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Michael Slade
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  • Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
  • And a Child Shall Lead
  • Michael Slade is an award-winning children's novelist, playwright and television writer. His plays have been produced in New York City at MCC, EST, the Lark, the Lambs, the Promenade, and the York Theatre among others, as well as in Los Angeles, various regional theatres, and at the Edinburgh Festival, Scotland. In Memory of Karl Marx was written for the late Colleen Dewhurst at her request. His musical, Bye, Bye Big Guy was presented at the Lucille Lortel Theatre as part of the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival.

    Mr. Slade has written extensively for family audiences. His musicals: Hansel and Gretel (directed my Michael Mayer); The Great Brain; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; Where's Waldo? (directed by Gabriel Barre, starring Daphne Rubin Vega); The Swiss Family Robinson; The Three Pigs; Peter Rabbit; Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and Superfudge, all produced by Theatreworks/USA, each opened in New York City and then toured the country. He also wrote the book to Pokemon Live! which opened at Radio City Music Hall prior to embarking on national and international tours. His first children's novel, The Horses of Central Park (Scholastic Hardcover/Apple Paperback) won the 1993 ISAR Award.

    Mr. Slade's work for television has garnered him a 1997 Writers' Guild Award nomination for Another World, and a 2001 Emmy nomination for One Life to Live. He has also written for Passions and Days of Our Lives. Other television credits include Charles Schulz: A Charlie Brown Life for A&E's Biography for Kids.

    He is currently collaborating with Melissa Manchester and Sharon Vaughn on a new musical, tentatively titled, Blue.

    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
      More Info Add to Cart

    $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,
    Reviews
    "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


    And a Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade   More Info Add to Cart
    Drama
    Full-length, 90-100 minutes
    4 females, 4 males (8-30 actors possible: 4-15 females, 4-15 males)
    $75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book

    This is the heroic and true story of children coming of age in Terezin, the "Jewish city" established by the Nazis near Prague as a way station before the death camps. In the face of unspeakable horror, these children use their determination and creativity to build lives filled with hope and beauty -- playing, studying, making art, and writing an underground newspaper -- all at the peril of being executed. Their actual poems and stories are woven into a fast-paced drama, evoking the universality of children caught in the insanity of war.
    "And a Child Shall Lead" by Michael Slade. And a Child Shall Lead, New Canaan High School, New Canaan, Connecticut (2009).
    Reviews
    "[And a Child Shall Lead] not only sheds light on this dark camp, it's also relevant to modern conflicts around the world."
    --Christopher Stollar, Bend Bulletin (Oregon)
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