Books : The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume XII: 111 One-Minute Monologues - Just Comedy! (The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens)
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.8245
EAN num: 9781575255804
ISBN number: 1575255804
Label: Smith & Kraus
Manufacturer: Smith & Kraus
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: September 30, 2007
Publishing house: Smith & Kraus
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Hello, actors! As a professional actor for fourteen years now, I know how hard the search for the perfect monologue can be. A monologue should be immediate, active, and fun. You shouldn't mind having to say it over and over when you're practicing, auditioning, or performing it. You should be able to relate to it. This is difficult; most plays are written for adults. Where are you supposed to get monologues from then? This book.
Here are some tips on approaching monologues:
1. Pick the monologue that hits you. Trust your instincts. You'll pick the right one!
2. Make the monologues active. What do you want and how do you try to get it?
3. Who are you talking to and where are they? Make sure you make this as clear as possible.
4. Do you get answered or interrupted? Be sure to fill in words in your head for the moments when you are spoken to in the monologue, even if it's a simple yes or no.
5. How do you feel about the person or people you are talking to? For example, you speak a lot differently to your best friend than you do to your math teacher.
6. Notes about stage directions and terminology: The word beat or the start of a new paragraph indicates another character speaks or a new idea arises. Pause or other stage directions like shocked are suggestions, but do not need to be observed absolutely.
Final note: I absolutely encourage you to make strong character choices (how you walk and talk, and so forth). Comedy is best when it's rooted in real feeling, but the energy and character choices are bold. Once you've made character decisions, commit to your choices; don't hold back!
Enjoy!
Kristen Dabrowski
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Unlike Dabrowski's August 2007 offering, My First Monologue, geared toward elementary school children, this volume, meant for teenagers, falls short of its mark. While the pieces are generally humorous, some are pathetic or make little sense (SAT pg. 6, It's a Mystery pg. 40, De-Constructive pg. 110, Illogical pg. 113) and many are so short there isn't a rise and crest to the piece rendering it useful for character work. The monologues are too short for competition and they are not challenging enough even for a classroom setting with beginners.
Though the volume isn't spectacular, Dabrowski does use subject matter that is important and interesting to teens including their appearance (Exhibit B-R-A pg. 8, Target pg. 10 and its companion piece on pg. 67 called Nice) and their worries (regarding smelling in Unprepared pg. 7 and about dating in Miss Taken pg. 9 and First Date pg. 82). The book is organized logically with the very first half monologues for females and the second half monologues for males. Dabrowski should receive kudos for including a piece about a gay teen (Daytime Diva pg. 91) and she does include three laugh-out-loud scenes, which appeal to our sense of schadenfreude: Outcast pg. 20, Reflection pg. 21, and The Gym pg. 62. She captures the teen voice, but because she doesn't vary it, all of the pieces, both male and female, end up sounding the same. Other teen books currently on the market, such as Peg Kehret's Tell It Like It Is, have more positive aspects than Dabrowski's.
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