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Monologues & Duets Paperback: 208 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-0-916260-66-8 MER076 $18.95 Dialogues Include › Classic Movie Clichés › The Wrestling Game › Truth in Packaging › Movie Studio Audition › The Mobile Therapist › Take Me to a Leader Doubletalk 50 Comedy Duets for Actors By Bill Majeski Concise, incisive and very funny! These professional-level satirical dialogues are an actor’s delight. The characters are exaggerated, talking cartoons. Each short skit gets big laughs because the dialogue bites, stabs and tickles with wit and insight. Sacred cows are skinned alive. Simple staging and costumes. Excellent for drama competitions. Choose from fifty comedy duets. Arranged for two men, two women, one man and one woman or optional men or women. More of the best from a top comedy writer. “Easily produced . . . The emphasis upon different kinds of satire and comedy offer valuable lessons on humour and acting processes.” – Bookwatch Mentone Educational Centre 215 Chesterville Road Moorabbin Victoria 3189 Paperback: 176 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-0-916260-53-8 MER188 $19.95 Plays Include › My Friend Never Said Goodbye › The Cabbie From Calcutta › A Death In The Family › My Baby Two-character Plays for Student Actors A Collection of Fifteen One-act Plays By Robert Mauro Each of the plays in this book is a complete dramatic work balanced for a two-actor performance. Lengths vary from ten to thirty minutes. Many different types of roles from liberated women to bumbling detectives, from childhood sweethearts to homeless immigrants. Many styles: slapstick comedy, modern drama, satire, character study and tragedy. No royalties required. Plays are divided into three sections: Plays for men and women, Plays for men only and Plays for women only. Especially good for classroom and workshop use. Scripts are excellent for secondary and university-level forensic competitions. Award-winning playwright Robert Mauro has practised his craft since childhood. He has founded a newsletter for the disabled and writes for a variety of media from his home in Levittown, New York. Paperback: 144 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-0-916260-43-9 MER002 $17.95 Monologues Include › How I Spent My Summer Vacation › The Fanatical Spectator › Trains of Nightmarish Thoughts › Letter to An Escaper › Musical Intros › What Does Your Handwriting Tell You? › Mr. Know-it-all 50 Great Monologs for Student Actors A Workbook of Comedy Characterizations for Students By Bill Majeski These are professional-level comedy monologues, but they can be easily performed by talented high-school actors. Most all of the characterizations can be effectively performed by either sex. The emphasis is on comedy and social satire. Nothing is sacred, yet all monologues are within the boundaries of good taste. In most instances, the monologist is making fun of his/her own dilemmas of everyday living. Good contest material. Excellent for classroom use. Each monologue is three to five minutes long. The late Bill Majeski was a writer for Johnny Carson, Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart, and several other comedians. He wrote twenty-two plays and five books. Paperback: 208 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-058-3 MER368 $18.95 Monologues Include › Ashes to Ashes – Harold Pinter › The Souvenir of Pompeii – Sari Bodi › Cheap Sentiment – Bruce Graham › Private Eyes – Steven Dietz › Misreadings – Neena Beber › Below the Belt – Richard Dresser › Throwing Your Voice – Craig Lucas Outstanding Stage Monologs and Scenes from the ‘90s A Collection of Forty Selections from Some of the Most Important Contemporary Plays and Playwrights of the 1990’s Edited by Steven H. Gale These selections reflect actors’ and student actors’ desires for new and fresh scenes and monologues, pieces that are up-to-date and exciting to perform. The book reflects current trends where small theatre groups proliferate, women and minorities have a growing influence, and drama has become a truly international art form. Thirty-five playwrights are represented including: Albee, Fratti, Kushner, Horowitz, Wilder, Norman, Dresser, Gurney, Rivera, Cruz, Friel and more. Many selections contain strong language and adult situations that might be objectionable to some. Paperback: 240 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-0-916260-84-2 MER006 $18.95 Monologues Include › Dear Jan Slander › Just a Job › Let’s Hear It for the One-Parent Family › Letter from Camp › Human Beans › Everything Bad Happens to Me Acting Natural A Book of Monologs, Dialogs and Playlets By Peg Kehret Short-length scripts expressing the honest feelings of teenagers – their joys and their problems. Subjects include the environment, diets, baby-sitting, getting along with family, self-image, drunk driving, teenage sex and more – all treated with humour, warmth and realism. Most roles may be played by either male or female performers. May be staged with no special sets, props or costumes. Ideal for speech and drama classrooms, variety shows and forensic competitions. Peg Kehret is a playwright and novelist. Her funny, heart-warming plays and books for young people have earned great popularity and critical acclaim in the world. Paperback: 256 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-030-9 MER219 $17.95 Scenes Include › Power Trip › The Waiting Game › Out of Control › Part of the Crowd › A Question of Brotherhood › College Life › Where Are You Going? Perspectives Relevant Scenes for Teens By Mary Krell-Oishi This book of twenty-three scenes deals with challenging subject matter in five categories: Dating, Pregnancy, Control, Family, and Growing Up. Because the characters are beyond stereotypes the student actors are required to reach beyond easy characterization. The scenes offer a wide variety of styles and an equal distribution of roles between men and women. They may be used as audition pieces, festival entries or as discussion igniters for interaction between the actors and the audience. Gai Jones, Region I Director of the Educational Theatre Association says, “Perspectives is a gold mine of theatrical literature for high school/college age actors.” 16 Prices Shown Do Not Include the GST - Add 10% Check our website for latest releases and pricing
