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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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$14.95 per book
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens, Volume 2 continues the Actor's Choice series with a brand-new selection of unique contemporary monologues. From hilarious comedies to moving dramas and everything in-between, this book has you covered. 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. Whether you're looking for a monologue for classwork, competitions, or auditions, you'll be sure to find a perfect fit in this collection.
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
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| "For the theater teacher who wants to challenge their students, Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens, Volume 2 is a strong addition to drama education reference collections, highly recommended." |
| --The Midwest Book Review |
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Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
by Liz Duffy Adams, Janet Allard, Yuri Baranovsky, et al.
Edited by Jason Pizzarello
With "Tips for Student Actors" by director Jon Jory |
 
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$14.95 per book
Looking for the perfect scene? Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is just what you need. From hilarious comedy to cutting-edge drama, this collection offers 40 exciting 2-person scenes with plenty of fascinating characters for young actors. Unlike other scene books, the source of every scene 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: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
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| "The acting bug doesn't care what age you are. Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is a collection of simple yet fun scenes aimed at younger teen actors who want to embrace drama as a hobby or even a potential career. Designed for two actors with themes and times easily doable for any would be teen thespian, Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is a resource no drama teacher should miss." |
| --The Midwest Book Review |
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Comedy
Short, 45-55 minutes
3 females, 4 males, 9 either (12-22 actors possible: 2-18 females, 3-19 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Channel Eight is Detroit's least-watched newscast. The ratings are lower than ever, the viewers are leaving their TVs off so they don't accidentally tune in, the writers are adding on-air fights to the anchors' scripts, and the reporters can't tell a story to save their lives. As a last-ditch effort, the station hires a news director with a plan to make Channel Eight number one. What the station doesn't realize is that his plan involves a reporter being killed on air. Will the Channel Eight news team catch on to his diabolical scheme? Or will it turn out that the best way to break news is to fix it? Find out, straight ahead.
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
3 females, 19 males (11-23 actors possible: 3-14 females, 4-20 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Life ain't easy for Hamlet. His dad's a ghost, his mother's an adulterer, and he can't make it through a soliloquy without being interrupted. Canned Hamlet is a one-act satirical spoof of Shakespeare's original.
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Comedy
Short, 35-55 minutes
7 females, 16 males, 4 either
(15-30 actors possible: 4-21 females, 9-26 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Tim's whole family would agree that his uncle drinks like a fish. As time progressed, Tim began noticing other things about his uncle, such as flippers, gills and a tail. Finally, one day Tim realized: his uncle was, in fact, a fish. Now the only problem is, no one in his family believes him. Neither an incompetent oceanographer, a hot-headed government teacher, nor an inexperienced gang of pirates can stop Tim on his quest for the truth.
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Comedy
Short, 45-55 minutes
9 females, 7 males, 7 either (12-23 actors possible: 3-18 females, 5-20 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
The famous tale of Ebenezer Scrooge haunts an unsuspecting, slightly dimwitted, modern-day penny pincher in this hilarious spoof of the quintessential Christmas classic. After getting dumped on Christmas Eve, Carter's holiday goes from bad to worse when the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future mistake him for Scrooge. After being dragged kicking and screaming through the legendary miser's life, Carter realizes he may share a similar fate.
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Comedy
Short, 40-50 minutes
7 females, 9 males, 8 either
(13-24 actors possible: 6-11 females, 7-16 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Count Dracula seems like just another customer to bumbling real estate salesman Jonathan Harker. Well, except for his really long fangs, his lack of a reflection, his fear of garlic and crosses, and his intolerance for sunlight. But when the Count holds Jonathan captive and pursues a romantic relationship with his fiancee, believing she is his long-lost bride, well that's enough to make any man want to drive a stake through someone's heart.
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
5 females, 8 males, 2 either (10-17 actors possible: 5-7 females, 5-10 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Adjusting to university life can be tough, especially if you're a monster accidentally created by a college student. When Victor Frankenstein finishes his creation after misreading a class assignment, he takes off for a party, only to later find that the monster has come to life and has escaped on campus. The Creature learns some harsh lessons (such as monsters aren't allowed to join sororities) and quickly begins wreaking havoc on Victor's life, killing his loved ones and embarrassing him in front of his friends. College just got a lot more stressful for Victor Frankenstein.
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
3 females, 5 males, 7 either (11-15 actors possible: 2-12 females, 3-13 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Pirate Captain Jack "Shortfuse" Composure thinks he's gotten the best of a sassy mermaid when she offers him a fortune in exchange for his soul and he gives her an empty canteen instead. But the joke may be on the Captain when his soul turns up in the hands of the dastardly Le Mew and his easily offended group of French sailors. Composure must decide whether to save his treasure and his own motley crew, or risk his life to keep his soul. Loosely based on Thornton Wilder's playlet Leviathan, this short play brings hilarity to the high seas!
