READING LIST

Plays

Scenes for a man and a woman

• All God’s Chillun Got Wings – Eugene O’Neill • Middle of the Night - Paddy Chayefsky • Two for the See Saw – William Gibson • Frankie and Johnny – Terrence McNally • Golden Boy – Clifford Odets • Born Yesterday – Garson Kanin • Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train - Stephen Adly Guirgis • The Crucible – Arthur Miller • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Tennessee Williams • Days of Wine and Roses – J P Miller • A Moon for the Misbegotten - Eugene O’Neill • Hills Like White Elephants - Ernest Hemingway • Talk to Me Like the Rain – Tennessee Williams • The Pink Bedroom - Tennessee Williams • A View from the Bridge – Arthur Miller • Night of the Iguana – Tennessee Williams • Barefoot in the Park - Neil Simon • A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams • Marty - Paddy Chayefsky • The Seagull - Anton Chekhov • Red Peppers – Noel Coward • Dangerous Liaisons (Les Liaisons Dangereuses) - Christopher Hampton • Macbeth - Shakespeare • The Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare • Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare

Scenes for two women

• Middle of the Night - Paddy Chayefsky • Uncle Vania – Anton Chekhov • A Taste of Honey – Shelagh Delaney • Bachelor Party - Paddy Chayefsky • Crimes of the Heart – Beth Henley • Look Back in Anger – John Osborne • Night of the Iguana - Tennessee Williams • The Lady of Larkspur Lotion - Tennessee Williams • The Odd Couple – Neil Simon • A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams • The Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov • Women of Manhattan – John Patrick Shanley

Scenes for two men

• Bachelor Party - Paddy Chayefsky • Glengarry Glen Ross – David Mamet • American Buffalo - David Mamet • Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller • The Odd Couple – Neil Simon • Julius Caesar – Shakespeare

Monologues

Female

• (various) - Kennedy’s Children - Robert Patrick • (various) - Drunks/ Blackout - Gary Lennon • Hannah – Night of the Iguana - Tennessee Williams • Carol - Orpheus Descending - Tennessee Williams • Babe – Crimes of the Heart • Maggie – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams • Nina - Truly Madly Deeply • Masha – The Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov • Portia – Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare • Portia – Julius Caesar - Shakespeare • Kate – The Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare

Male

• Rodolpho - A View from the Bridge - Arthur Miller • Konstantin – The Seagull - Anton Chekhov • Trofimov – The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov • Lopakhin – The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov • (various) - Kennedy’s Children – Robert Patrick • Edmund – Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill • Jamie – Long Day’s Journey into Night - Eugene O’Neill • Chance – Sweet Bird of Youth - Tennessee Williams • (various) - Drunks/ Blackout– Gary Lennon • Billy - Midnight Express (film script) • Truly, Madly, Deeply (film script) • Yvan – Art - Yasmina Reza • Phil - Boys Life - Howard Korder • Hamlet - Shakespeare • Julius Caesar (various) - Shakespeare • Biff – Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller

Method Acting Books

A Dream of Passion - Lee Strasberg

Strasberg’s Method As Taught by Lorrie Hull - Lorrie Hull

Strasberg at the Actors Studio Tape-Recorded Sessions - Robert H. Hethmon

Voice and the Actor - Cicely Berry