In performance : contemporary monologues for men and women late teens to twenties / [edited by] J V Mercanti.

Men's monologues -- The drunken city / Adam Bock -- Mercy / Laura Cahill -- From up here / Liz Flahive -- Milk like sugar / Kirsten Greenidge -- Six degrees of separation / John Guare -- Bachelorette / Leslye Headland -- Hit the wall / Ike Holter -- Water by the spoonful / Quiara Alegría -- The vandal / Hamish Linklater -- Ella / Dano Madden -- The four of us / Itamar Moses -- Jailbait / Deirdre O'Connor -- Wild / Crystal Skillman -- Victoria Martin: math team queen / Kathryn Walat -- Women's Monologues -- The drunken city / Adam Bock -- Full bloom / Suzanne Bradbeer -- All new people / Zach Braff -- Mercy / Laura Cahill -- Lascivious something / Shelia Callaghan -- Almost, Maine / John Cariani -- Snow day / Eliza Clark -- From up here / Liz Flahive -- Milk like sugar / Kirsten Greenidge -- Bachelorette / Leslye Headland -- 4000 miles / Amy Herzog -- Speech and debate / Stephen Karam -- Well / Lisa Kron -- Brooklyn boy / Donald Margulies -- Victoria Martin: math team queen / Kathryn Walat.

" ... In Performance is intended for young people who are auditioning for both undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional productions and industry meetings. Featured are dynamic monologues from contemporary stage plays of the past fifteen years. Along with covering the basics of how to match the best monologue to the actor and how to approach the rehearsal and performance of the piece, the book provides a synopsis of each play, a character description, and a list of questions specific to each monologue that will direct the actor toward shaping a complex, honest, and thoughtful performance that has a strong emotional connection, a clear arc, and playable actions."--Page 4 of cover.