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Mrs. Dill’s Scene List! Rating System Comic: Of lighthearted subject matter; usually funny Serious: Of serious subject matter; sometimes angry, sometimes sad, sometimes suspenseful Serio-Comic: Both lighthearted and serious Romantic (Comedy or Serious): Of romantic subject matter, usually dreamy and often times involving kissing Film Noir: In the style of black and white detective films Advanced Classes only: are Ensemble Theatre and Drama III ALL ! Combination: Type: M=male F=female MF Serious MF MF Comic Comic All on the list are recommended unless restricted 3 *= a highly recommended scene 5 *= one of the best scenes EVER! * scenes are better suited for competition! Book: Title/Playwright Page Story Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Big Time 28 Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Boys Next Door Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by 70 73 Things get brutal as two romantically involved photographers tell it as it is Two mentally handicapped characters have a charming date. A spin-off of the Glass Menagerie where this time a confident female caller shakes up a hypochondriac boy’s world Johnny tries to convince Frankie that they’re meant for each other A sexy Hispanic By Keith Reddin 35 by Tom Griffin Christopher Durang MF Serio-Comic Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by MF Film Noir Duo! Best Terrence McNally In a Pig’s Valise by 106 Class? Competition? Restrictions Both: Props Edit language Both: Props 5* Both: props easily pantomimed 5* Class Edit language Both 1 (Hispanic) MF MF FF Serious Romantic (Serious) Serio-comic FF Comic FF (short) Comic FF SerioComic (Dark Humor) FF FF Serious Serious Scenes of the ‘90’s Eric Overmeyer Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Millenium Approaches by Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Music from a Locked Room by 159 Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Blind Date by 216 Candy and Shelly Go to the Dessert 224 153 Tony Kushner John Logan Horton Foote by Paula Cizmar Emily by Stephen Metcalfe 232 Loon Woman by 248 Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Mama Drama by 252 Duo! Best Paducah by Sallie Margaret Hunt Leslie Ayvazian 280 dancer reveals to a private detective that someone is stealing her dreams A drug-addicted wife asks her husband if he’s gay. A romantic love-sick man tries to convince an old married flame to reconsider their past love. An aunt gives advise to her niece about dating Two childhood friends are stranded in the desert Two best friends work out while talking about love An aunt and a daughter explore the dark and humorous side of mental illness An older woman takes care of a younger pregnant girl, whose baby she will adopt A daughter and 5* Advanced classes only and Competition Advanced Classes only: English accents required Class Both 3* Both Both Both 3* Class 2 FF Serious FF (southern accents) Serious FF (One African American, one mixed race) FF Serious MM Serio-Comic Serio-Comic Scenes of the ‘90’s Bengham Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Phantasie by Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Steel Magnolias by 309 Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s The Talented Tenth by Richard 316 Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Women of Manhattan by 321 Two good friends get together for an evening without men Both Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Beggars in the House of Plenty 331 A troubled brother explains why he’s so messed-up. Both Edit language 335 Two buddies get in an argument over the profession of one’s current girlfriend Two friends meet at a restaurant. One is Both Edit Language (Vol I) MM Serio-Comic Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s MM Comic Duo! Best Scenes of the 283 Sybille Pearson Robert Harling Wesley John Patrick Shanley by John Patrick Shanley Boy’s Life by Howard Korder Eastern Standard by Richard 376 mother have a heartto-heart about mom’s decision to divorce A daughter tracks down her birthmother and they meet for the first time A diabetic tells her mother she’s going to have a baby, much against her mother’s wishes A woman who’s husband is cheating on her confronts the other woman Class Both 5* Both 3 * Both 3* 3 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM Comic Serio-Comic Serious Serious (Sad) Serious Comedic Serious ‘90’s Greenberg Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Goose and Tomtom by David 400 Two buddies discuss self-image over scotch in the park. Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Living at Home by 421 Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Man Enough by 431 Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Meeting the Winter Bike Rider 441 Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Private Wars by 489 Two brothers discuss women as they watch the coverage of Kenney’s assassination on tv. One brother comes home to say goodbye to his mentally challenged brother before he is sent away A boy runs away from home and talks to the gas station attendant desperately wanting a friend, or more? Two men in an army hospital practice picking up women Duo! Best Saxaphone Music 498 387 gay, and one is straight. One is trying to get over the woman of his dreams. Two crooks plan their exit plan Rabe Hope of the Future by Shannon Keith Kelly Anthony Giardin Patty Gideon Sloan by Juan Nunez James McLure Two friends who Both 5* Edit language Class Both 3 * Edit language Both Both (Sexual content) Advanced Classes only and competition Class only— 4 MM MM MF MF Serious Comedic Comedic Serious Scenes of the ‘90’s by Bill Bozzone Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Duo! Best Scenes of the ‘90’s Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays Speed of Darkness 504 by Steve Tesich Zero Positive by 519 Harry Kondoleon Beyond Therapy 27 by Christopher Durang A Different Moon 45 by Ara Watson MF Serious Actor’s Book Hurlyburly by of Scenes from David Rabe New Plays 99 MF (Both African American) Romantic Actor’s Book Joe Turner’s of Scenes from Come and Gone New Plays by August Wilson 109 MF Serious Actor’s Book Out of Gas on of Scenes from Lover’s Leap by New Plays Mark St Germain 142 escaped from the mental hospital go at one another because of jealousy A Nam vet rips into his daughter’s boyfriend A self-absorbed actor has dinner with a down-and out friend Two people meet for a blind date A desperate woman tries to convince a fling to commit to her because she’s pregnant with his child A couple get into a fight about which restaurant to go to and so much more Two African-American kids have a heart-to heart conversation about ghosts and love A high school couple talk about marriage, future and suicide on Lover’s Leap. props necessary Advanced classes or competition Competition 5* Kris Both Cuts see Volume I Long—cuts in Volume I Long cuts in Volume I Both Both (long, cuts in Vol I, more cuts needed) 5 MF Romantic—kissing Actor’s Book The Red Coat by of Scenes from John Patrick New Plays Shanley 165 M(black) F English accents MF Romantic—kissing Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays A Taste of Honey 183 Vanishing Act by 188 Romantic by Shelagh Delaney Richard Greenberg FF (Southern accent?) Serious Actor’s Book Between