These contemporary monologue books present the best audition pieces for actors from over 100 new American plays produced in the last 20 years. Selected by noted theatre writer Todd London, these books provide a remarkable array of styles and characters for use in auditions or scene study classes by male and female actors.
Selected from the works of playwrights published by TCG, including Jon Robin Baitz, Eric Bogosian, Jo Carson, Richard Foreman, Philip Kan Gotanda, Spalding Gray, Jessica Hagedorn, Tina Howe, David Henry Hwang, Adrienne Kennedy, Harry Kondoleon, Tony Kushner, Romulus Linney, Craig Lucas, Eduardo Machado, Emily Mann, Donald Margulies, Marsha Norman, Suzan-Lori Parks, Reynolds Price, José Rivera, Nicky Silver, Paula Vogel, George C. Wolfe and others.