Magnificent Monologues for Teens: The Teens' Monologue Source for Every Occasion (Hollywood 101, 4) Paperback – January 1, 2002

Fewer monologues than expected but a good resource as well.

I will be the first to admit that I HATE looking for monologues. I spend hours pouring over Google-generated sites and the few books my school's library has to try and find the right one to get the part I want... and usually without any luck. It's very hard as a high school student to find monologues that are age appropriate, relatable,and, most importantly, attention grabbers, which just adds to my dislike of monologues. It seems impossible to figure out what directors are looking for or what monologue fits a specific role.This book is a LIFESAVER. It's broken down into sections based on sex and genre, making it easier to get straight to what you need. There's a nice mix of short monologues and long ones, and some are prefaced with helpful hints to make the most out of your delivery. Even though they are all contemporary, these monologues hit every character type; I even intend on choosing one to audition for my school's fall production, the classic drama "Our Town." This is an excellent book, and I would highly recommend that any high school aged actor add this to his or her repertoire of audition material. It will make you hate monologues less, I promise!

My daughter is working to become an actor. She wants it so bad and I wanted to support her any way that I could. Luckily I am not completely alone with these books. Chambers comes through with so many helpful hints on how to get where you need to be. It is great that the monologues are believable instead of lame. My daughter jumped right in and started practicing and I have seen a marked improvement. If you want to learn what you need to for success you better get all of these books like I have. They are great!

All the 5 star reviews have got to be paid for or friends of the writer. I honestly cannot even believe how bad this is. I am a theatre director and coach. For a living, I prepare students for their theatrical endeavors.The vast majority of monologues in this book are unusable.The characters are weak, one-dimensional stereotypes. The content is borderline creepy at times. Some of the things the characters say sound so forced that it would make me uncomfortable to be the listener.So many of them are whiny, weak, or insulting toward the "other character" which in an audition, you need to remember that is who you audition for. We don't want you to be yelling at us with weak insults. We want to see range. These monologues have ZERO range. No depth. No strength. They are surface, fluffy pieces I'd never give a student. I feel insulted that this is being passed off as quality audition material. I'm sorry, someone has to be honest.

I got this book for my daughter who was trying out for her first school play. She needed to do both a dramatic and comedic monologue - each one minute long. She was clueless so we bought this book. It has a lot of good options to choose from in both categories. The only thing is that they are all LONG. If you need material for a short monologue you will need to do editing. Other than that, great choice.

I highly recommend these monologues for teens to rehearse! I highly recommend monologue books by Chambers Stevens. I highly recommend this vendor and this product!

My 12 yearl old daughter needed a monologue for a Talent Competitions and thought this might have great monologues for her age group. It does NOT.. Don't get me wrong has cute monologues for beginners but not for competition stage. Great for 5 to 8 yr olds but not for much older. Especially if taking acting seriously.

This is a collection of good monologues, about 3-8 minutes long. My students seemed to like them a lot.