Daylight of Scenes from and Boonville by New Plays Matt Williams 207 FF Comedic Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays Elm Circle by Mick 218 Final Placement 222 FF Serious Casale by Ara Watson FF Comedic Actor’s Book Graceland by of Scenes from Ellen Byron New Plays 233 FF Comedic Actor’s Book Laundry and of Scenes from Bourbon by 260 A boy and girl leave a party and the boy admits he loves the girl A black sailor asks his white girlfriend to marry him. A very poetic scene where a young man tells his love about his happiest moment A phenomenal scene about two women who live in a trailer park and wait for their men to come home after a mining accident A girl off her rocker meets a stripper on a train A desperate mother pleads with a social worker to get her son back Two women fight for the right to be the first inside Elvis’ home Two good friends talk about men while Both Advanced classes only Both Both 5* Both Both 5* Both 5* See Volume I for cuts Class-very long Cuts in Volume 6 FF (Hispanic) Serious FF Serious British New Plays Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays James McLure Sarita by Maria Irene Fornes 279 Top Girls by Caryl 295 Churchill MM (Both African American) Serious Actor’s Book The Colored of Scenes from Museum by New Plays George C. Wolfe 321 MM ( Both Chinese American) Serious 325 MM (Both African American) Serious Actor’s Book The Dance and of Scenes from the Railroad by New Plays David Henry Hwang Actor’s Book Fences by August of Scenes from Wilson New Plays MM (Both Hispanic) Serio-Comic Actor’s Book The House of of Scenes from Ramon Iglesia by New Plays Jose Rivera 350 MM Serious Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays Actor’s Book of Scenes from A Lie of the Mind 358 MM Comic 341 by Sam Shepard The Nerd by Larry Shue 369 doing laundry A spirited young girl tells her mother she’s pregnant Two estranged sisters duke it out over a child given to the other sister An older black man tries to convince his younger self that he wants nothing to do with his past. Two Chinese Americans discuss working as immigrants in America An African American boy wants to play football and his dad wants him to keep his job. Two Hispanic brothers duke it out outside a Marine Corps recruiting office Jake tells his brother why he just killed his wife William tries to tell his roommate, who saved I Both 3* Advanced Classes only Cuts in Vol I Class Only (prop heavy) Both Both 5* Both 5* Both 5* Both 5* 7 New Plays MM MF Serious Serio-Comic Actor’s Book of Scenes from New Plays Great Scenes for Young Actors Vol I Ties by Jeffrey 400 And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson by Jim 1 Sweet Leonard Jr. MF MF MF FF FF Serious Romantic (a kiss) Comedic Serious Serious Great Scenes for Young Actors Vol I Does a Tiger 31 Wear Necktie? By Great Scenes for Young Actors Vol I I Street Scene by Great Scenes for Young Actors Vol I I What I Did Last Summer by A.R. 88 Great Scenes for Young Actors Vol I Great Scenes for Young Actors Vol I Ascension Day by 103 Seniority by Eric Ziegenhagen 137 Don Peterson 79 Elmer Rice Gurney Timothy Mason his life in the war, to get out. Francis tells his friend Class to stop seeing his sister Elizabeth, who’s in a wheelchair, has a heart-to heart with her friend Skeeter. Conrad tries to convince Linda, a drugee, to kick the habit and take a chance on him A hot summer night in New York sparks a heart-to-heart between friends who soon become more than friends Charlie tries to convince Bonnie to go on a date with him, while she’s babysitting at the beach Two sisters have a heart-to heart at camp Class (language) Debbie asks her sister about her date and she learns more than Both (sexual content) 3* Both Class Both Class 8 FMM FFFF Comedic Serious Great Scenes for Young Actors Vol I What I Did Last Summer by A.R. 237 Great Scenes for Young Actors Vol I The Young and Fair by Richard 243 Gurney Nash MF Romantic (serious) Great Scenes All My Sons by for Young Arthur Miller Actors Volume II MF Romantic Comedy Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II MF Serious MF Serious MF Serio Comic Class Action by 7 20 Brad Slaight Darcy and Clara 25 Great Scenes Early Dark by for Young Reynolds Price Actors Volume II Great Scenes Hidden Parts by 34 by Daisey Foote 51 she bargained for On their way to the cyclone Roller Coaster, the third wheel, Charlie, is put on the spot about how he’s spending his summer Scene about four girls living in a boarding school looking for a stolen bracelet Chris professes his love for his brother’s (presumed dead) girlfriend, and talks about how war affected him Prom night for two high school kids and an awkward start to romance Darcy returns from her first date with Tom. Darcy’s twin sister is in the hospital fighting kidney disease Wesley pursues his girlfriend who’s clearly upset; she tells him she’s pregnant Daria is working in a Both Both 3* Both 3* Class Both Both 3* Class only— 9 for Young Lynn Alvarez Actors Volume II MF Serious Great Scenes Hidden Parts by for Young Lynn Alvarez Actors Volume II MF Serious Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II MF MF FF FF Seriou-Comic Comic Serious Comedic Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume High Tide by Brad 55 61 Slaight Sally’s Gone, She 127 Left Her Name by Russell Davis Sorry by Timothy 133 Darcy and Clare 159 The Less Than Human Club by 170 Mason by Daisy Foote Timothy Mason small clearing in a corn field to escape her past. A talented musician, Justin, finds her workspace and offers to help her This incredible scene, where Justin tries to get Daria to go with him. He admits he’s in love with her Brian tells a total stranger about his friend’s attempted suicide A brother and sister have a heart-to heart about relationships with the opposite sex A very funny scene about a woman who just shot someone that she thought was an intruder Two Sisters discuss their future; one sister is very ill with kidney disease Two friends discuss boys in the bathroom during the props necessary 3* Both 5* Both Stronger role for male Both Class—too long and prop heavy Both Class 10 FF MM MM MM MMM MM Comedic Dramatic Comedic Comedic Serio-Comic Serio Comic II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Great Scenes for Young Actors Volume II Neil Simon Scenes Only You by 184 A Bird of Prey by 204 Timothy Mason Jim Grimsle Over the Tavern 218 The Reincarnation 225 by Tom Dudzick of Jamie Brown by Lynne Alvarez The Kentucky Cycle by Robert 244 Serio Comic Neil Simon Scenes Come Blow Your Horn By: Neil 6 Come Blow Your Horn By: Neil 12 Plaza Suite 43 Simon MF Serio Comic Neil Simon Eddie, the older brother ransacks his brothers room looking for answers on religion Jamie goes looking or his girlfriend and finds a gay and very in love man in her apartment Two boys wrestle as the other reads a Bible Class Both Class (Prop heavy) Class Class Schenkan Simon MF homecoming dance Two very different friends discuss the men in their life in a coffee shop A tough boy asks the new kid on the block why he prays A father calls is no Class good son a bum and he tries to defend himself A woman shows up Class at her boyfriend’s apartment and demands commitment Karen has just found Class 11 Scenes MF Serio-Comic Neil Simon Scenes The Prisoner of Second Avenue MF Serio-Comic Neil Simon Scenes The Visitor from Philadelphia