Talk to Me: Monologue Plays

In this one-of-a-kind collection of monologue plays, Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have gathered a breathtaking array of human voices and stories by master playwrights and emerging new writers. Each of the plays, ranging from one-acts and ten-minute plays to full-length works, creates a rich and specific world. In these pages, readers will meet a dazzling group of dramatic and comic characters: an actress chasing a role as a prison guard on a soap opera, an Indian waiter new to America, a lesbian performance artist taking her father to Auschwitz, a surfer dude trying to summarize the plot of Moby-Dick in under two minutes, and a Dutch librarian hunting down a book that's 123 years overdue. Because each selection is a complete monologue, Talk to Me is an unprecedented source for actors in search of material for auditions, classes, and performances, as well as a literary gold mine for anyone who loves drama.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 11/01/2004
ISBN: 9781400076154
Pages: 560
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.99d

Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2004 pg. 380
Library Journal 12/01/2004 pg. 116
Library Journal 12/15/2004