Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
by Keith Aisner, Robert Alexander, Tanya Barfield, Stephen Belber, et al.
Edited by Erin Detrick
Foreword by Broadway casting director Kate Schwabe |
 
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$14.95 per book
Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men gives you an extraordinary array of cutting-edge new monologues, from comedic to dramatic and everything in between. 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. Explore the work of today's most celebrated theatrical voices, including Naomi Iizuka, Mac Wellman, Tanya Barfield, Jordan Harrison, Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang, and many more!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
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$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
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| "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 |
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
by Liz Duffy Adams, Robert Alexander, John Augustine, Stephen Belber, et al.
Edited by Erin Detrick
Foreword by Broadway casting director Kate Schwabe |
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$14.95 per book
Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women gives you an extraordinary array of cutting-edge new monologues, from comedic to dramatic and everything in between. 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. Explore the work of today's most celebrated theatrical voices, including Naomi Iizuka, Rinne Groff, Jane Martin, Pulitzer Prize winners Lynn Nottage and David Lindsay-Abaire, and many more!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
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Comedy
Full-length, 105-120 minutes
3 females, 3 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
The best laid plans go awry when the cast and crew of a Broadway-bound play resort to manipulation, diva-like behavior, and chaotic abandon to get what they want. Fledgling playwright Jerry Przpezniak and his fiancee are a couple of Buffalo greenhorns suddenly swept up in the whirlwind of New York's theater scene when Jerry's play is optioned for the big money, ego-driven world of Broadway. It's a young playwright's dream, but the crazy characters and dilemmas they encounter are the things theatrical nightmares are made of.
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| "Drop-dead, scream-out-loud, tear-wrenchingly funny." |
| --The Buffalo News |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 90-110 minutes
3 females, 2 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
From the creator of Over the Tavern comes this irreverent comedy that puts the "fun" in fundamentalism. Mary puts her future as a nun in serious jeopardy when she dares teach the children her personal, unorthodox views of God and his commandments. Her dream of Sisterhood is further threatened by her childhood sweetheart, who suddenly reappears in her life and declares his love. Will Mary give up her calling for the love of her man? Or will an eccentric priest help her battle her strict Mother Superior to become the world's next savior?
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| "A wealth of sharp, invigorating, and occasionally hilarious verbal sparring over existential issues that transcend Catholicism... Audiences who want a bracing combination of laughter and deep thoughts should check out this beaming comedy." |
| --Jimmy Fowler, Fort Worth Weekly |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 120-135 minutes
3 females, 4 males
$100.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
In this hilarious, heartfelt sequel to Over the Tavern, the Pazinski family has left the conservative 1950s for the rebellious 1960s. But prior knowledge of this working-class family is not a prerequisite to appreciating their ongoing trials and triumphs. As Apollo 11 is about to land on the moon, the family gathers to honor their late father's memory, and they quickly become entangled in each others' problems -- Rudy is re-thinking the priesthood, Eddie is preparing for fatherhood and Vietnam, and Annie is contemplating divorce as their mother Ellen considers a new romance. There's rarely a quiet moment in the Pazinski household as they hurtle towards the next decade.
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| "Winces with pain and winks with joy. In its easy accessibility, this is a play that sometimes feels like an all-American musical comedy without the music." |
| --Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun Times |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 110-130 minutes
2 females, 3 males
$100.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
In the endearing last chapter of the Over the Tavern trilogy of plays, it's the end of an era in a working-class Catholic neighborhood, and the Pazinski clan has gathered to say their final goodbyes to their recently-sold childhood home. But when an unexpected blizzard compels the mayor to announce a driving ban throughout the city, they're trapped together in their old house, forced to confront and resolve lingering family issues -- albeit through miraculous and comical mishaps. Through all their trials and misfortune, the Pazinski family finally discovers the gifts of real love.
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| "A three-tissue comedy. You don't have to be Catholic to like this one. You just have to have lived in a family." |
| --Lawson Taitte, Dallas News |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 85-95 minutes
3 females, 1 male
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Meet the Nowaks of Buffalo, NY. Clara and her three grown kids have always known they were special, ever since the miraculous night in 1942 when the Blessed Mother appeared to Grandpa in his barbershop! Since then, the neighborhood has looked upon the Nowaks' 20-foot commemorative shrine as a beacon of hope and faith amidst the urban rubble. And now daughter Ruth unveils her plan to write and star in a one-woman show about the family miracle so the "whole world will know!" However, as her plans for theatrical immortality unfold, the entire family's faith is shaken to the very core when a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel. The results are heartfelt and hilarious. (Included is a guide for turning this play into a Christmas Play.)
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| "...a sprightly, gentle comedy, where revelations that might remake a family's sense of itself are each rolled out in service of laughter." |
| --Daniel M. Gold, The New York Times |
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Comedy
Short, 30 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Wanting a break from his job as an ad man, Henry takes his wife and son on a trip to see his old neighborhood. While at a gas station, Henry's vacation takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious man invades their car and holds them up at gunpoint. The ensuing mayhem brings forth a number of revelations for Henry, especially when he realizes that the desperate stranger may not be a stranger at all.
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Over the Pub by Tom Dudzick
based on his play Over the Tavern
Irish adaptation by Dolores Mannion |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 120-150 minutes
3 females, 4 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
The boisterous and colorful Murphys have a lot going on in their cramped apartment above the family pub in Cork City, Ireland in 1964. The youngest of the bunch, 12-year-old Tommy, is a smart, wise-cracking kid who's starting to question family values and the Roman Catholic Church. When Tommy goes up against the ruler-wielding Sister Mary Agnes and announces that instead of being confirmed he'd rather shop around for a more "fun" religion, all hell breaks loose. A warm and hilarious look at family, growing up, and God.
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| "This engaging family saga returns following a sold-out run last year. It is the little dramas, played out in a credible domestic setting, that add up to a thumping good yarn." |
| --Colette Sheridan, Evening Echo |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 150 minutes
3 females, 4 males
$100.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
In that most idealized period of 20th-century America, the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, the Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped Buffalo apartment. The youngest of the bunch, 12-year-old Rudy, is a smart, wise-cracking kid who's starting to question family values and the Roman Catholic Church. When Rudy goes up against the ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa and announces that instead of being confirmed he'd rather shop around for a more "fun" religion, all hell breaks loose. A warm and hilarious look at family, growing up, and God.
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| "A hilarious and touching depiction of 1959 Americana. Absolutely enchanting...a little bit of heaven!" |
| --Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune |
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Comedy
Full-length, 70-80 minutes
9 females, 9 males (13-22 actors possible: 6-11 females, 7-11 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Don't touch that remote! America's favorite repressed Catholic family, the Pazinskis of 1959 Buffalo, are now starring in their own TV show -- on your high school stage. Audiences nationwide have embraced 12-year-old wisecracking Rudy as he struggles to get ruler-wielding Sister Clarissa and his high-strung family to lighten up and enjoy life. Now the playwright has created two hilarious Over the Tavern one-act plays, written as back-to-back TV episodes. Capturing all the warmth and humor of the original play, these one-acts have an increased cast size, making them ideal for high schools. Invite other departments from your school to create TV musical themes, commercials and newsbreaks. This cooperative effort makes a total evening of family-friendly fun and nostalgia!
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