READING LIST
Plays
Scenes for a man and a woman
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All God’s Chillun Got Wings – Eugene O’Neill
Middle of the Night - Paddy Chayefsky
Two for the See Saw – William Gibson
Frankie and Johnny – Terrence McNally
Golden Boy – Clifford Odets
Born Yesterday – Garson Kanin
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train - Stephen Adly Guirgis
The Crucible – Arthur Miller
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams
Days of Wine and Roses – J P Miller
A Moon for the Misbegotten - Eugene O’Neill
Hills Like White Elephants - Ernest Hemingway
Talk to Me Like the Rain – Tennessee Williams
The Pink Bedroom - Tennessee Williams
A View from the Bridge – Arthur Miller
Night of the Iguana – Tennessee Williams
Barefoot in the Park - Neil Simon
A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams
Marty - Paddy Chayefsky
The Seagull - Anton Chekhov
Red Peppers – Noel Coward
Dangerous Liaisons (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) - Christopher Hampton
Macbeth - Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare
Scenes for two women
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Middle of the Night - Paddy Chayefsky
Uncle Vania – Anton Chekhov
A Taste of Honey – Shelagh Delaney
Bachelor Party - Paddy Chayefsky
Crimes of the Heart – Beth Henley
Look Back in Anger – John Osborne
Night of the Iguana - Tennessee Williams
The Lady of Larkspur Lotion - Tennessee Williams
The Odd Couple – Neil Simon
A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams
The Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov
Women of Manhattan – John Patrick Shanley
Scenes for two men
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Bachelor Party - Paddy Chayefsky
Glengarry Glen Ross – David Mamet
American Buffalo - David Mamet
Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
The Odd Couple – Neil Simon
Julius Caesar – Shakespeare
Monologues
Female
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(various) - Kennedy’s Children - Robert Patrick
(various) - Drunks/ Blackout - Gary Lennon
Hannah – Night of the Iguana - Tennessee Williams
Carol - Orpheus Descending - Tennessee Williams
Babe – Crimes of the Heart
Maggie – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams
Nina - Truly Madly Deeply
Masha – The Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov
Portia – Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare
Portia – Julius Caesar - Shakespeare
Kate – The Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare
Male
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Rodolpho - A View from the Bridge - Arthur Miller
Konstantin – The Seagull - Anton Chekhov
Trofimov – The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov
Lopakhin – The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov
(various) - Kennedy’s Children – Robert Patrick
Edmund – Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill
Jamie – Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill
Chance – Sweet Bird of Youth - Tennessee Williams
(various) - Drunks/ Blackout– Gary Lennon
Billy - Midnight Express (film script)
Truly, Madly, Deeply (film script)
Yvan – Art - Yasmina Reza
Phil - Boys Life - Howard Korder
Hamlet - Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (various) - Shakespeare
Biff – Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
Method Acting Books
A Dream of Passion - Lee Strasberg
Strasberg’s Method As Taught by Lorrie Hull - Lorrie Hull
Strasberg at the Actors Studio Tape-Recorded Sessions - Robert H. Hethmon
Voice and the Actor - Cicely Berry