Product Description

This book has it all! Audition Tested, Industry Approved! Audition Monologues: Power Pieces for Women is a collection of dramatic and comedic monologues designed for women between the ages of 18 and 80. Expressively written in a way to enable the actor to project emotional range effectively and to experience the situation of the character, first hand. The content is powerful, includes surprising twists, and is appealing to both professional and amateur actors. Industry professionals such as casting directors, agents, acting coaches and actors have highly praised this book and actively recommend it to their colleagues and peers. Often casting decisions are made within one-minute’s time, therefore, a two to four minute monologue can be lengthy and inappropriate. Audition Monologues: Power Pieces for Women offers over 60 monologues with unlimited character choices. Also includes valuable audition tips written from an Agent’s point of view.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149420 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 108 pages

Synopsis
This book has it all! Audition Tested, Industry Approved! "Audition Monologues: Power Pieces for Women" is a collection of dramatic and comedic monologues designed for women between the ages of 18 and 80. Expressively written in a way to enable the actor to project emotional range effectively and to experience the situation of the character, first hand. The content is powerful, includes surprising twists, and is appealing to both professional and amateur actors. Industry professionals such as casting directors, agents, acting coaches and actors have highly praised this book and actively recommend it to their colleagues and peers. Often casting decisions are made within one-minute's time, therefore, a two to four minute monologue can be lengthy and inappropriate. "Audition Monologues: Power Pieces for Women" offers over 60 monologues with unlimited character choices. Also includes valuable audition tips written from an Agent's point of view.

About the Author
Deborah Maddox has 17 years experience developing and marketing models and actors on an international level. Ms. Maddox runs a prestigious talent agency and continues to work with models and actors. Audition Monologues: Power Pieces for Kids and Teens is also available.

Excerpted from Audition Monologues: Power Pieces for Women by Deborah Maddox. Copyright © 2003. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
A Woman: Intriguing, loving, deeply complicated, dedicated, self indulging, strong, anxious, honest, successful, manipulative, paranoid, driven, witty, intoxicated, sexual, nurturing, lazy, peaceful, supportive, deceitful, inspiring, fearful, giving, uniquely beautiful, humorous...and yet she has many faces. You will find her in this book.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book!
I have been an acting coach for years. Lately, I have been referring this book to my students. The monologues are wonderful and are very entertaining. They are written in a way that help my students truly act and get into character, rather than just recite the words. The pieces leave room for the actor to react, which is such a key eliment in this form of art. In addition, I also appreciate how this book offers so many different character types for all ages of women. This is a very useful book for audition material and practicing purposes. I highly recommend it to all actors and fellow instructors.

Very low quality writing
This book is not a collection of monologues gathered from fine writers, but a collection of shallow, undeveloped little speeches all written by the same person. It was extremely disappointing to receive and read. I am a professional acting coach and actor and believe that this is not a useful book for professional actors or those aspiring to be so. Actors should work with the finest writing from the finest playwrights and screen-writers. These monologues are shallow and uninteresting with poorly developed characters and superficial emotions. Not recommended! there are many collections of great monologues from great sources that are much more useful.