Powerful character monologues for men and women in auditions Including such characters as: Robert; an angst-ridden billionaire, Sid; a manipulative, loud, talent agent, Lila; an earthy, over-the-hill, exotic dancer, Tony; an unaware male chauvinist romantic, Beth; she's prim, proper, and extremely paranoid, Vince; a cynical New York City cop, Angel; a Latin lady with a lot of gusto, Larry; an intensely passionate married man.

Street Talk: Character Monologues for Actors (Monologue Audition Series)

Glenn Alterman

Humor & Entertainment

Smith & Kraus

A guide for choosing, editing, rehearsing, and performing monologues is enhanced by twenty-nine original monologues for men and women.

The Perfect Audition Monologue (Career Development Series)

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

10 Ways To Get The Most Out of This Book 1. This book is written for the actor who is familiar with cold-reading skills as well as the actor who is just learning how to develop those skills. To get the most out of this book, I suggest that you don't read the book from cover to cover. 2. I think you should first read "48 Basic Requirements for All Cold Readings" and "25 Technical Rules for All Cold Readings." These chapters lay the foundation for all the chapters that follow. 3. Next, look through the contents and see what stands out for you--those areas that interest you. For instance, if you're presently auditioning exclusively for commercials, you may want to go to that chapter next, followed by the chapter where I interviewed TV commercial casting directors. If you're primarily a theater, TV, and film actor, go to those chapters first, and don't forget to read the casting director interviews that follow. 4. After you've read through the chapters that interest you most, I suggest that you then read through the entire book, taking notes or highlighting those things that you find may apply to your career. 5. Pay particular attention to the analysis sections. I believe you'll find these sections especially helpful and informative. Learning how to analyze a script in a short period of time and make personalized choices is key to all auditions. 6. Once you've started practicing the cold-reading advice in this book at auditions, see how you're doing. If you'd like to improve, refer to the appropriate chapters and exercises. 7. If you have some auditions coming up for daytime television or film, you may want to reread the chapters with interviews of casting directors before going to those auditions. I've interviewed the top casting directors in those fields. 8. Once you've finished reading the book, put the information you've learned into practical use. Go out there, audition, and see if your cold-reading and auditioning skills have improved. This is not a theoretical book; it's a practical one. The goal is to help actors get jobs. 9. Don't feel you need to apply every rule in this book. Depending on where you are in your acting career, some guidelines may not be pertinent to the way you work. If something you've learned before reading this book regarding cold reads still works for you, continue using it. If it's not broke, you don't need to fix it. But always leave room for discovering new ways to work, things that you can add to what has worked in the past. 10. Whenever you feel the need, refer to the book and review the material until it becomes second nature. There's a lot of information in this book; it may take a while to apply everything you learn. 
My purpose in writing this book was not only to instruct but to inspire. Once you develop confidence in any skill, fears can be alleviated. With any audition, there is always some tension, some apprehension: that's only normal, accept it. But I believe that by learning how to overcome that fear (with knowledge, insight, and practice), you'll find that you may start to enjoy auditioning.

Glenn Alterman's Secrets to Successful Cold Readings (Career Development) (Career Development Series)

This book offers monologues from Alterman's award-winning, published plays as well as original pieces for all auditions. There is a large selection of one-minute monologues. Each monologue has an exact running time and the best venue for each monologue is suggested and rated depending on the content. Each is categorized by genre and tells a complete story with a beginning, middle, and end, an emotional arc, and a wide range of emotions that showcase each actor's talent.

Monologues for Every Audition

Coaching the reader through each stage of the creative journey, this is the first book that shows actors how to write successful monologues, performance-art pieces, and one-person plays. 
The writing process is explained in easy-to-follow steps, from getting started, to expanding and tightening dialogue, developing character, editing and rewriting, rehearsing the final piece, and playing to audiences. Included are interviews with seasoned pros, techniques for marketing and promoting solo shows, and information about artists' communities, competitions, and grants. 
Glenn Alterman, an award-winning actor and prolific writer for stage and screen, is the author of Promoting Your Acting Career and several other helpful books for thespians. He lives in New York.

Creating Your Own Monologue

Literature & Fiction

Allworth Press

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.

2 Minutes and Under: Character Monologues for Actors (Monologue Audition Series.)

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