{"product_id":"talk-to-me-monologue-plays-paperback","title":"Talk to Me: Monologue Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNina Shengold\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this one-of-a-kind collection of monologue plays, Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have gathered a breathtaking array of human voices and stories by master playwrights and emerging new writers. Each of the plays, ranging from one-acts and ten-minute plays to full-length works, creates a rich and specific world. In these pages, readers will meet a dazzling group of dramatic and comic characters: an actress chasing a role as a prison guard on a soap opera, an Indian waiter new to America, a lesbian performance artist taking her father to Auschwitz, a surfer dude trying to summarize the plot of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e in under two minutes, and a Dutch librarian hunting down a book that's 123 years overdue. Because each selection is a complete monologue, \u003cb\u003eTalk to Me\u003c\/b\u003e is an unprecedented source for actors in search of material for auditions, classes, and performances, as well as a literary gold mine for anyone who loves drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this one-of-a-kind collection of monologue plays, Eric Lane and Nina Shengold have gathered a breathtaking array of human voices and stories by master playwrights and emerging new writers. Each of the plays, ranging from one-acts and ten-minute plays to full-length works, creates a rich and specific world. In these pages, readers will meet a dazzling group of dramatic and comic characters: an actress chasing a role as a prison guard on a soap opera, an Indian waiter new to America, a lesbian performance artist taking her father to Auschwitz, a surfer dude trying to summarize the plot of \"Moby-Dick in under two minutes, and a Dutch librarian hunting down a book that's 123 years overdue. Because each selection is a complete monologue, Talk to Me is an unprecedented source for actors in search of material for auditions, classes, and performances, as well as a literary gold mine for anyone who loves drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Lane and Nina Shengold have been editing contemporary theater anthologies for more than twenty years. Eric Lane's award-winning plays have been published and performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, and China. Plays include \u003ci\u003eRide, Times of War, Heart of the City, Dancing on Checkers' Grave, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Filming O'Keeffe. Floating\u003c\/i\u003e, a PlayPenn finalist, was workshopped at Raven Theatre. Eric's short plays are published in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Plays, Poems and Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eForeign Language Press\u003c\/i\u003e (Beijing). He wrote and produced the short films \u003ci\u003eFirst Breath\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCater-Waiter\u003c\/i\u003e, which he also directed; both films screened in more than forty cities worldwide. For TV's \u003ci\u003eRyan's Hope\u003c\/i\u003e he received a Writers Guild Award. Honors include the Berrilla Kerr Playwriting Award, the La MaMa Playwright Award, and fellowships at Yaddo, VCCA, and St. James Cavalier in Malta. Eric is an honors graduate of Brown University, and artistic director of Orange Thoughts, a not-for-profit theater and film company in New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNina Shengold's plays include \u003ci\u003eFinger Foods, War at Home, Homesteaders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRomeo\/Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been produced around the world. Her one-act \u003ci\u003eNo Shoulder\u003c\/i\u003e was filmed by director Suzi Yoonessi, with Melissa Leo and Samantha Sloyan. Nina won a Writers Guild Award for her teleplay \u003ci\u003eLabor of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Marcia Gay Harden; other teleplays include \u003ci\u003eBlind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e, with Joanne Woodward and Laura Linney, and\u003ci\u003e Unwed Father\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books include the novel \u003ci\u003eClearcut\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRiver of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers\u003c\/i\u003e (with photographer Jennifer May), and a growing posse of pseudonymous books for young readers. A graduate of Wesleyan, she is currently teaching creative writing at Manhattanville College. Nina lives in New York's Hudson Valley, where she has been books editor of \u003ci\u003eChronogram\u003c\/i\u003e magazine since 2004.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.02 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748503748896,"sku":"9781400076154","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1a98285bd4a7577dc76a4a9c2fd90c8d.webp?v=1779910798","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/talk-to-me-monologue-plays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}