2 Minutes and Under Original Character Monologues for Actors

From Library Journal A winning stage audition depends heavily on the material used, as well as the talent of the actor. These original character monologs for men and women cover a variety of types, ages, and moods and range from serious to comic. The characters include husbands and wives, wheeler-dealers, gay people, the unemployed, someone with AIDS, and the parent of someone with AIDS. Alterman is the author of Street Talk: Character Monologues for Actors (Smith & Kraus, 1991) and other monolog and dialog plays. Actors looking for challenging, contemporary audition material should find a gold mine here. Recommended for theater arts collections. - Howard E. Miller, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mechnical Coll. Lib., Laconia, Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc., Review "...a must for all actors!" -- Grant Wilfley, Wilfley-Todd Casting Product Description The monologues in this volume come from the following plays by Glen Alterman: The Pain in the Poetry, Once in a Blue Moon, Goin' Round on Solid Rock Ground, The Dangers of Strangers, Nobody's Flood. About the Author Glenn Alterman is also the author of Street Talk: Character Monologues for Actors, and Uptown: Character Monologues for Actors, both featured selections in Doubleday's Fireside Theater Book Club. His play, Nobody's Flood, recently won the 1993 Bloomington Playwrights Project Contest.Alterman, Glenn is the author of '2 Minutes and Under Original Character Monologues for Actors', published 1993 under ISBN 9781880399491 and ISBN 1880399490.