Finding Monologues
- 16 frames to monologuehow do I find a monologue!!
Dialects
- Acting with an Accent (CD)David Alan Stern - 25 CD's, multiple dialects.
- Accents (many languages)Gillian Lane-Plescia. Many CD's available at circulation desk.
- Accents & Dialects for Stage and ScreenPaul Meier, 12 CD's, various accents
Finding Monologues in Alden Library
NOTE: The library keeps many of the current and most useful monologue books on the 2nd floor, RESERVE.
Just ask for monologue books under THAR GENERAL only titles published after 2010.
Below are links to more monologues, many are online.
Finding monologues on 7th floor (note that almost all monologue books are in the PN2080 CALL NUMBER on the 7th floor, East Wing)
- Start with a SUBJECT SEARCH in ALICE: Monologues
- Note when you SUBJECT search for Monologues, there are quite a few monologue books.
- To narrow combine the SUBJECT with a KEYWORD
Monologue books, plays with monologues, and collections of monlogues, after 2000,
- New Play ExchangeThe New Play Exchange serves writers, producers, directors, artistic directors, all practitioners.
Drama OnlineOnline resource for plays, critical analysis and performance. Featuring plays from Oberon Books, Nick Hern Books, Playwrights Canada, Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare and Faber and Faber. Drama Online offers a complete digital library of the most studied, performed and critically acclaimed plays from the last two and a half thousand years (Bloomsbury Publishing)- The Ultimate Scene & Monologue Sourcebook (Print)COPY ON RESERVE, 4TH FLOOR - The unique format of the book is ideal for acting teachers who want their students to understand each monologue in context. This remarkable book describes the characters, action, and mood for more than 1,000 scenes in over 300 plays. Using these guidelines, the actor can quickly pinpoint the perfect monologue, then find the text. (Publisher)
- The Kilroys: 97 monologues and scenes ONLINEThe collection is comprised of monologues from "The List"--The result of an industry survey to locate the most highly-regarded, underproduced plays by women and trans playwrights
- The Best Men's Monologues from New Plays, 2019 ONLINEOnline, 1 user at a time.
- LGBTQ comedic monologues that are actually funny, ONLINEOnline, unlimited users.
Drama Onlineeven more monologue books...search in ALICE to find title
- Gaddis, Alisha, editor. LGBTQ Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2016.
- ---, editor. Men’s Comedic Monologues That Are Actually Funny. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, An Imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation, 2015.
- IN PERFORMANCE: CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR MEN AND WOMEN LATE TEENS-TWENTIES; ED. BY J.V. MERCANTI. APPLAUSE THEATRE, 2013.
- IN PERFORMANCE: CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR MEN AND WOMEN LATE THIRTIES TO FORTIES; ED. BY JV MERCA. APPLAUSE THEATRE, 2016.
- LAWRENCE HARBISON. BEST MEN’S MONOLOGUES FROM NEW PLAYS, 2019. APPLAUSE, 2019.
- OBERON BOOK OF MODERN MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN; 2; ED. BY CATHERINE WEATE. OBERON BOOKS, 2013.
- OBERON BOOK OF MONOLOGUES FOR BLACK ACTORS
- Parker, Herb. A Monologue Is an Outrageous Situation! How to Survive the 60-Second Audition. Focal Press, 2016.
- WIX, KATY. OBERON BOOK OF COMIC MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN; V. 2. OBERON BOOKS, 2015.