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New Monologues for Mature Actors

Compiled and edited by Ann McDonough. Written by Kent R. Brown, Ann Deagon, Emanuel Fried, L.B. Hamilton, Rand Higbee, Douglas Hill, Cheryldee Huddleston, Julie Jensen, Mark Steven Jensen, Jenny Laird, Moire K. Lynch, Davey Marlin-Jones, Terryl Paiste, Erik Ramsey, Paula Schwartz, Grady A. Smith, Jeffrey Sweet, Julie Stainer, Ralph Tropf, Vernon Troutner and Gregory M. Vovos.

Product Code: N44000

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Recommended For: Senior Theatre

This anthology of comic and serious monologues is specially tailored for actors age 55 and older. It is a convenient source book of monologues ideally suited for auditions or acting classes.

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Twilight Serenade

By John Green

Product Code: TB2000

One-act Play

Recommended For: Senior Theatre

Cast Size: 2m., 1w.

Approx. Run Time: 10 min.

A widow and her son-in-law run errands around town and discuss her late husband.

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One Day at the Zoo

By G.M. (Bud) Thompson.

Product Code: O58000

One-act Play

Cast Size: 3m., 3w. (2 offstage voices.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

This play raises powerful questions about what it means to be a family, being an individual in a family, and the importance of keeping a family together.

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Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's

By R.N. Sandberg. From the story "A Little Princess" (American title) by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Product Code: SB5000

Full-length Play

Cast Size: 2-5m., 7-12w. doubling and extras possible.

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Approx. Run Time: 80 min.

Left at a boarding school while her Army father is away, Sara makes friends with her wit and charm. When her father dies and her riches are gone too, Ms. Minchin banishes Sara to the attic and makes her into a servant. Sara finds happiness with imagination.

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Why We Have a Body

By Claire Chafee.

Product Code: W79000

Full-length Play

Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre

Cast Size: 4w.

Approx. Run Time: 60 min.

The story of a family of women at odds with the world around them. In each case, the women's chosen fields are a flight from traditional roles, propelled by a fear of getting stuck in a groove of routine.

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The Wake

By Steve Allen.

Product Code: W80000

Full-length Play

Cast Size: 5m., 7w. (2 boys, 1 girl.)

Approx. Run Time: 130 min.

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OZ

By Patrick Shanahan.

Product Code: O55000

Full-length Play

Recommended For: College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA | Touring Group

Cast Size: 1m., 2w.

Approx. Run Time: 90 min.

It's 1899 in Chicago, and L. Frank Baum is putting the finishing touches on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz but is missing a few key elements … the title and the ending! Suddenly, his Victorian study becomes a magical land. In the heart of this frenzy is the whole creative process, and in the end, we realize that Baum is the real wizard of Oz, but he needs an assistant … our imaginations.

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