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Comedy
Full-length, 60-70 minutes
4 females, 7 males, 9 either (15-19 actors possible: 4-13 females, 4-16 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Hermia is heading towards the worst summer vacation ever. Her principal has given her a homework assignment that requires her to break up with her boyfriend Lysander and date a guy she doesn't like. In order to save their love and their GPA, Hermia and Lysander must break into the school and transfer out of Athens high. To do so however, they must first get past a boy who refuses to accept rejection, an overzealous cheerleader, a magical janitor, and a meddling team of fairies who live in the ceiling tiles of the school. Comedy quickly ensues in this spoof of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 35-45 minutes
4 females, 6 males, 3 either (10-13 actors possible: 4-7 females, 5-9 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Hermia is heading towards the worst summer vacation ever. Her principal has given her a homework assignment that requires her to break up with her boyfriend Lysander and date a guy she doesn't like. In order to save their love and their GPA, Hermia and Lysander must break into the school and transfer out of Athens high. To do so however, they must first get past a boy who refuses to accept rejection, an overzealous cheerleader, a magical janitor, and a meddling team of fairies who live in the ceiling tiles of the school. Comedy quickly ensues in this spoof of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Full-length, 70-90 minutes
7 females, 20 males, 7 either
(8-34 actors possible: 2-23 females, 3-31 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Mr. Macbeth has a bright future at Colonel Duncan's Chicken Shack -- especially after murdering the CEO, seizing the reins of the company, killing off his colleagues, and being assured by a coven of witches that he can't be harmed. What could possibly go wrong?
(A one-act version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 40-55 minutes
5 females, 16 males, 7 either
(8-30 actors possible: 1-19 females, 3-27 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Mr. Macbeth has a bright future at Colonel Duncan's Chicken Shack -- especially after murdering the CEO, seizing the reins of the company, killing off his colleagues, and being assured by a coven of witches that he can't be harmed. What could possibly go wrong? (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Full-length, 60-80 minutes
3 females, 7 males, 10 either
(10-30 actors possible: 3-23 females, 7-27 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
It's not just fate working against the celebrity marriage of pop stars Othello and Desdemona. Iago, a frustrated member of Othello's boy band "Venice," thinks he deserves more power in the group -- so he sets out on a mission to advance himself and destroy Othello's marriage by whatever means necessary. All he needs is a little whiskey, a small handkerchief, a temperamental wannabe Latino solo artist, and a whole lot of jealousy, in this laugh-out-loud ridiculous parody of Shakespeare's original. (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 45-55 minutes
3 females, 5 males, 7 either
(8-22 actors possible: 3-10 females, 5-12 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
It's not just fate working against the celebrity marriage of pop stars Othello and Desdemona. Iago, a frustrated member of Othello's boy band "Venice," thinks he deserves more power in the group -- so he sets out on a mission to advance himself and destroy Othello's marriage by whatever means necessary. All he needs is a little whiskey, a small handkerchief, a temperamental wannabe Latino solo artist, and a whole lot of jealousy, in this laugh-out-loud ridiculous parody of Shakespeare's original. (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Full-length, 75-90 minutes
3 females, 10 males, 5 either
(12-23 actors possible: 3-8 females, 9-15 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Arrrr matey, the year is 1782 and Johann Andreas' family business on the shores of Lake Huron is in trouble. For some reason nobody wants to stay at "Andreas Wasp Infested Inn." Luckily for Johann, Captain Short Fuse Composure arrives on the scene, having been stranded by a band of pirates who mistook Michigan for an island. In his possession is a treasure map, and he promises Johann a share of the loot if he can assemble a crew and reach the treasure in advance of his arch-rival, the dreaded Burgundy Beard. Between dealing with Captain Short Fuse Composure's fear of North Atlantic Sea Tigers, an idiotic crew, and a complete lack of knowledge about the sea, will it be possible for Johann to find the treasure, get the girl, charm her father, stop tripping over things, and save his family business?
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Comedy
Full-length, 70-90 minutes
4 females, 17 males, 4 either
(13-30 actors possible: 3-18 females, 10-26 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Nothing could come between Romeo and Juliet. Not the most bitter mafia rivalries, nor the itchiest poison ivy, nor even the wooings of an alleged vampire could tear them apart. Yes, the love of Romeo and Juliet could survive anything. Well, except for poison. Romeo, You Idiot is a relentlessly irreverent spoof of Shakespeare's original. (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 45-55 minutes
4 females, 17 males, 3 either
(13-30 actors possible: 3-18 females, 10-26 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Nothing could come between Romeo and Juliet. Not the most bitter mafia rivalries, nor the itchiest poison ivy, nor even the wooings of an alleged vampire could tear them apart. Yes, the love of Romeo and Juliet could survive anything. Well, except for poison. Romeo, You Idiot is a relentlessly irreverent spoof of Shakespeare's original. (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
4 females, 3 males, 5 either
(7-12 actors possible: 3-9 females, 3-9 males)
$40.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Tim decides that the best way to express his love for Cindy is to get her name tattooed on his back. But when she ends the relationship, Tim realizes that he's doomed to date only girls named Cindy for the rest of his life. Breaking up just got harder.
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Comedy
Full-length, 70-80 minutes
2 females, 8 males, 9 either (10-19 actors possible: 2-11 females, 8-17 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Louis Garou returns home from war, eagerly anticipating his reunion with his sweetheart Gabrielle. Unfortunately, his one true love has moved on to another man. (While Louis was away, she misheard his message "Tell Gabrielle I love her" as "I've been eaten by a giant catfish.") Depressed, Louis decides to enter into a pact with the devil to turn him into the most feared creature in the forest. But being a werewolf can create a lot of stress. Also murderous rampages.
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