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Brooke Berman's work has been produced at Primary Stages, The Second Stage, The Play Company, Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago); The Humana Festival (Louisville), WET, New Georges and Naked Angels; and developed at places including MCC, Naked Angels, Williamstown Theater Festival, Pentabus Theatre in the UK, The National Theatre Studio in London, The Royal Court Theatre in London, ASK Theater Projects, The O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Cape Cod Theater Project, HERE, The Womens' Project, The Children's Theatre Company (MN), The Denver Center Theater Company, the Hourglass Group and others. She has been the recipient of a Berilla Kerr Award, a Helen Merrill Award, two Francesca Primus Awards, two Lecompte du Nouy awards and a commissioning grant from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Ms. Berman has received support for her work from the Macdowell Colony and the Corporation of Yaddo and commissions from CTC in Minneapolis and Arielle Tepper Productions in New York.
Ms. Berman's memoir No Place Like Home was published by Random House in 2010 and named one of Elle.com's Top Ten Summer Reads and "Brilliant and Highbrow" by New York Magazine's "Approval Matrix." Her short film, All Saints Day, directed by Will Frears played the festival circuit and won Best Narrative Short at the Savannah Film Festival. She is a member of PEN, the Dramatists Guild, the MCC Playwrights Coalition and an alumna of New Dramatists, where she served on the Board of Directors. Ms. Berman spent five years as the Director of the Playwrights Lab for the MCC Youth Company where she taught playwriting to New York City public high school students. Ms. Berman is a proud graduate of The Juilliard School and she attended Barnard College.
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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." |
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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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Dark comedy
Short, 10 minutes
3 females
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 1.
This Thanksgiving, Nina leaves New York City to visit her obituary-obsessed grandmother and cranky aunt. She quickly begins to regret the decision, especially when her grandmother's refusal to give her the car keys has Nina seeing red in more ways than one. A clever and quirky comedy about the mysteries of what makes us want to go home again.
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Drama
Short, 20 minutes
2 females, 1 male (3-4 actors possible: exactly 2 females, 1-2 males)
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 2.
Isa listens to Joni Mitchell and spends her nights smoking cigarettes and driving through "The Emerald City" with her punk rock best friend, JT. Nothing's simple for Isa, but in this poetic evocation of late teen-hood, friendship can ease anything. Can't it?
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Comedy/Drama
Various durations
Various cast requirements
$9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 1 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From two actors confusing their roles with their actual lives (Big Ole Washing Machine by Stephen Belber), to the inner thoughts of two terror-stricken subway riders in New York City (Moving Shortly by Sheri Wilner), to a marriage reconciled with puppet therapy (The Rebirth of Beautiful by John Walch), these collections deliver a little bit of everything in half the time.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Big Ole Washing Machine
Bloody Thanksgiving
Christmas Breaks
Good Night, Valsetz
Here and Now
Margo at Sea
Moving Shortly
Patriot Act
The Rebirth of Beautiful
Two Guys Moving Heavy Stuff
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Comedy/Drama
Various durations
Various cast requirements
$9.99 per book
NOTE: This book contains 10 plays. To perform any of the plays, each must be licensed separately.
With a diverse blend of themes, styles, and cast requirements, Great Short Plays: Volume 2 contains ten extraordinary comedies and dramas. From the oldest living human with exactly ten minutes left before the end of the world (The Last Woman on Earth by Liz Duffy Adams), to marital advice from Mohandas Gandhi to a truck driver (Gandhi Goes Fishing by Al Sjoerdsma), to ethical discord involving world hunger and cat food (Aisle 17B by John Walch), these collections deliver a little bit of everything in half the time.
To purchase this book of 10 plays, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Aisle 17B
But Who's Counting
A Free Man in Paris
Gandhi Goes Fishing
God Like a Jumpstart
The John Philip Sousa Workshop
The Last Woman on Earth
The Lessons of My Father
The Miracle of Chanukah
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Comedy
Full-length, 75-90 minutes
3 females, 3 males (6 actors possible: 2-3 females, 3-4 males)
$75.00 per performance; $5.99 per book
Special 33% book discount!
Cory, in love with her homosexual greencard husband David, confronts depression and alternative notions of family while living in a loft in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) with the two people she loves best. How do you let go of the only real family you've known?
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Dark comedy
Full-length, 90-100 minutes
5 females, 5 males, 1 either (9-12 actors possible: 5-6 females, 4-6 males)
$75.00 per performance; $5.99 per book
Special 33% book discount!
Mia, an aspiring performance artist in New York City, is tapped to fly out to L.A. to develop a show based on herself. A rocky start quickly morphs into a dizzying dreamland where all of her wishes are coming true. But no amount of glitz can satisfy Mia, as she meets an array of bizarre lost angels -- along with a pop culture Jesus (who's also currently in development). In a world where fame has replaced sacraments, how does one best spread Light? A surreal dark comedy about spirituality, fame, and hunger.
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