Phone (03) 9553 3234 Fax (03) 9553 4562 Email sales@mentone-educational.com.au Web www.mentone-educational.com.au Paperback: 232 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-035-4 MER308 $18.95 Scenes Include › The Roommate › The Set-up › The Break-in › The Accident › The Suspect › The Deal Fifty Professional Scenes for Student Actors A Collection of Short Two-person Scenes By Garry Michael Kluger More winning short scenes for auditions and competitions. This book is a sequel to Kluger’s Original Audition Scenes for Actors in popular demand for over ten years. It, too, is designed for professional actors seeking roles in TV shows, commercials and stage productions, but may be used by student performers who wish to work at a professional level. Actors have been using these same scenes to win roles at Los Angeles and New York TV and film studios. Students in acting classes have been using them to advance their acting experience. The book is divided into two categories of scenes: 1. Comedy and 2. Drama. Most scenes are generic, easily adaptable for use by male or female actors. Emphasis is on believable characterization, no cartoon types. Garry Michael Kluger is a film and TV actor-writer who has won many television, film and off- Broadway roles using his own audition scenes. Paperback: 128 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-020-0 MER209 $17.95 Scenes Include › Wallflower › Tomboy › Graduation › Boarding School › Boy Crazy › I’m Shy › Running Away Spotlight Solo Scenes for Student Actors By Stephanie S. Fairbanks A superb resource for speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, or audience entertainment. In a stage review, these short monologues can be to theatre what Dave Barry is to journalism. Warm, funny, and best of all – real! Fifty-five characterizations for girls, boys, or either. Any young person will relate to the topics of these scripts. And they will like them as performance material that is “scarefree.” A fresh, insightful book of “non-theatrical” monologues. Stephanie S. Fairbanks is a teacher of high school drama in Summerville, South Carolina. She holds a master’s degree in gifted education and is active in her local community theatre. Scenes & Auditions Paperback: 200 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-095-8 MER329 $18.95 Scenes Include › The Casting Session › The Ghost › The Conference › The Caseworker › The Settlement › The Diagnosis › The Season Fifty More Professional Scenes and Monologs for Student Actors A Collection of Short One- and Two-Person Scenes By Garry Michael Kluger The success of “Fifty Professional Scenes for Student Actors” prompted this new book of winning short scenes and monologues. Anyone who needs monologues and/or short two-person scenes for auditions and competitions will find this book to be a valuable resource. Designed for professional actors seeking roles in TV shows, commercial and stage productions, it may also be used by student performers who wish to work at a professional level. Actors have been using these same scenes to win roles at New York, L.A. and Chicago TV and film studios. This book is divided into two categories of scenes: Comedy and Drama. Most scenes are generic, easily adaptable for use by male or female actors. Emphasis is on believable characters, no cartoon types. Paperback: 368 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-025-5 MER066 $19.95 Chapters Include › Beginning Performance Approaches › Playing the Role › Playing the Scene › Scenes for Youth and Young Men and Women › Audition Monologs for Men and Women › Rehearsal Exercises and Improvisations Playing Contemporary Scenes Thirty-one famous scenes and how to play them Edited by Gerald Lee Ratliff This book contains the best scenes from leading plays written by acclaimed contemporary playwrights. It is an exceptional collection that challenges actors of all ages and experience levels. The scenes offer a wide spectrum of performance styles for vocal and physical interpretation. Playwrights include: Beckett, Pinter, Mamet, Durang, Foote, Wasserstein, Vogel, McLure, Innaurato, Meyers, Shue, Medoff and Steve Martin. The scenes are divided into several age groups with each being preceded by performance hints and exercises. A collection of monologues for audition use has also been included. This is an excellent source book for teachers, students and professionals. Paperback: 176 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-0-916260-79-8 MER149 $18.95 Scenes Include › Breaking Up Is Hard to Do › Beaching It › Girl Talk › Moving Out › Midnight Run › Talking a Joke Scenes that Happen Snapshot Dramatizations about Life in High School By Mary Krell-Oishi Thirty-four real-life scenes for guys and girls and mixed casts of two to four actors. Suitable for classroom or stage performance. Excellent contest scripts because student actors portray themselves in the bearable and impossible situations of teenage existence. Themes include dating, popularity, growing up, graduation, suspension from school, and moving – experiences to laugh about and cry about. Scene lengths vary from four to seven minutes each. Royaltyfree performance with book purchase. Mary Krell-Oishi is a drama teacher at the Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. She was named “Playwright of the Year” in 1995 by the California State Thespians. Paperback: 208 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-000-2 MER117 $18.95 Scenes Include › Bulimia › Jealousy › Self-Esteem › Gossip › Chasity › Friendship › Chauvinism More Scenes that Happen Real-life Snapshots of Teenage Lives By Mary Krell-Oishi The drama of the teen years is played out in these thirty-four scenes and monologues for young actors. Written as teens speak and encompassing the myriad of emotions typical of the “growing up” years, the scenes cover real-life situations from teen experiences. The script lengths vary from two to twelve minutes, making them ideal for acting classes, stage performance, auditions or as contest material. Scenes are included for boys, girls and mixed casts and involve from one to five actors. Royalty-free performance with book purchase. www.mentone-educational.com.au Prices Shown Do Not Include the GST - Add 10% 17
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