FF Serio-Comic Neil Simon Scenes Brighton Beach Memoirs MF Romantic (Kissing) Biloxi Blues MF Serio-Comic Neil Simon Scenes Neil Simon Scenes MF Serio-Comic Neil Simon Scenes Rumors MF Serious Neil Simon Scenes Proposals MF Comic Neil Simon Scenes Proposals Rumors out her husband, Sam, had an affair with his secretary 80 A husband and wife discover their apartment has been broken into 112 Millie discovers there is another woman in bed with her husband 144 Two sisters have a heart-to-heart about their dead father and the future 164 Eugene tells Daisy he loves her 179 (and Claire wants more info add about her friend who more is having an affair from script) 181 Cassie tries to get her (better husband to admit he’s cut in having an affair script) 212 Josie has just broken off her engagement with Kenny 221 Vinnie, a young gangster with a very new York accent, tells Class Class Class Class Both Both 5* Both 5* Both 3* 12 MF MF MF MM MM MM Serious Serious Romantic (serious) Serious Serious (suspense) Comedic The Best Stage Scenes for Men from the 1980’s The Best Stage Scenes for Men from the 1980’s The Best Stage Scenes for Men from the 1980’s The Best Stage Scenes for Men from the 1980’s Eastern Standard 24 by Richard Greenberg Key Exchange by 45 Kevin Wade Maids of Honor 74 Only Kidding by 154 The Best Stage Scenes for Men from the 1980’s Search and Destroy by 168 The Best Stage Scenes for Men from Zara Spook and Other Lunes by 201 by Joan Casademont Jim Geoghan Howard Korder Joan Ackermann a beautiful model about his passion making jewelry Stephen admits to Phoebe that he tried to commit suicide, and she proposes marriage A woman looking for commitment from her lover lays down the law A woman confronting a former lover who is catering her sister’s wedding An incredible scene about two friends who work together on a comedy team. They’ve been offered a spot on a big show. One wants to do it, the other doesn’t Two friends shoot a state trouper when a drug deal goes awry and then they turn on each other Two men watch their women in a fishing competitions and Both Advanced Classes only Competition 5* Both 3* Both 5* Advanced Classes only Competition 5* Both 5* 13 the 1980’s Blount MF Comedic The Actor’s Scenebook Barefoot in the 4,8 Two Park by Neil Simon different MF English accents Comedic The Actor’s Scenebook Bedroom Farce by 68 FF Serio-Comic The Actor’s Scenebook The Gingerbread Lady by Neil share much wisdom on life Two newlyweds have their first major fight Both 3* cuts Alean Ayckbourn 152 Simon FF (Southern accents) Serio-comic The Actor’s Scenebook Crimes of the Heart by Beth 148 Henley FF Comic The Actor’s Scenebook A Coupla White 173 Chicks Sitting Around Talking by John Forn Noonan FF Serio-Comic The Actor’s Scenebook Lunch Hour by Jean Kerr 176 A newly married couple get ready for a party playing a game of hiding shoes A daughter thinks her mother, who is on the wagon, is home late because she was out drinking Meg discovers her sister attempting to commit suicide. A somewhat funny scene Maude has just selpt with Hannah Mae’s husband. Hannah Mae comes over to find out the truth and concoct a plan to get back at her husband Carrie confronts her husband’s lover, Nora, then tells her she is having an affair with Nora’s husband, a lie Class (prop heavy) 3* Class Both Both Class 14 FF (English accents) FF Comic Serious The Actor’s Scenebook Once a Catholic The Actor’s Scenebook Teach me How to Cry by Patricia 230 Say Goodnight Gracie by Ralph 248 The Actor’s Scenebook Mr Roberts by 281 The Actor’s Scenebook The Faculty Lounge by 227 The Actor’s Scenebook Volume II Standing on My Knees by John 119 The Actor’s Scenebook II Painting Churches 117 The Actor’s Scenebook II Accomodations 202 by Mary O’Malley Joudry MM Comic The Actor’s Scenebook Pape MM FF Comic Comic Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan Michael Schulman MF MF (Extremely elderly) MF Serious Comic Comic Two Catholic girls tell each other their deep dark secrets Polly blackmails Melinda to drop out of the play so she can play Juliet Jerry has just gotten home from a bad audition to discover his best friend has eaten his favorite can of soup Two army buddies have a heart-to-heart. Roberts challenges Pulver to be a man Linda tries to convince the new girl on the faculty to play a mean joke on her husband A schizophrenic meets her lover in the park Olive by Tina Howe by Nick Hall 127 A senile poet and his lady friend struggle to communicate An actress pretending to be an oldtime classic movie star Both Both 3* Both (props) 5* Both Class Both 5* Edit language Strong actress Both Both 5* 15 MF MF Comic Serious The Actor’s Scenebook II Rich and famous 131 The Actor’s Scenebook II Dancing in the End Zone by Bill 135 The Actor’s Scenebook II Isn’t It Romantic? 142 The Actor’s Scenebook II Sally and Masha 159 The Actor’s Scenebook II Cheating Cheaters by John by John Guare C. Davis FF FF FF Serio-Comic Serious Comedic By Wendy Wasserstein by Sybille Pearson 184 Patrick MM Comedic The Actor’s Scenebook II Hooters by Ted Tally 252 admits her love for her roommate, a nerdy, but attractive research psychologist A struggling playwright gets his first play published and he sings his praises a long with his girlfriend in Times Square A star football player is falling in love with his tutor, but doesn’t want to rat out his coach for using unethical practices A sworn feminist admits to her best friend that she is getting married A struggling woman tells her rich friend what it’s like to be poor. Two sisters dressed as nuns in order to beg money for a good cause are attacked by a fit of conscience Two buddies talk about their ideal Both 5* Both 5* Both 3* Both Class Both (cuts) 3* 16 MM Comedic The Actor’s Scenebook II There are No Sacher Tortes in Our Society by 265 Murray Schisgal MF MF MM MF FF Comedic Serious Comedic Serious Serious Annie Hall 1 99 Film Scenes for Actors Good Will Hunting 144 99 Film Scenes for Actors Johnny Suede 188 99 Film Scenes for Actors Marvin’s Room by 244 99 Film Scenes for Actors Marvin’s Room by 249 99 Film Scenes for Actors Screenplay by Woody Allen Screenplay by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck screenplay by Tom Dicillo Scott McPherson Scott McPherson woman A long lost brother appears in Alex’s apartment. Alex has just had the worst day of his life and is in no mood to deal with his crazy brother Annie calls her exboyfriend over to her apartment to kill a spider Skyler asks Will to come to California with her, but he refuses Johnny informs his buddy that his girlfriend wants to move in with him. They compose a pros and cons list Bessie, who’s dying from cancer, convinces her nephew to get his bone marrow tested Bessie is dying from cancer. She and her sister have a heart-to Both 5* Both Both 5* Edit language Both 5* Both Both 17 MF MF Serious Serious MF British accents Serious MF Serious MF MF Serious Serious 99 Film Scenes for Actors Raising Arizona 99 Film Scenes for Actors Truly, Madly, 377 Deeply screenplay 99 Film Scenes for Actors Wings of a Dove 413 99 Film Scenes for Actors Wings of a Dove 417 Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors Dining Room by 3 Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors Later Life by A.R. 29 312 screenplay by Ethan and Joel Coen by Anthony Mingella screenplay by Hosein Amini Screenplay by Hosein