Books published by Ben Rose Creative Arts

One-Minute Monologues for Teensis a collection of 100 original comedy and drama scripts on a wide range of topics. They are easily relatable to teenage actors' real-life roles as daughters, sons, students, (student athletes,) and after-school employees. Each monologue is gender-neutral and may be performed by both male and female actors in a one-minute timeframe. No props or costumes are required. The monologues are clean, family-friendly, and include positive messages, life lessons, and ethical questions for young people written between the lines. Ultimately, these monologues can help parents and teachers encourage positive attitudes and behaviors in our teen performers - and their classmates and audiences too. Appropriate for film, television, and theater training and performance - as well as college drama program auditions.

Monologues for Kids and Tweens is a collection of 100 original comedy and drama scripts on a wide range of topics. They are easily relatable to young actors' real-life roles as students, daughters, sons, and siblings. Each piece is gender-neutral and may be performed by both male and female actors. No props or costumes are required. The monologues are clean, family-friendly, and include positive messages, life lessons, and ethical questions for young people written between the lines. Ultimately, these monologues can help parents and teachers encourage positive attitudes and behaviors in our young performers - and their classmates and audiences as well. Appropriate for film, television, and theater training and performance.

This is the new book from the author of Scenes for Teens and Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens - a veteran actor with Hollywood and Broadway credits.Monologues for Teens is a collection of 60 Original Monologues on a wide variety of topics. They're designed to help teenage actors reach, stretch and stand out powerfully from the crowd. Each individual piece is gender-neutral and may be performed equally well by both male and female actors. These monologues are clean,family-friendly, thought-provoking, and designed to encourage positive attitudes and behaviors for student actors - and their audiences.Clean, lean, practical audition and performance material for acting class, performing arts schools, drama clubs, and drama coaches. No props, no costumes, no entrances, no exits, and no confusing stage directions. This book is an easy to follow, effective, and efficient guide to simplifying and demystifying the entire monologue process. The scripts are appropriate for film, television, and theater program training. Includes a foreword by Emmy Award winning actress and producer Jean Carol, and a detailed introduction to monologue selection, preparation and performance by the author. Monologues for Teens also includes helpful, behind-the-scenes suggestions on actor training and audition psychology.This book will help dedicated, creative student actors delve deeply into compelling storylines to create realistic and sympathetic characters - and set themselves apart from the crowd.

This new book from the author of Scenes for Teens is a collection of 60 original comedy and drama scripts for younger actors. The dialogues feature clean language and family-friendly, real-life scenarios. They are ideal for teaching, rehearsing, and auditioning for stage and screen. All scenes are gender-neutral, allowing every role in every scene to be performed by both male and female acting students. The scripts are varied, with shorter and longer selections, comical and more serious topics, and conversational dialogue intended to develop rapid-fire comedic timing, listening and reacting skills, and vocal variety. Overall, the emphasis is on straightforward, realistic interaction to build and solidify the one-on-one relationship between acting scene partners. Many scenes are educational, as well, modeling and reinforcing positive attitudes and behaviors for our youth. With a heartfelt foreword by Disney's Anita Barone, and a clear, concise introduction to acting by the author, Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens is a simple - but effective - training tool for teachers, parents, libraries, schools, and drama clubs, and acting coaches.This book offers a no-nonsense, practical approach for training young actors, and can be applied immediately in the home and classroom. Positive imagery, social relevance, and civic-mindedness are written into many scenes as subtext.