Monologues: Generally there's no way around it. If you land the audition, 99.9999% of the time you are going to have to read for the director or the casting the director. So, these books will help you master some monologues, encourage the proper speech patterns as well as make for some fine literary reading that you might not otherwise be exposed to. If you are looking for more books on film check our Main Movie Books Index page.

Audition Speeches for Men by Jean Marlow, Elizabeth Ewing

Audition Speeches for Women by Jean Marlow

Audition Monologs for Student Actors 2: Selections from Contemporary Plays by Roger Ellis

The Ultimate Scene Study Series: 103 Short Scenes for Three Actors (The Ultimate Scene Study Series) by Wilma Marcus Chandler

The Ultimate Scene Study Series: 104 Scenes for Four Actors (The Ultimate Scene Study Series) by Wilma Marcus Chandler

The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1999 (Best Men's Stage Monologues) by Jocelyn E. Beard

The Flip Side II: 64 More Point-Of-View Monologs for Teens by Heather H. Henderson

The Way I See It: Fifty Values-Oriented Monologs for Teens by Kimberly A. McCormick

Changing Circumstances: An Acting Manual With 24 Scenes by Lorinne Vozoff

Extreme Exposure: An Anthology of Solo Performance Texts from the Twentieth Century by Jo Bonney (Editor)

The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens: 111 One-Minute Monologues (Young Actors Series) by Janet B. Milstein

The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens 2: 111 One-Minute Monologues (Young Actor Series) by L. E. McCullough, L. E. McCollough

Outstanding Stage Monologs and Scenes from the '90s: Professional Auditions for Student Actors by Steven H. Gale

Tough Acts to Follow: 75 Monologs for Teens by Shirley Ullom

Teens Have Feelings, Too!: 100 Monologs for Young Performers by Deborah Karczewski

Scenes for Women by Women by Tori Haring-Smith

Monologues from the Road: Audition and Performance Pieces by Lavonne Mueller

99 Film Scenes for Actors by Angela Nicholas

One on One: The Best Men's Monologues for the Nineties (Applause Acting Series) by Jack Temchin

Acting Scenes and Monologs for Young Women: 60 Dramatic Characterizations by Maya Levy

Tight - Spots: True-To-Life Monolog Characterizations for Student Actors by Diana M. Howie

Audition Monologs for Student Actors: Selections from Contemporary Plays by Roger Ellis

Creating Your Own Monologue by Glenn Alterman

Magnificent Monologues for Kids (Hollywood 101) by Chambers Stevens

Theatre for Young Audiences: 20 Great Plays for Children by Coleman A. Jennings (Editor), Maurice Sendak

Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men by Simon Dunmore (Editor), William Shakespeare

Contemporary American Monologues for Women by Todd London

Contemporary American Monologues for Men by Todd London

Two-Minute Monologs: Original Audition Scenes for Professional Actors by Glenn Alterman, Theodore O. Zapel

The Theatre Audition Book: Playing Monologs from Contemporary, Modern, Period, Shakespeare and Classical Plays by Gerald Lee Ratliff

The First Folio Speeches for Men (Oberon Books) by Patrick Tucker

The Flip Side: 64 Point-Of-View Monologs for Teens by Heather H Henderson, Ted Zapel

Monologues on Black Life by Gus Edwards

222 Monologues 2 minutes and under:The Ultimate Audition Book by Jocelyn A. Beard

More Monologues for Women, by Women by Tori Haring-Smith

Classical Audition Speeches for Women by Jean Marlow

Classical Audition Speeches for Men by Jean Marlow

Neil Simon Monologues: Speeches from the Works of America's Foremost Playwright by Neil Simon

Spotlight: Solo Scenes for Student Actors by Stephanie S. Fairbanks

Multicultural Theatre: Scenes and Monologs from New Hispanic, Asian, and African-American Plays by Roger Ellis

Actresses' Audition Speeches: For All Ages and Accents by Jean Marlow (Editor) (Paperback - September 1995)

Actors' Audition Speeches: For All Ages and Accents by Jean Marlow

By Actors, for Actors: A Collection of Original Monologues and Performance Pieces by Catherine Gaffigan

The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook: An Actor's Guide to over 1000 Monologues and Scenes from More Than 300 Contemporary Plays by Ed Hooks

