I have 2 do a monlogue for theatre class please tell me ASAP if you know of any play. Please, give me a few if you know any.
2007-10-10 15:06:44 · 10 answers · asked by MoMo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
One really good way to find material might be to look at the career of Audra McDonald. She's played many traditionally african american and non traditinoal roles including 1 in 110 in the Shade where a caucasian man (John Cullum) played her father and they got Tony nominations! http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=52250
I don't personally think that a role has to be a specific race, but you can try these shows:
The Color Purple
A Raisin in the Sun
Caroline or Change
Dreamgirls
Ragtime
Once On This Island
OO-BLA-DEE
Crowns
Harriet Tubman
Anansi the Spider
Harlem Knights
Chicago
Carter’s Way
Africa’s Daughter
Betrayal of Black Jesus
There are more, but I'm blank right now. Try searching the net.
Look at works by:
Ralph Ellison
Ernest Gaines
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Lee
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
August Wilson
Richard Wright
Regina Taylor
I honestly think almost any role can be played by any race. Why not take a role that you like and make it yours? There are some roles that it really doesn't matter what race they are.
good luck!
2007-10-11 05:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think there is a book called Monologues for Actors of Color for Women.
Plays: Breath Boom, For Colored Girls who Considered Suicide When the Rainbow was not Enough,
Playwrights: August Wilson, Susan Lori Parks, Zora Neale Hurston, Kia Cortheron, Zora Neale Hurston,
2007-10-10 22:57:00 · answer #2 · answered by SP 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
August Wilson is a well-known African American playwright who wrote a series of plays. I've seen "Fences" and "Seven Guitars," and both are excellent.
Here is a list of his works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson
Two musicals, "Crowns" by Regina Taylor, and "Five Guys Named Moe" also spring to mind. The former is mostly for women, the latter is an all-male cast.
Another musical, "Ragtime," has some major African-American characters.
2007-10-10 22:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by ningerbil2000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything by August Wilson
Or Othello.
2007-10-10 23:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ragtime
2007-10-11 00:33:54 · answer #5 · answered by blakdomination 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starlight Express?
2007-10-10 22:09:55 · answer #6 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Have look at some of the sites on this directory page: http://www.actingcareerstartup.com/free_duet_acting_scripts.html
Tony
2007-10-10 23:22:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to the library at your school and ask the librarian, or, go to the Public Library and ask the Librarian.
2007-10-10 22:09:04 · answer #8 · answered by newyorkgal71 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the adventures of black jesus
written by Huey Freeman
2007-10-10 22:08:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To kill a mockingbird has a lot of african american people in it.
2007-10-11 00:21:36 · answer #10 · answered by yuuki chan 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