Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Laughter is the most effective technique for teenage survival. These monologs, dialogs and short skits allow teenage performers a chance to laugh at the system, their teachers, their parents and most importantly, themselves! These are scripts for laughter and pathos. They create an awareness of the perils of drinking and driving, teenage parties, smoking, alcoholic parents and much more. Sixty superb, short scripts! For speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, variety shows and classroom use.
Synopsis
This exciting collection of monologues, dialogs and short skits gives teenagers a chance to laugh at themselves and still feel good about it. It also provides them a tool to explore issues important to them: drunk driving, elderly grandparents, parties, smoking, broken homes, alcoholic parents, and death. There are scripts for laughter and scripts for pathos. Overall, they produce an awareness of the perils of passage as teens reach for adulthood. This book contains 60 superb, original short scripts for speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, variety shows and classroom use. It's a book ideal for any school theatre library.
(184 pages, 51/2 x 81/2, paperback)