Amini A.R. Gurney Gurney heart A stolen baby is home with its new parents for the first time Nina’s husband, Jamie, is dead but he loves her so much he returns as a ghost Millie is dying and her best friend, love of her life, has come to see her for the last time After Millie’s death, Merton comes back to England, but doesn’t inform his lover, Kate that he’s back because he’s so torn up over Millie Meg, married with three children is leaving her husband and asks her father if she can come back home to stay. She reveals she’s a lesbian. Ruth and Austin have been set-up at a party by their friends. Ruth talks about her Both Both Advanced Classes only Advanced Classes only Edit action Both Both 18 MF FF Serious Comedic FF British accents Comedic FF Comedic MM Serious Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors Annie and Arthur Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors Absent Friends by Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors Sylvia by A.R. 145 Cover by Jeffrey 182 60 by Michael Schulman 117 Henley 140 Alan Ayckbourn Gurney Sweet husband whom she loves but who is abusive Jack, a caretaker, learns a great deal about Annie, who is living in an abandoned property Carnelle desperately wants to win her town’s beauty contest, and her cousin Elaine, a recent winner of the pageant has just arrived to town A woman reveals to her fried, who’s obsessed with her new shoes, that she thinks her husband is having an affair. A woman and a dog have a heart-to-heart Mary asks Frank to lie to his wife, a good friend of Frank’s, to lie about where he was last night. Frank refuses Both Strong actress needed Both Both Both 5* Both 5* 19 MM (1 British, 1 American) Serious MM Comedic MM MM MM MM FF Serio-Comic Comedic Comedic Comedic Comedic Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors Sight Unseen by Great Scenes and Monologues For Actors I Hate Hamlet by Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays White Man Dancing by 11 Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays White Man Dancing by 18 Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Scenes and The Carnival by 24 188 Donald Margulies 193 Paul Rudnick Stephen Metcalf Stephen Metcalf Chaim Potok Welcome Home 60 Roots in Water by 67 by Kathryn Scultzmiller Nick, an Englishman, comes face to face with his wife’s college boyfriend, whom he’s very jealous of Andrew’s agent tries to get him to take a pilot television show, but he’s already been offered the title role in Hamlet An out of work actor reads a monologue for a p.aywright friend, then talks about his love-life Stuart is taking Lamaze classes (baby birthing) with Dell’s wife because Dell refuses. Stuart does a play-byplay of the class Two boys leave their summer camp to go to the carnival. Advanced classes only 3* Ron arrives in the barracks in Vietnam and meets Billy, a fasttalkin’ soldier A conservationist goes Both 3* Omit Barrymore lines Both Both—long Possible cutting, but better whole Both 5* Hilarious Both 5* Excellent Class 20 FF (Cuban American) Seriocomic FF Comedic FF MF MF MF Serious Comedic Comedic Comedic Monologues from the Best New Plays Richard Nelson Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Gleaning/Rebusca 74 by Caridad Svich Tables and Chairs 81 For Her by Annie 89 Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Signs of Life by 97 Stumps by Mark 103 Scenes and Monologues The Cinderella Waltz by Don 110 by Stanley Rutherford Evans Debbie Baley Medoff to a pricey marketing firm to get help raising money. She gets a lot more than she bargained for. Two young Cuban Americans discuss Barbara’s engagement Alice tells Howards spinster aunt that he’s proposed. The aunt tries to talk her out of it Mother daughter scene where daughter is hidden away in her room taking a pregnancy test, while mom blabs away in the next room A couple decide to leave their life to follow the stars, but begin to have doubts Jerry, a paraplegic, is a screenwriter. He coaches an ex-adult film star, who is a terrible actress A modern and very funny retelling of the Class/Some Spanish in scene Both Class Both 3* Class (Delbert) Both 5* 21 from the Best New Plays Nigro M (African American F Serious Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Five Scenes from Life by Alan Brody 116 MF (African American both) Serio Comic Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Jelly Belly by 132 MF Serious (suspenseful) Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays The Speed of Darkness by Steve 137 Scenes and Monologues from the Best New Plays Minna and he Space People by 143 The Scene Book for Actors The Breakfast Special by 107 The Scene Book for Actors The Diviners by 115 MF MF MF Seriocomic Comedic Serio-Comic Charles Smith Tesich Wendy Hammond Matthew Calhoun Jim Leonard Jr Cinderella story where Cinderella meets the village idiot A black immate convinces his government teacher to come to family day as his guest A husband and wife talk about their son, finances and Barbara, the wife, going back to work Mary is tense and she doesn’t know why, so she invites a friend over to talk things over with A brother visits his sister in a mental asylum, trying to convince her to have an abortion A no-nonsense waitress waits on a high maintenance customer Jennie Mae has a heart-to-heart with C.C. Showers, an expreacher Both 5* Powerful Both Both Both 5* Powerful and wacky Both 5* Both 22 MF MM MM MM FF Serio-Comi Comedic Serious Comedic Serious FF (Southern Comedic Accents) The Scene Book for Actors Zebra by Dale The Scene Book for Actors Deer Dogs by The Scene Book for Actors The Diviners by The Scene Book for Actors Sorrows of Stephen by Peter The Scene Book for Actors Loose Ends by 236 The Scene Book for Actors The Miss Firecreacker Contest 241 149 Doerman 155 David Mamet 159 Jim Leonard, Jr 189 Parnell Michael Weller Kevin talks to a beautiful but strange woman in the park who sings to the animals Two men, Larry and Bunchy at a country store talkin’ about shootin’ dogs Buddy is so terrified by water that he won’t even bath. Showers, an ex-preacher is trying to help Stephen, madly in love, meets a bum on the street, who turns out to be an old classmate Selina finds out her friend, Susan is pregnant, but she hasn’t told her husband yet. Selina desperately wants to be pregnant herself Carnelle practices her routine and a seamstress who is new in town comes over to discuss her Both 3* Both Hysterical Both 3* Both 3* Both Both 23 MF Serio-Comic M (Hispanic, speaks some Spanish) F Serious M,F,F Serio-Comic (Dark Humor) MMF (AfricanAmerican) Dramatic The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 Breaking Legs by 13 The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 Lynette at 3 AM 48 The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 Man of the Moment by Alan 56 The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 The Onliest One Who Can’t Go Nowhere by J.E. 66 Criminal Hearts 111 Tom Dulack by Jane Anderson Aykbourn Franklin FF Serio-Comic The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 The Best Stage Scenes by Jane Martin costume A father, a who owns a restaurant, talks to his father about her love-life On a sleepless night, Lynette encounters the ghost of a young man who has just been shot in the apartment beneath her. Sharon has fallen love with Vic, her employer. She