Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Actors

No longer a child, but not yet a teenager, the middle school actor needs scenes and monologues that speak directly to them -- from the every day but gigantically important moments of friends and parties, to the most difficult choices that face young people. This new collection of scenes and monologues offers drama teachers the material they have been looking for -- short monologues with clear emotional turning points and transitions; scenes for two and four actors with strong...
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No longer a child, but not yet a teenager, the middle school actor needs scenes and monologues that speak directly to them -- from the every day but gigantically important moments of friends and parties, to the most difficult choices that face young people. This new collection of scenes and monologues offers drama teachers the material they have been looking for -- short monologues with clear emotional turning points and transitions; scenes for two and four actors with strong relationships and specific objectives; scenes for six to ten actors in which the roles have equal weight. Challenging, age-appropriate, and multicultural, this material has grown out of Ms. Surface's extensive work with young people at the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, and in schools throughout the country. An introduction by Ms. Surface offers specific acting tools for working on the material -- i.e., envisioning your circumstances, discovering turning points, and committing to objectives. A unique resource!