The world of extreme happiness / Frances Ya-Chu Chowhig. Aftermath / Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen -- Another part of the house / Migdalia Cruz -- Becoming Cuba / Melinda Lopez -- Butterfly / Jeremy Tiang -- Café Vida / Lisa Loomer -- Calling Aphrodite / Velina Hasu Houston -- Contigo / Paola Làzaro-Muñoz -- The convert / Danai Gurira -- Doin' time: through the visiting glass / Ashley Lucas -- Fati's last dance / France-Luce Benson -- Fetch clay, make man / Will Power -- Firebird tattoo / Ty Defoe -- The frybread queen / Carolyn Dunn -- The gospel of lovingkindness / Marcus Gardley -- Guapa / Caridad Svich -- Half lives / Peter Tamaribuchi -- The happiest song plays last / Quiara Alegría Hudes -- HappyFlowerNail / Radha Blank -- In the continuum / Nikkole Salter -- Last dance / Brenda Wong Aoki -- Lidless / Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig -- A life in knots / L'xeis' Diane E. Benson -- A local perspective / Tammy Haili'ōpua Baker -- Mariela in the desert / Karen Zacarias -- Marisol / José Rivera -- Miss Lead / Mary Kathryn Nagle -- The mountaintop / Katori Hall -- N(E)IG(H)G(BO)ERS / Branden Jacobs-Jenkins -- A nice Indian boy / Madhuri Shekar -- Night over Erzinga / Adriana Sevahn Nichols -- Ruined / Lynn Nottage -- Sabra falling / Ismail Khalidi -- The sarimanok travels / Francis Tanglao-Aguas -- Smart people / Lydia R. Diamond -- Some people / Danny Hoch -- Songs of the dragons flying to heaven / Young Jean Lee -- Standoff at Hwy#37 / Vickie Ramirez -- Sunset baby / Dominique Morisseau -- The talk / France-Luce Benson -- The trajectory of a heart, fractured / Sung Rno -- Twilight / Anna Deavere Smith -- Wings of night sky, wings of morning light / Joy Harjo -- The women of Tu-Na house / Nancy Eng -- The world of extreme happiness / Frances Ya-Chu Chowhig.
Summary:
Actors of color need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft. Roberta Uno has carefully selected monologues that represent African-American, Native American, Latino, Asian-American and other identities. Each monologue comes with an introduction and notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor. This new edition includes some of the most exciting and accomplished playwrights to have emerged over the 15 years since the Monologues for Actors of Color books were first published - from new, cutting edge talent to Pulitzer prize-winners. -- from back cover.
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