decides to kill herself when she realizes he doesn’t love her. Trudy, who was also in love in Vic tries to convince him to talk Addie wants to go to the prom. She bets her mother, Katherine and her brother, Benjamin Jr., to intercede for her. Bo breaks into an agoraphobic’s apartment Both 3* Both 5* (Advanced Classes only) Both 3* Class only Both 5 * Edit language 24 FF MM MM (Japanese) FF (Hispanic) Dramatic Suspense Comedic Dramatic Serio-Comic of 1992 The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 Star Dust by 147 The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 I Hate Hamlet by 177 The Best Stage Scenes of 1992 Ripples in the Pond by Jon 187 Multicultural Theatre Latins in La-La Land by Migdalia 34 Two Friends/Dos Amigos by Paul 46 Elizabeth Gould Hemmerdinger Paul Rudnick Shirota Cruz MM(One White or African Serious Multicultural Theatre Morse Cordelia, a disturbed woman, pretends she is a potential buyer in order to get close to Diana, a well known actress who is selling her house. Andrew, a frustrated actor who is cast as Hamlet in a New York production of the same name, accidentally summons up the ghost of John Barrymore, a famous Shakespearean actor. Ohara pays a visit to Harada with the intention of auditing his books for the IRS. He finds that they have a past in common and they connect. Two Puerto Rican sisters in the 1940’s discuss show business Two boys who are have nothing in common, but their Both 3* Look at cuts marked in script Both 5* Class Both 5* Both 25 American, and one Hispanic) MF (Hispanic) love of sports, connect with each other. Serious Romantic (Kiss) Multicultural Theatre Grafitti by Nilo FF (Hispanic) Serio-Comic Multicultural Theatre Gleaning/Rebusca 68 Multicultural Theatre Downpayments 86 160 56 Cruz by Caridad Svich FF (African American) Serio-Comic MF (AsianAmerican) Romantic Comedy (Kiss) Multicultural Theatre Columbus Parkby FF (AsianAmerican) Serious (Angry) Multicultural Theatre Songs of Harmony by 184 Seer from Saigon 198 by Tracee Lyles Karen Huie Karen Huie MF (Asian) Serious Multicultural Lucy talks to Bruno about concerns about her brother getting involved with gangs and drugs. There is a romantic attraction between the characters. Two Cuban-American roommates talk about marriage and men. Two black roommates talk about showbusiness and men. Two friends who live in New York’s Chinatown, talk about home and returning back to normalcy after being on vacation. Two Chinese immigrant sisters reveal their relationships with the men in their lives. (A cheating spouse is revealed in this scene!) A Vietnamese 5*Both 3* Both Class Both 3* Both 3* Both 5* 26 MF (Hispanic) Serious Theatre by Elaine Meredith Hazzard Multicultural Scenes Birds Without 8 Wings by Renaldo Ferradas MF (African American Serious Multicultural Scenes Joe Turners Come 58 and Gone by August Wilson M (African American) F (White) Serio-Comic FF (Preferably Hispanic) Serio-Comic FF (Asian) Serious Multicultural Scenes Less Than Human Club by Timothy 64 Mason Multicultural Scenes Family Scenes by Multicultural Scenes Redwood Curtain 142 Ivette M. Ramirez by Lanford Wilson 152 teenager sees a psychiatrist because she is psychic, but people mistake her as crazy. She ends up revealing shocking secrets about the psychiatrist. Carlos and Claudia discuss their hopes for the future as they look down the Hudson river Reuben describes the strange events that that took place the previous evening Clinton and his white girlfriend sit outside of the school gym during a Sadie Hawkins dance. Sophia and Paula, sisters, have an angry discussion about Sophia’s upcoming wedding and their absent father. A young talented musician talks about her love of music with Both Both Both 3 * Both 3 * (extremely short scene) Class 27 MM (Hispanic) Serious Multicultural Scenes The House of Ramon Iglesia by 180 Take a Giant Step 189 Jose Rivera MM (African American) Serious Multicultural Scenes MF Seious Contemporary Time for the See Scenes for Saw by William Student Actors Gibson 53 MF Serious Contemporary I Never Sang for Scenes for My Father by Student Actors Robert Anderson 64 MF Serious Contemporary The Crucible by Scenes for Arthur Miller Student Actors 72 MF Comedy Contemporary by Louis Peterson The Owl and the 76 her aunt. Javier discovers his younger brother, Charlie, packing up the family’s belongings; Ramon plans on taking the family home to Puerto Rico. Spence, who has just been kicked out of school, dreads the moment that his mother and father return home. A man aska the woman he is with who has had a few too many drinks why she was unfaithful to him Two siblings talk about what to do about their father after their mother has died Elizabeth tells her husband, Procotr, the goings on in the town and Proctor’s past affair is brought up A would-be-novelist Both 3* Class Class Both 5* Class 28 Scenes for Pussycat by FIND Student Actors PLAYWRIGHT MF (British Accents) Seriou-Comic Contemporary Otherwise Scenes for Engaged by Student Actors Simon Gray MF (Big chunks of text to memorize) MF Serio-Comic Contemporary The Tenth Man by 127 Scenes for Paddy Chayefsky Student Actors Comedy Contemporary When You Scenes for Comin’ Back Red Student Actors Ryder by Mark MF Drama Contemporary 27 Wagons Full of 136 Scenes for Cotton by Student Actors Tennessee 97 132 Medoff Williams MF Drama Contemporary Hello Out There Scenes for by William Student Actors Saroyan 142 takes in his neighbor, a prostitute, because her landlord kicks her out. The funny scene unsues as both try to go to sleep Simon’s wife, Beth, comes clean about an affair. The problem is Simon knew about it and refuses to be bothered by it. A schizophrenic young girl talks to a very suicidal young man. Two employees at a diner argue as the young man gets off work. A farm wife accidentally reveals to her neighbor that it was her husband who set fire to his property. A young man behind bars and a young girl who cleans the jail, fall in love and plan to escape. Advanced classes only. Possible Cuts in Volume I Class Both 5* Both 3* Both 3 * 29 MF Drama (Angry) Contemporary The Trip Back Scenes for Down by John Student Actors Bishop 159 MF Drama Contemporary Days of Wine and Scenes for Roses by J.P. Student Actors Miller 184 MF Comedy Contemporary Did You Ever Go Scenes for to OP.S. 43? By Student Actors Michael Shulman 197 MF Suspense Contemporary The Tiger by Scenes for Murray Schisgal Student Actors 210 FF Dramatic Contemporary In the Boom Scenes for Boom Room by Student Actors David Rabe 227 FF Dramatic Contemporary The Children’s Scenes for Hour by Lillian Student Actors Hellman 247 FF Dramatic Contemporary Scenes for Curse of the Starving Class by 251 An estranged coulple fight about the distance in their marriage. Husband, in so many words, admids he has been with other women. A husband who’s given up drinking tries to convince his alcholic wife to also give it up. A very funny encounter between strangers in central park. A very frightening and distrubing scene between an abductor and the woman he kidnapped. A go-go dancer confrots her mother about attempting to abort her Two teachers who were accused of being gay, face the truth.l A daughter who’s run away plan backfired, Advanced Classes only. Cuts in Volume I Both 5* Both, 4 *, Cuts for language and length in Volume I 3*, Mature actors Class Both, 4 * Both 30 FF Serio-Comic