Inside these pages, aspiring young performers will find 75 challenging monologue
s just right for kids. All of the pieces are about subjects appropriate for prod
uction in schools much of it "serious and challenging" which will interest child
performers without offending administrators, teachers, or parents. Some are com
ical, some are dramatic, and some are seriocomic (a little bit of both). Most of
the monologues are from plays, and some are original pieces written especially
for this book. Despite the listed age of each character, these monologue can all
be performed by kids of any age. The collection features wonderful monologues b
y some of our finest playwrights, such as Don Nigro, Cassandra Lewis, Reina Hard
y, Kayla Cagan, Jenny Lyn Bader, Eric Coble, Glenn Alterman, Constance Congdon,
and Barbara Dana. It also highlights exciting up-and-comers, such as Sharon Gold
ner, Gabriel David, Deanna Alisa Ableser, Martha Patterson, David Eliet, Connie
Schindewolf, Mark Lambeck, and Phoebe Farmer.
