Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens

by Jason Pizzarello (Editor)

Looking for the perfect scene? Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens is just what you need. From hilarious comedy to cutting-edge drama, this collection offers 40 exciting 2-person scenes with plenty of fascinating characters for young actors. Unlike other scene books, the source of every scene is easily accessible -- each play is available through the Playscripts website, where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. From classwork to competitions to auditions, this book has you covered!

Includes scenes from plays by Janet Allard, Melissa Cooper, Alan Haehnel, Jon Jory, David Lindsay-Abaire, Dan O'Brien, Wendy MacLeod, Itamar Moses, C. Denby Swanson, Daryl Watson, Yuri Baranovsky, Burgess Clark, Anton Dudley, Ian McWethy, Winter Miller, Shawn Northrip, Liz Duffy Adams, Courtney Baron, Liz Flahive, Jacqueline Goldfinger, Patrick Greene, Naomi Iizuka, Ryan Pavelchik, Tim Kochenderfer, Mark D. Kaufmann, Eric Lane, Melanie Marnich, Carl Martin, Timothy Mason, Ed Monk, Allison Moore, Jason Pizzarello, Maria Pizzarello, Robert Pridham, Doug Rand, Jonathan Rand, Jane Steiner, Victoria Stewart, Kathryn Walat, Sam Wolfson, Don Zolidis and Douglas Craven.

Also includes "Tips for Student Actors" by Jon Jory.

200 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

About the author

Jason Pizzarello ​is a playwright and Co-founder of Stage Partners with director/writer Morgan Gould. His plays have produced/developed with Veterans Repertory Theater, Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, Blue Rider/Classic Stage Company, 3-Legged Dog, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Irondale Ensemble, HERE Arts Center, Clubbed Thumb, and Source Festival (DC), and many others. Over forty of his plays for young actors are published and have been produced in all 50 states and over 20 countries. When he’s not writing, he proudly serves as a logistics officer with the New York Army National Guard but reports directly to his two young daughters in Connecticut.

Reviews

[Dalton Glenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some pretty good scenes, some pretty bad scenes, some homophobic scenes (including one where a teenage lesbian kisses a boy and figures out she was never actually gay???)

Definitely pick and choose what scenes to show your students. There are some that are really fantastic modern-day adaptations, like Antigone Now, and some that are best avoided.

[BCPL Youth Services Librarian]

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