
812.54
M331L Luna Park: short plays
and monologues (Margulies)
812.54
M329o * Of
all the Nerve; Deb Margolin: Solo
812.54
M457t * Two
Character Plays for Student Actors
812.54
M696C* Call Back!: monologues for
men and women
812.54
N162P The Pain of the Macho
and Other Plays
812.54
N843O** Original
Monologues for African American Actors
812.54
P785m Modern Scenes for Women
812.54
P785M Monologues for Women
812.54
P785P Pocket Monologues for
Women
812.54
S595N* Neil
Simon Monologues
812.54
S595S Neil Simon Scenes
812.54
S642F Fires in the Mirror
(Anna Deveare Smith)
812.54
S644C City Women/ 20 powerful
contemporary monologues
812.54
U42T Tough Acts to Follow;
75 monologs for teens
812.54
W724S Senior Square: Thirteen lives in search of the twelfth
grade:
twelve monologues and a rap.
812.5408
M961* Multicultural Theatre:
scenes and monologs from new
Hispanic,
Asian, and African-American plays
812.5408
S289 Scenes &
Monologs: from the best new plays
812.5408
Y81 You’re Making a Scene;
scenes from Canadian plays
812.6
A897f Fifth
Planet and other plays (Auburn)
812.6
D475S Sketch-O-Frenia; 50 short & witty satirical sketches
812.6
M661U* The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens; 111
One-minute
monologues
812.608
L691D Forensics Series: Duo
Practice & competition (Comedic)
812.608
L691D Forensics Series: Duo
Practice & competition (Dramatic)
822's:
822.04108
B826 A Brave and Violent
Theatre: Monologues, scenes,
and
Critical Context from 20th century Irish
drama
822.04508
C614* Classical Monologues
(men’s and women’s editions) from
16th,
17th, and 18th century plays
822.04508
C761 The Contemporary Monologue:(vols for
Men, Women)
822.04508
M751 Monologues--Men 3:
speeches from the
contemporary
theatre
822.04508
M751 Monologues--Women
2: 50 Speeches from the
Contemporary
Theatre
822.04508
M835 More Monologues for
Women by Women
822.04508
O58* 100
Great Monologues from the Renaissance theatre
822.04508
O94* Outstanding Stage
Monologs and Scenes from the 90’s:
Professional
auditions for student actors
822.04508
S289* The
Scenebook for Actors: great monologs
&
dialogs from contemporary & classical theatre
822.0458
M751 Monologues, Men, 3:
Speeches from the contemporary theatre
822.33
A8D More Alternative
Shakespeare Auditions for Women
822.33
A86D For Women: pocket
monologues from Shakespeare
822.33
A86D Shakespeare’s Ladies
822.33
A86S Shakespeare's
Monologues for Women
822.33
A86S Soliloquy!: the
Shakespeare Monologues (men/women)
822.33
S527S Shakespeare's Ladies: a second book of
speeches for
women from
Shakespeare's plays
822.33
S527YS Speak the Speech!
Shakespeare’s monologues illuminated
822.9108
C761 Contemporary Scenes
for Actors--Men’s and Women’s eds
822.914
B471S Single Spies; Two Plays
About Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt and Talking Heads Six Monologues (Alan Bennett)
822.914
B261C * Collected Plays (includes) People: Seven Monologues
(Peter
Barnes)
822.914
B471C The Complete Talking
Heads (Alan Bennett)
822.914
M117P Picasso’s Women: eight
monologues
OTHER AREAS:
220.92
O81F
52 Bible
Characters Dramatized: easy-to-use monologues
for
all occasions
252.61
P769I* If
Only I Had Known: Dramatic
Monologues
For Advent and Lent
246.7
E59m Mighty Joe Prompter:
another complete book of short scenes for
sermons, services, and
special seasons
246.7
M588V* Voices
From the Bible: Dramatic Monologs in Worship
792.28
the
4th floor has more scenebooks
and books on
acting
technique under this call number
809.245
M574Y Your Name Here; an actor/writer’s guide to solo performance
810.8092
O11 O Solo Homo: the new queer performances
811.54