FF Serio-Comic Student Actors Sam Shepard Contemporary Father’s Day by Scenes for Oliver Hailey Student Actors 257 Contemporary The Days and Scenes for Nights of Beebee Student Actors Fenstermaker by 262 William Snyder FF Comic (Angry) Contemporary Ladies at the Scenes for Alamo by Paul Student Actors Zindel 277 FF (1 african american female, and one with a southern accent) FF (Texas accents) Dramatic Contemporary The Gingham Scenes for Dog by Lanford Student Actors Wilson 284 Serio-Comic Contemporary Patio/Porch by Scenes for Jack Heifner Student Actors 287 MM Comic Contemporary American Buffalo Scenes for by David Mamet Student Actors 301 faces her mother Two recent divorcees discuss why they are in the situation they are in Two good friends who are complete opposites, talk about their different viewpoints on life. Two very different women duke it out over running a local theatre company A white southern woman helps her balck sister in law pack up her brother’s things because they just got a divorce A mother and daughter who hate eachother sit on the front porch together while mother criticizes anything and everything about her daughter Two friends prepare for a robbery Longish, subject matter cuts in Volume I Long, possible cuts in volume I Both, 5*--Long Both, 5 * Both, 3 * Short, by permission only 31 MM C omic Contemporary Play it Again, Sam Scenes for by Woody Allen Student Actors 321 MM (One hispanic) Drama Contemporary Short Eyes by Scenes for Miguel Pinero Student Actors 345 MM Comedy Luv by Murray Shisgal 348 MM Drama Contemporary Scenes for Student Actors Contemporary Scenes for Student Actors The Boys in the Band by Mark Crowley 377 MM (One African American) Drama Contemporary The Sign in Sidney Scenes for Brustein’s Student Actors Window by Lorraine Hansberry 381 A young man who has had an affair with his best friend’s wife imagines the encounter with his BF, only to be faced with it in reality. Two inmates have a heart-to-heart after one inmate is about to be released. One inmate knows the intimate details about the other being a child molester and is torn up about if he should turn him in or not. Harrry tries to commit suicide but is stopped by a college friend. Ata party a gay man taunts a straight man who he believes is gay to call and admit his love for another man. Alton has just learned that the woman he loves was a prostitute and his friend Sidney challenges his Both, 5*, hysterical Advanced classes only, Subject matter cuts in Volume I Both, 5 *, Hysterical Advanced Classes only, 4 * Both 32 MF Drama (Romantic) 50 Great The Time of Your Scenes for Life by William Student Actors Saroyan 3 MF Drama (Romantic) 50 Great I Am a Camera by Scenes for John Van Druten Student Actors 12 MF (British Accents) Drama 50 Great The Circle by W. Scenes for Somerset Student Actors Maugham 67 MF (Period) Corny Musical Comedy 50 Great Patience by W.S. Scenes for Gilbert Student Actors 85 MF Comedy 50 Great Scubab Duba by Scenes for Bruce Jay Student Actors Friedman 152 MM Drama 50 Great Death of A 221 bypocritic values A beautiful scene about two strangers at a restaurant who realize they were in love with each other from the past The story that the musical Cabaret is based on. This is a sad farewell scene between two friends, Sally and Chris, who wish they could be more than friends. Elizabetyh tells her husband Arnold that she wants a divorce because she wants a divorce. A huysterically funny period scene about a beautiful young poet and a silly dairy maid who fall in love. Jean has left her husband Harold for another man and has come to collect her things. Very funny. Two brothers have a Both, 3 * Both, 3 * Both, 4* Competition Only, Highly recommended, 5* Both, 3 * 3*, a bit long. 33 FF (One Drama character has a French accent) Scenes for Student Actors 50 Great Scenes for Student Actors Salesman by Arthur Miller The Autumn Garden by Lillian Hellman FF Comedy 50 Great The Women by Scenes for Clare Booth Student Actors FF Drama 50 Great Uncle Vanya by Scenes for Anton Checkov Student Actors FF Drama 50 Great Trifles by Susan Scenes for Glaspell Student Actors MF (Male in Comedy Film Scenes Some Like it Hot, heart-to heart about women and life. 231 Sophie blackmails Nina because her husband got her into a compromising position. 243 This scene takes place in a salon where olga, a major gossip, is doing Mary’s hands. Olga tells of an affair with an employee and Mr. Haines, unbenownst that Mary is Mrs. Hanes. LOVE THIS SCENE 248 Yelena, Sonya’s stepmother, is in love with the doctor, the same man Sonya is in love with. Sonay confronts Yelena about it. FIND Two women go PAGE through their NUMBER neighbor’s things after she’s been accused of murdering her husband 126 Joe is in drag Both, 3 * Both, 5* Both Both Both, 5 *, 34 drag) for Actors Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond MF Drama (Romantic) Film Scenes for Actors The Misfits, screenplay by Arthur Miller 140 MF Drama (Romantic) Film Scenes for Actors The Misfits, screenplay by Arthur Miller 144 MF Drama Film Scenes for Actors They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Screenplay by James Poe and Robert E. 224 pretending to be a woman in an all girl band to make some money he desperately needs. The problem is that he is love with Sugar, played in the film by Marilyn Monroe Roslyn, pl.ayed in the film by Marilyn Monroe, and Gay, played in the film by Clark Gable, are an unlikely pair. He’s an independent cowboy and she’s a woman who doesn’t like to be tied to any man. They discover in this scene that they are love with each other This scene takes place on the beach and Gay asks Roslyn to marry him. Robert and Gloria, a stranger, are stuck together in a dance contest during the great depression. In highly recommended for competition Dancing required throughoout the scene. 35 Thompson MF Drama (Angry) Film Scenes for Actors Carnal Knowledge, Screenplay by Jules Feiffer MM Dramatic (Angry) Film Scenes for Actors MF Serio-Comic Film Scenes for Actors The Last Picture 273 Show, screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Daniel Bogdanovich Minne and 301 Moskowitz, screenplay by John Cassavetes, FF Serio-Comic Film Scenes for Actors MF (New Comic York Accents) Film Scenes for Actors Alice Doesn’t Live here Anymore, screenplay by Robert Getchell Saturday Night Fever, MF Duo! The Best Scenes for The Automata Pieta by Comic (Absurd) 261 327 9 410 this scene they get to know each other. Bobbie, going through sever depression, begs Jonathan, the man she’s living with, to marry her. Duane confronts his best frien, Sonny about sleeping with his Girlfriend. 