The Actor's Scenebook: Scenes and Monologues from Contemporary Plays

<b>Here is wonderful, up-to-date material for scene study, selected from the best plays from recent theater seasons.<br><br></b> More than 20 monologues for both men and women, carefully chosen to display the widest range of dramatic ability, are essential for auditioning actors. A large selection of parts for woman provide exciting opportunities to sharpen acting skills in roles that brought accolades from New York's toughest critics. More than 80 scenes in all, many previously unpublished, allow every actor, professional, amateur or student, to choose from either smart, sassy, often outrageous comedy or deeply moving drama—a unique, balanced collection of the most successful contemporary plays.

The Actor's Scenebook: Scenes and Monologues From Contemporary Plays

eva-mekler

Michael Schulman

Humor & Entertainment

Bantam]

Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Faber&Faber

A portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep—the “Iron Lady” of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three—that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent.In 1975 Meryl Streep, a promising young graduate of the Yale School of Drama, was finding her place in the New York theater scene. Burning with talent and ambition, she was like dozens of aspiring actors of the time—a twenty-something beauty who rode her bike everywhere, kept a diary, napped before performances, and stayed out late “talking about acting with actors in actors’ bars.” Yet Meryl stood apart from her peers. In her first season in New York, she won attention-getting parts in back-to-back Broadway plays, a Tony Award nomination, and two roles in Shakespeare in the Park productions. Even then, people said, “Her. Again.”Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming-of-age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school, through her early days on the stage at Vassar College and the Yale School of Drama during its golden years, to her star-making roles in The Deer Hunter, Manhattan, and Kramer vs. Kramer. New Yorker contributor Michael Schulman brings into focus Meryl’s heady rise to stardom on the New York stage; her passionate, tragically short-lived love affair with fellow actor John Cazale; her marriage to sculptor Don Gummer; and her evolution as a young woman of the 1970s wrestling with changing ideas of feminism, marriage, love, and sacrifice.Featuring eight pages of black-and-white photos, this captivating story of the making of one of the most revered artistic careers of our time reveals a gifted young woman coming into her extraordinary talents at a time of immense transformation, offering a rare glimpse into the life of the actress long before she became an icon.

Faber and Faber

The Actor's Scenebook : Scenes and Monologues from Contemporary Plays

Teen & Young Adult

Bt Bound

This book is 100 pages of practical suggestions, written for administrators, teachers, coaches, and others in K-12 schools. It includes background on how morals develop, games / activities to facilitate moral growth, and discusses the importance of community service and academic advising programs.

Building Moral Communities: A Guide for Educators

Education & Teaching

PH.D.

Schools & Teaching

csee

Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears

Movies

HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing

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