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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens

THE KATRINA PROJECT: Hell and High Water

Michael Marks is a former Mississippi Teacher of the Year (1988) who has received national honors, including Disney's Outstanding Teacher of the Performing Arts Award in 1995 and the Milken National Education Award in 1994. In addition, he is on the Executive Committee of the Mississippi Arts Commission, serves on the steering committee The National Arts Education Partnership. He is especially proud of leading the national charge for theatre and dance certification by the National Board for Teaching Standards, the organization charged with establishing what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do and which oversees the rigorous process through which teachers become board certified.

Having directed over 40 shows at Hattiesburg High School, he is a national officer of the National Education Association and vice-chair of the Secondary School Theatre Division of the Southeastern Theatre Conference.

Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
by Lucy Alibar, Janet Allard, John Augustine, et al.
Edited by Erin Detrick
Foreword by Broadway casting director Kate Schwabe

$14.95 per book

Looking for the perfect monologue? Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens is here to help. From hilarious comedy to cutting-edge drama and everything in between, an exciting selection of monologues is at your fingertips. Unlike other monologue books, the source of every monologue is easily accessible -- each play is available through one website (www.playscripts.com), where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. From classwork to competitions to auditions, this book has you covered!

Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men

"Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens" by Lucy Alibar, Janet Allard, John Augustine, Will Averill, Brooke Berman, Marisha Chamberlain, Vincent Delaney, Erin Detrick, Jonathan Dorf, Anton Dudley, Tom Dudzick, Stephanie Fleischmann, Matthew Freeman, Alan Haehnel, Barry Hall, Jordan Harrison, Naomi Iizuka, Mrinalini Kamath, Mark D. Kaufmann, Victor Kaufold, Tim Kochenderfer, Gavin Lawrence, Romulus Linney, Wendy MacLeod, Michael Marks, Timothy Mason, Lucinda McDermott, Winter Miller,

"This is an excellent monologue book for middle and high school students with applications for competition as well as use in drama, speech, or English classes."

--Terrilyn Fleming, The Midwest Book Review

THE KATRINA PROJECT: Hell and High Water
by Michael Marks and Mackenzie Westmoreland

Drama
Short, 45-50 minutes
5 females, 6 males, 5 either
(7-36 actors possible: 3-18 females, 4-18 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book

An emotional journey into the hearts and souls of Hurricane Katrina's survivors, THE KATRINA PROJECT: Hell and High Water is based on actual interviews, collected stories, and found texts, providing a voice for the greatest natural disaster in our country's recorded history. The play follows a diverse group of characters as they reflect on and experience the devastation, heartbreak, anger, and, ultimately, hope of the thousands affected by the Category 5 storm. (All royalties from THE KATRINA PROJECT: Hell and High Water will be donated to hurricane relief charities.)

"THE KATRINA PROJECT: Hell and High Water" by Michael Marks and Mackenzie Westmoreland. THE KATRINA PROJECT: Hell and High Water, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (2005).

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