Download or read book 2 Minutes and Under: Original character monologues for actors written by Glenn Alterman and published by Smith & Kraus. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Library JournalA winning stage audition depends heavily on the material used, as well as the talent of the actor. These original character monologs for men and women cover a variety of types, ages, and moods and range from serious to comic. The characters include husbands and wives, wheeler-dealers, gay people, the unemployed, someone with AIDS, and the parent of someone with AIDS. Alterman is the author of Street Talk: Character Monologues for Actors (Smith & Kraus, 1991) and other monolog and dialog plays. Actors looking for challenging, contemporary audition material should find a gold mine here. Recommended for theater arts collections.- Howard E. Miller, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mechnical Coll. Lib., Laconia, Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc., Review"...a must for all actors!" -- Grant Wilfley, Wilfley-Todd Casting Product DescriptionThe monologues in this volume come from the following plays by Glen Alterman: The Pain in the Poetry, Once in a Blue Moon, Goin' Round on Solid Rock Ground, The Dangers of Strangers, Nobody's Flood. About the AuthorGlenn Alterman is also the author of Street Talk: Character Monologues for Actors, and Uptown: Character Monologues for Actors, both featured selections in Doubleday's Fireside Theater Book Club. His play, Nobody's Flood, recently won the 1993 Bloomington Playwrights Project Contest.