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Monologues
For spring semester 2020, we are trialing the Drama Online database from Bloomsbury Publishing. In addition to videos and play scripts (leaning heavily toward Shakespeare, but also from the L.A. Theatre Works Collection), there is a ‘monologue search feature,’ a how-to video is here.
Here are some examples of the many Lindell Library books that contain monologues. Search our collection for more, or browse the stacks.
- Use the call numbers on these books to locate additional monologues nearby in the stacks.
- The PN2080 section on the Lower Level is a good place to start.
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The Ultimate Scene & Monologue Sourcebook : An Actor's Guide to Over 1,000 Monologues and Scenes from More than 300 Contemporary Plays by Call Number: LOWER LEVEL: PN2080 .H66 2007ISBN: 9780823099498Publication Date: 2007A large collection of male, female, male/male, female/female, male/female, and three-person scenes and monologues. -
Monologues for Actors of Color: Men by Call Number: LOWER LEVEL: PN2080 .M535 2000ISBN: 0878300708Publication Date: 1999Selected monologues for male roles for men of color. -
Monologues for Actors of Color: Women by Call Number: LOWER LEVEL: PN2080 .M536 2000ISBN: 0878300686Publication Date: 1999Selected monologues for female roles for women of color. -
Speak the Speech! Shakespeare's Monologues Illuminated by Call Number: LOWER LEVEL: 822.33 DSi38ISBN: 9780571211227Publication Date: 2002A detailed guide to approaching Shakespearean text, Speak the Speech! has everything an actor needs to select and prepare a Shakespeare monologue for classwork, auditions, or performance.
Acting Techniques
Below are links to streaming videos from the Lindell Library's collection on acting methods and dialects.
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Stanislavsky from the Outside In: React and Act SeriesThis revolutionary eight-part teaching series totally changes how students look at the acting strategies that were pioneered by world-renowned Russian actor and theater director Constantin Stanislavsky. Coaching from Hollywood acting teacher and director Timothy Craig will help students employ helpful acting techniques. Students will embrace and project Stanislavsky’s theories from their inner selves as they observe, react, and immediately apply them to their acting, directing, and writing. 8-part series, 9–20 minutes each.
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Films on Demand: ActingStreaming videos relating to acting, acting methods, the business of acting, etc.