Reading plays and learning about new playwrights is an essential part of my job as a college audition monologue coach, so you’ll find that my studio is stockpiled with excellent audition material for teens and young adults. I love the excitement of learning about young contemporary writers and following their careers.
When it comes to musical theater auditions, my philosophy is to present monologue choices for a variety of young adult types that are always age-appropriate and within the students’ life experience. But in addition to young, new writers, I also love the surprise of when one of my favorite established playwrights also wins a Tony for Best Book of a Musical, like Itamar Moses for “The Band’s Visit.“
A few months ago, I suggested 12 female playwrights for young actresses auditioning for acting and musical theater college programs, so I thought it would be fun to introduce all you male musical theater college audition hopefuls to some well-known male playwrights who also write for musical theater. These musical librettists and book writers have musical credits I’m sure you will immediately recognize, but the straight plays they have written are excellent sources of college
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