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A Grand Entrance: Scenes and Monologues for Mature Actors |
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By Ann McDonough and Kent R. Brown. Written by Steve Allen, Sandra Fenichel Asher, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Louis Broome, Kent R. Brown, Joan Calof, Roger Cornish, Angela Counts, Sheryle Criswell, Jeffery Scott Elwell, Jeanette Farr, Gary Garrison, Linsey Hamilton, Ann Harris, Olga Humphrey, Carleen Jaspers, Julie Jensen, Mark Steven Jensen, Davey Marlin-Jones, Adam Kraar, Carol Wright Krause, Innes-Fergus McDade, Vin Morreale Jr., Loretta Novick, Steven Packard, Hudson Plumb, Bruce Post, Philip Potak, Shelly Pruitt-Wykes, Billy M. Pullen, Kenneth Robbins, Joseph Robinette, Mayo Simon, Katherine Snodgrass, Staci Swedeen, Jules Tasca, Mike Thomas, Rachel Feldbin Urist, Karen Smith Vastola, Michael Wright, Saul Zachary and Nicholas Zagone. This exciting anthology of scenes and monologues features nearly 100 comic and serious roles for mature actors over the age of 55. Aimed at the advanced as well as the beginning actor, a special feature is the inclusion of scenes with three characters, allowing actors to develop the concentration skills necessary to create compelling ensemble work. Included are suggestions for how to interpret scenes and monologues, how to discover your character's motivations, how to portray a character with confidence and conviction, memorizing tips and techniques and suggestions to make auditioning a pleasurable experience. An excellent companion volume to "Short Stuff" and "New Monologues for Mature Actors." 6x9 - 360 pages.
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Textbook*Anthology |
| G68 |
| $0.00 /perf.* |
| $18.95 |
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| Senior Theatre |
| 087129933X |
| 03/22/2000 |
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|  | Steve Allen (1921-2000) In the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s the single most talented individual in the entertainment world was Noel Coward, who achieved great success as an actor, vocalist, pianist, author, composer, lyricist and director. During a visit to our shores in the early 1950s, Sir Noel described Steve Allen as "the most talented man in America." Andy Williams once ...More |  | Sandra Fenichel Asher has published 24 books for young readers (as Sandy Asher) and over two dozen plays, including Across the Plains; Dancing with Strangers; Emma; I Will Sing Life; Little Women: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy; Once, in the Time of Trolls; The Wise Men of Chelm and A Woman Called Truth (all Dramatic Publishing) and The Wolf and ...More | | | | |  | Kent R. Brown's works have been produced throughout Canada, Belgium, The Netherlands, Australia and the United States. American venues include People's Light and Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Company One, BoarsHead Theater, West Coast Ensemble, Boston Theatre Works, Pulse Ensemble, Dobama Theatre, The Side Project and Moving Arts. Brown's published titles include Valentines and Killer Chili, Two ...More | | | | |  | Angela Counts is a solo performer, screenwriter and playwright, whose works have been presented in theaters across the country including New York Theatre Workshop, LaMama ETC and Theater for the New City. Her most recent solo work Talk to the Hand premiered at Arts Night Boston in February 2007. She is a graduate of the MFA Theatre Program at the ...More | | | | | | Jeanette D. Farr has written and developed several plays including The Burning of White Trash, Accidentally on Purpose, Human Wonders, IceSPEAK, Blue Roses and Pitchin' Pennies at the Stars. Her works have been produced off-off-Broadway, as well as in Washington, D.C., Texas, California, Nevada and Virginia. In 1999 and 2000, her plays, For Kicks and But Seriously Folks, were ...More | | | | | | |  | Olga Humphrey was awarded a 2003 Fellowship from the IFP/New York for a screenplay based on her play Hyperactive. Her play F-Stop was produced by B Street Theatre in Sacramento and received its world premiere in New York by New Directions Theater. Veronika Vavoom, Volcanologist was produced by Boston Theatre Works and received a developmental grant from the ...More | | |  | Julie Jensen's play, Two-Headed, was commissioned by ASK Theatre Projects in Los Angeles and was developed in the Common Ground Festival. It has had successful productions at Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, Va.; the Women's Project and Productions in New York City and by Timescape Arts Group in Los Angeles. Jensen's earlier plays ...More | | |  | Adam Kraar's plays include New World Rhapsody (Manhattan Theatre Club commission); The Spirit House (premiered at Performance Network of Ann Arbor); The Abandoned El (Illinois Theatre Center); The Lost Cities of Asher (Finalist, 2005 O'Neill Playwrights Conference) and Freedom High (Handel Playwright Fellowship winner). Kraar's plays have been produced and developed in New York by Ensemble Studio Theatre, Primary Stages, ...More | | | | | | | | Ann McDonough holds a Ph.D. in theater from the University of Minnesota and is the co-founder and head of the senior adult theater program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her books available through Dramatic Publishing are New Monologues for Mature Actors and Short Stuff: Ten- to Twenty-Minute Plays for Mature Actors and (with Kent R. Brown) A Grand ...More |  | To date, Vin Morreale, Jr. has written for stage, print, radio, television and film. He has written 37 plays, which have received more than 700 productions across the United States and Canada. His book, Burning Up the Stage: Monologues, Short Scenes and Audition Pieces for Actors From Six to Seventy, is used by actors, drama teachers and theaters nationwide. He ...More | | | | | | | | Bruce Post is the executive director of the Maxwell Anderson Playwrights Series, where he produces the annual Young Connecticut Playwrights Festival each spring. His plays have been produced in New York City, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Washington, D.C., and on Martha's Vineyard. His plays include The Whipping Boys, winner of the UMKC Award for Playwriting; Band; The Master Race and ...More | | | | | | | | |  | Joseph Robinette is the author of 51 published plays and musicals, including The Fabulous Fable Factory, written with composer Thomas Tierney, and Charlotte's Web, adapted from the novel by E.B. White, two of the most widely produced children's plays in the United States. He has also dramatized the authorized stage versions of The Lion, the Witch and ...More | | Mayo Simon has written extensively for television, film and the stage. His short documentary, Why Man Creates, won a number of international prizes including an Academy Award for best short subject. His plays have been produced in many theaters in this country and in Europe. They include Walking to Waldheim and Happiness (Lincoln Center), L.A. Under Seige (Mark Taper Forum, ...More | | | | |  | Award-winning playwright Jules Tasca is the author of 102 (12 full-length and 92 one-act) published plays which have been produced in numerous national theatres from the Mark Taper Forum to the Bucks County Playhouse, as well as abroad. He has also written for radio and television. His libretto for The Amazing Einstein was the national winner in New York's Performing ...More | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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