The Ultimate Audition Book: 222 Monologues 2 Minutes and Under (Monologue Audition Series)
The Ultimate Audition Bookis not fancy, but it's just what the working (and aspiring)  actor is looking for: a treasury of well-chosen, short monologues from many time periods and sensibilities  that enable an auditioner to make a positive impression fast. What could be better? Jocelyn Beard draws on  a variety of writers, including Aphra Behn, David Mamet, George Bernard Shaw, Anton Chekhov, and  Samuel Beckett, with enough surprises such as Suzan-Lori Parks and Jose Echegaray thrown in to make the  selections flexible for today's growing multicultural arena. The monologues are organized by century,  which is perhaps not the first thing an actor considers, but there is ample material in the mix of  male/female, comic/dramatic, classic/contemporary, and romantic/political roles.