The Book of Scenes for Aspiring Actors by Marsh Cassady

The Book of Monologues for Aspiring Actors by Marsh Cassady

By Kids, for Kids: A Collection of Original Monologues for Kids and Teenagers 6 to 18 Years Old by Catherine Gaffigan

Duo: The Best Scenes of the 90's (Applause Acting Series) by John Horvath (Editor)

Get in the Act!: 60 Monologs, Dialogs and Skits for Teens by Shirley Ullom

100 Great Monologues from the Renaissance Theatre (Monologue Audition Series) by Jocelyn A. Beard (Editor)

100 Great Monologues from the Neo-Classical Theater (Monologue Audition Series) by Jocelyn A. Beard (Editor)

100 Great Monologues from the 19th Century Romantic and Realistic Theatres (Monologue Audition Series) by Jocelyn A. Beard (Editor)

Play It Again!: More One-Act Plays for Acting Students by Norman A. Bert (Editor), Deb Bert (Editor)

One on One: The Best Women's Monologues for the Nineties (Applause Acting Series) by Jack Temchin (Editor)

Uptown/Character Monologues for Actors (The Monologue Audition) by Glenn Alterman

The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1992 (The Monologue Audition) by Jocelyn A. Beard

100 Monologues: An Audition Sourcebook from New Dramatists by Laura Harrington (Editor)

By Actors, for Actors: A Collection of Original Monologues and Scenes by Catherine Gaffigan

Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays: An Anthology of New Scenes from Contemporary American Plays by Roger Ellis

Acting Natural: Monologs, Dialogs, and Playlets for Teens by Peg Kehret

One Hundred Men's Stage Monologues from the 1980's (Monologue Audition Series) by Joselyn A. Beard (Editor)

Winning Monologs for Young Actors: 65 Honest-To-Life Characterizations to Delight Young Actors and Audiences of All Ages by Peg Kehert, Peg Kehret

50 Great Monologs for Student Actors: A Workbook of Comedy Characterizations for Students by Bill Majeski

1 Act Plays for Acting Students: An Anthology of Short One-Act Plays for One, Two, or Three Actors by Norman Bert (Editor)

The Soaps: Scene Stealing Scenes for Actors by Karen Dent, Arthur L. Zapel (Editor)

The Scenebook for Actors: Great Monologs and Dialogs from Contemporary and Classical Theatre by Norman A. Bert (Editor)

Doubletalk: 50 Comedy Duets for Actors by Bill Majeski

The Monologue Workshop: From Search to Discovery in Audition and Performance (Applause Acting Series) by Jack Poggi

57 Original Auditions for Actors: A Workbook of Monologs for Professional and Non-Professional Actors by Eddie Lawrence, Jason Robards

Soliloquy! the Shakespeare Monologues Women (Applause Acting Series) by Michael Earley (Editor)

High School Monologues They Haven't Heard by Roger Karshner

The Actor's Book of Movie Monologues by Marisa Smith

The Actor's Book of Scenes from New Plays by Eric Lane (Editor), Nina Shengold

Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors by Michael Schulman (Editor), Eva Mekler

The Audition Sourcebook: Do's, Don'ts, and an Online Guide to 2,100+ Monologues and Musical Excerpts by Randall Richardson, Don Sandley

Baseball Monologues by Lavonne Mueller (Editor)

Monologues from Literature: A Sourcebook for Actors by Marisa Smith (Editor), Kristin Graham (Editor)

Scenes and Monologues from the New American Theater by Frank Pike (Editor), Thomas G. Dunn

Monologues for Actors of Color: Men by Roberta Uno

Original Audition Scenes for Actors: A Collection of Professional-Level Short Scenes by Garry Michael Kluger, Bobby Hoffman

2 Character Plays for Student Actors: A Collection of 15 One-Act Plays by Robert Mauro, Gary Burghoff (Introduction)

All Gall: Malicious Monologues & Ruthless Recitations (Tour De Farce, V. 6) by Norman R. Shapiro (Editor), David Schor

The Best Stage Scenes of 1999 (Best Stage Scenes) by Jocelyn A. Beard (Editor), Joanne Genadio (Editor)

Monologues from Classic Plays: 468 B.C. to 1960 A.D. (The Monologue Audition Series) by Jocelyn A. Beard (Editor), David Esbjornson