Title:
Monologues for actors of color : men / edited by Roberta Uno ; assistant editor Margaret Odette.
Author:
Uno, Roberta, 1956- editor.
Odette, Margaret, editor.
Publication Information:
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routlege, 2016.
Call Number:
PN2080 .M535 2016
Abstract:
Actors of color need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft. Roberta Uno has carefully selected monologues that represent African-American, Native American, Latino, Asian-American and other identities. Each monologue comes with an introduction and notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor. This new edition includes some of the most exciting and accomplished playwrights to have emerged over the 15 years since the Monologues for Actors of Color books were first published - from new, cutting edge talent to Pulitzer prize-winners. -- from back cover.
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781138857247
9781138857254
Physical Description:
xvi, 119 pages ; 20 cm
Contents:
Against my heart / Ashes / Bird in the hand / The colored museum / The convert / The devil's salt / Disgraced / The doctor is Indian / The elaborate entrance of Chad Deity / El nogalar / Fetch clay, make man / Fetch clay, make man / Fires in the mirror / Godiva dates and one night stands / The gospel of Lovingkindness / Gun club (excerpt from the play Ameriville written by Universes) / Hold these truths / How the world became small / I am a man / Icarus / I land / In bloom / In the continuum / Jesus hopped the A-train / Landless tribes / Manahatta / Momma's Boyz / Mr. Joy / Newsbreak (excerpt from County of Kings) / An octoroon / Paper armor / peh-LO-tah / Placas : the most dangerous tattoo / Ramble-Ations: a one D'Lo show / Repairing a nation / Repairing a nation / The Sarimanok travels / Smart people / Standoff at Hwy#37 / A sucker emcee / Sunset baby / Taking over / The tiger among us / Truth serum blues / The whipping man
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