5 *, Advanced Classes only 5*, Advnanced Classes Only. Language Cuts required Minnie and Seymour agree to get married as they over-analyze everything in their relationship. Extremely funn y and challenging scene. Two waitresses have a heart-toheart about men. 5*, Both, difficult to memorize because of the nature of the dialogue. A very funny scene about two young and tough New Yorkers getting to know one another. Bambi, an abandoned Barbie doll, wants to 3* Both, 3 * 3* 36 MF MF MF Comedy Comedy Dramatic (Romantic) Two for the 21st Century Constance Congdon Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century “Bench Seat” from Autobahn by Neil 13 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Black Thang by 15 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah 18 LaBute Ato Essandoh Ruhl go back to the box she came in, and shares this with Elvis The bench seat of an automobile overlooking a scenic view where loves come to either make out or break up; Guy is trying to get out of his present relationship; but Girl has been down this road before. Sam and Mattie have been dating for three months and signed a contract to mutually agree that they would not become emotionally attached. Neither can hold to the contract. Cuts in Vol I must be followed 5* Hysterical. *must edit language. If doing for competition, must have to AfricanAmerican Actors; but for class any ethnicity is fine. Jean was the last person to see Gordon alive and has his cell phone. Swight is Gordon’s brother. They are in a love 37 MF MF MF MF Dramatic Comedy Drama Drama Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Developing in a Dark Room by 21 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Ecstatic States by 25 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Erratica by Reina 33 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the Expecting Isabel 37 joseph Catalfano Juliana Francis Kelly Hardy by Lisa Loomer haze. Meredith, a soon to be divorced woman in a relationship with a rising political candidate and Mark, her ex-husband, suddenly seeking custody of their mute son. Mattie, running low on money, has been trying to straighten out her finances. Her attempts have been thwarted by a series of visits from ghosts, Blood being one of them. Hooper, a librarian, and Stafford, a successful academic, who has not been nice to Hooper in the past, has an interest in cultivating a relationship with the librarian. Nick and Miranda, who are in debt from trying to conceive a 5* Lots of props; class only 3* 38 21st Century MF *African American Dramatic MF *Male African American Dramatic MF ( *male African American) Dramatic MF (Comedy/Absurdism/ witty repartee) Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Force Continuum Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Freedom High by 44 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Gap by Carol 48 Duo! The Best Scenes for Henry by Claudia 62 40 by Kia Corthron Adam Kraar Lashof Barnett child, have come to a standstill. Nick no longer wants to pursue fertility treatment; Miranda does want to continue. They are now separated. Mria, a teacher, has taken in her unemployed highschool drop-out brother, who is not helpful. Henry has been training mostly white student volunteers to travel to Mississippi and help register AA voters. Jessica is concerned about the increased tensions between Henry and the volunteers. Fran, a high school English teacher, sees an African-American student, whom she accused of cheating. Him has returned to be with his former *Edit language 5* 39 MF MF MF MF Comedy Romantic Drama Romantic Comedy Dramatic Two for the 21st Century Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century The Last Freak Show by Philip 73 Zwerling Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Let It Go by 81 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Maggie May by 85 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century The Mercy Seat by 95 Crystal Field Tom O’Brien Neil LaBute lover; Her, who remains ambivalent. Al runs a traveling freak show in Texas. Irene, elegant and seductive, arrives to discuss a business proposition. Merrillee, a young girl who’s brother, Joe, was killed in Iraq, stands at his graveside and tells her boyfriend, Patrick, that she is going to NYC without him. Donny has duped Maggie into going to the Bahamas with him, telling her he won a sweepstakes. He really is in love with her. Abby believes that Ben was about to leave his wife for her; but then 9/11 seemed a good opportunity for Ben to fake his death and run away with Abby. Now it 5* Lots of long speeches 5*; Edit language 5 * Advanced classes only; must edit langage 40 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Mr. Lucky’s by 99 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen 112 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Paradise by Glyn 115 MF (*Female Dramatic needs to look ½ Middle Eastern) Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Prophecy by 128 MF Duo! The Best Scenes from an 141 MF MF (*Male is Latino) MF ( *both need to look Middle Eastern ) Comedy Serio-Comic Dramatic (Serious subject matter) Dramatic Stephen Fife Adly Guirgis O’Malley Karen Malpede seems as if Ben is backing out. Alison and Tom have come to Mr. Lucky’s bar to meet someone. After one glance, each is very impressed with the other. Both Edwin, a streetwise Latnio, and Marcia, an uptight young woman, are attending a funeral of a beloved nun and teacher, have a brief encounter over smoking. A woman about ready to do a suicide bombing mission has a last encounter with the leader of the mission. Mariam approaches her American father and threatens to blow him up. Her father had an affair with her mother, and abandoned her. Mark is in trouble with 5* Short and cute scene 4*: intense; needs to be cut 4* short 41 MF MF MF MF Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Unfinished Life by Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Scripted by Mark 144 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Some Girl(s) by 154 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Souvenir by Duo! The Best Scenes for Souvenir by Leigh Kennicott Harvey Levine Neil LaBute 163 Stephen Temperly Stephen Temperly 170 Florrie, who he got pregnant and abandoned. Now he wants her back. Simon is married to Elaine. In the morning when the alarm goes off, he accidentally grabs a script, and realizes that everything he and his wife are about to share are in the script. Guy confronts his past relationships as he prepares to make a commitment and get married. He approaches his first girlfriend from the past Florence, a wealthy woman without talent believes she is a major vocal talent has a heart-to-heart with a not very talented, but enthusiastic composer about her upcoming concert Same characters as above. Florence has 3* 3* 4* 3* 42 Two for the 21st Century MF MF MF FF (1 African American) Angry Romance Comedy Drama (Romantic) Drama Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century They’re Just Like Us by Boo Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Water Music by 189 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Woman Killer by 193 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century All Things Being Equal by Faye 177 Killebrew Tina Howe Chiori Miyagawa Sholiton 204 just completed her debut at Carnegie hall, where the audience treated her as she were a joke; Cosimo tries to convince her otherwise Richard, a high school 5*** drama teacher, and Beth, an actress who longs for stardom , try to rekindle their love. Ophelia, the doomed character from Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, mysteriously appears out of a whirlpool and meets Jesus, a sexy Latino lifeguard. Clay is in debt for a 5*; Advanced drug habit. His halfclasses only sister, Amy, understands his situation, but doesn’t want to get involved. In team-teaching social studies class, Carrie and Berta find that their liberal views are not always in 43 FF FF FF Drama (Powerful) Drama Drama FF (Cambodian) Drama FF Drama (angry) Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century American Tet by 208 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Amstel in Tel Aviv 212 Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah 216 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Eyes of the Heart 233 Duo! The Best Grieving for 239 Lydia Stryk by Allyson Currin Ruhl by Catherine Filloux agreement. Amy is working at a local military base to put herself through college. Her mother, Elaine is a military wife. The two get into a major conflict regarding the validity of the current war against terrorism. Two friends from the past realize they don’t have much in common anymore. Jean picks up a cell phone of a dead man, and is then sucked into his life. She meets the dead man’s lover in this scene, who assumes that Jean is the other woman. Serey, an Americanized Cambodian woman, tries to connect with Thida San, a woman suffering a great deal with her new life. Delilah is about to get 5* 3*; Advanced Classes only. See required edits in Vol 1 3* Short 3* edit 44 FF FF (One AsianAmerican) 2F 2F Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Genevieve by Serio-Comic (Dark Comedy) Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Infinite Space by Drama (Angry) Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow by Rolin 252 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Measure for Pleasure: A Restoration Romp 267 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the Rabbit Hole by Comedy (Restoration, i.e., Period) Drama Kathleen Warnock 248 Rob Handel Jones by David Grimm David Lindsay Abaire 276 married, but her older sister, Danni, shows up unexpectedly from New York. The sisters are estranged. Jessica, a teenager who lives in constant hallucinations, is interviewed by a celebrity interviewer. Jennifer, adopted from China, is an obsessive-compulsive genius, who is terrified of people. Her adopted mother is a workaholic who has given Jenny a wealthy lifestyle. Jenny wants to contact her birth mother, and her mother is very angry about it. Dame Stickle is urging her young beautiful niece, Hermione, to marry Sir Peter Lustforth (60’s). Becca, who lost her 4 year old son in an accident, is sorting language 5* Edit language 5* Good Thespian piece; Advanced Classes only 45 21st Century 2F 2F 2F 2F Drama Drama Serio-Comic Comic Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Scenes from an Unfinished Life by Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Third by Wendy 290 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century V-E Day by Faye 294 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Yoga Warrior by 302 279 Leigh Kennicott Wasserstein Sholiton Katherine Burkman, Susie Gerald, Ann Hall, Deborah Burkman, and Richard Esquinas through his clothes, with her mother, Nat. Effie, the older sister who has suffered sexual abuse, frantically searches for something lost, as her sister, Florrie, r tries to comfort her. Emily, a college student home on spring break, daughter of Laurie, a wellrespected English professor, confronts her mother about her liberal bias. Evie dreams of a career as a photojournalist. Lil, is Evie’s best friend. The two are working on their next newletter for the troops Joan and Judi are participating in a yoga retreat. Previously Judi asked Joan to have a baby and give it to her. Joan agreed, but now has second Short and powerful 5* 3* 5*** Excellent competition piece 46 2M Dark Comedy 2M Drama 2M (1 needs to look MiddleEastern) 2M (1 needs to look MiddleEastern) Drama 2M Drama (angry) Drama Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Apparition by 307 The Battle of Light and Darkness 319 Betrayed by 324 B’Shalom by 327 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Burning the Old Man by Kelly 334 Anne Washburn George Packer Meron Langsner Mcallistar thoughts Two demons have a conversation Vincent Van Gogh reveals to his brother that he’s in love with his 1st cousin An Iraqis is interrogated by a U.S. security officer Issaam is a PalestinianAmerican who immigrated as a child. Gilad is an Israeli immigrant, and a more recent arrival. Both have been seeking common ground as they clean up rubble at the World Trade Center after 9/11 Brothers are travelling to a radical selfexpression festival to bury their father’s ashes. On the way, bobby smoked a joint 5* Very funny Middle Eastern accent 5*; Advanced Classes Only ; Must edit language 5*; Must edit language! See mandatory cuts in Vol 1. 47 2M 2M 2M 2M (1, African American, 1, Irish) Comedy (Mamet style) Drama Drama Serio-Comic Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Caveman by Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Corps Values by 343 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Dewey Boy and Wookie by 347 337 Richard Maxwell Brendon Bates Dwight Watson A Free Country by 362 Stephen Most in the backseat and set their mother’s car on fire. Marty has called their mother to tell her. A and C work together in a warehouse. A wants what C has, including his wife. W, C’s wife, has just cleared the table and left the room, leaving C and A alone. Casey, who is on leave from Iraq tells his Dad that he doesn’t want to go back. His Dad disagrees with him vehemently. Two prison guards about to execute a man who might be innocent. An Irishman, downon-his luck, lives alone in a Shanty town shack meets Leon, who is looking for a place out of the rain and cold. 5* Very funny, but very difficult; Long; could be cut 5*; must do edits in Vol I 5*; edit language Must edit language 48 2M (Brothers) Drama (Angry) 2M (Cousins) Comedy 2M 2M 2M Dark Comedy Restoration Comedy Comedy Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century House Divided by 373 Larry Loebell Indian Blood by 381 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Is That a Gun in Your Pocket by 386 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Measure for 390 Pleasure by David Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Reasons to be Pretty by Neil A.R. Gurney Carol Mullen Grimm LaBute 415 Two brothers have a fight about the War Eddie has been suspended from school for drawing a questionable picture, has a heart-to-heart with his cousin and foe, Lambert. Adam, a down-on-hisluck inventor, has a debt he cannot pay is paid a visit from James, a collection agent, whom Adam believes has come to kill him. Sir Peter Lustforth, a country gentleman, talks to Captain Dick Dashwood, who is in love with the same woman Peter is betrothed to. Greg and Kent sit around the breakroom of their work. Greg, vents about a huge fight with his 5* 3* Advanced classes only. Must do edits in Vol I Very Funny. Must edit language 49 2M 2M 2M (African American) Comedy Drama Serio-Comic Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Redemption by 422 Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Duo! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century Time Out by Erik 440 Murray Schisgal Sherman You Are Here by Christina Anderson 458 girlfriend. George tries to set up an elaborate “fake” attempted murder with a young employee, who is not being successful. Two men (brother’s) on death’s row, watch the last 5 minutes go by. Two inmates pass the time. 5*; hysterical, but very long; Needs cuts 5**** (Beautiful scene) Advanced Classes Only; Some edits needed; possible cuts in Vol I 50 51
