A long one-act play in which “nothing happens” except conversation until the violent ending. The story, in simplest terms, is about how a man who is consumed with loneliness starts…
Krapp, “a wearish old man”, who seems to have recorded every aspect of his life and is quite obviously somewhat detached from reality, submerges himself entirely in his past.
Contemporary and classic movies examples develop critical skills in the analysis and evaluation of film. The text challenges students to sharpen their powers of observation, establish habits of perceptive watching,…
A collection of 222 men’s and women’s monologues, 2 minutes and under. Simply the greatest audition book every published. Two hundred carefully chosen monologues for men and women, all under…
The Hottest Collection of Comedy Monologues Available!rnIf you’ve ever searched for a good comic monologue-whether for a professional audition, a class, or a competition-you know how frustrating the hunt can…
In The Power of the Actor, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, premier acting teacher and coach Ivana Chubbuck reveals her cutting-edge technique, which has launched some of the most successful acting careers…
Three editors, each associated with theatre, collaborated on this book of monologues for actresses. What they discovered, besides bravura pieces for auditions, acting classes, and study, was the pulse of…
Story of a natural disaster and collective guilt; a violent tragedy of love and revenge.
Practiced by such actors of stature as Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Julie Harris, Dustin Hoffman, and Ellen Burstyn (not to mention the late James Dean) the Method offers a…
Prince William, who has every toy money can buy, remains sad until he spends a day playing with the gardener’s boy and his rabbit.
Though mostly monologues, they include enough exercises and student responses to get the flavor of Adler’s work. Some themes run through these classes: American culture is bankrupt, Lee Strasberg got…
This book lays out guidelines on choosing stories and rendering stories into screenplays that are valuable, and insights into the whole of the moviemaking process from preproduction, production, to postproduction.