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On this page you can find resources for both monologue and short scene anthologies for Black actors and other artists of color that are accessible in the Research & Reference Division.
Monologue and Scenes
50 African American Audition Monologues by Call Number: Sc D 03-2101ISBN: 0325004579Publication Date: 2002
Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Men by Call Number: Sc D 1601348ISBN: 9781474229135Publication Date: 2016
Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Women by Call Number: Sc D 16-1339ISBN: 9781474229241Publication Date: 2016
Monologues for Actors of Color: Men by Call Number: Sc D 16-1178ISBN: 9781138857247Publication Date: 2016
Monologues for Actors of Color: Women by Call Number: SC D 16-1174ISBN: 9781138857278Publication Date: 2016
The Oberon Book of Monologues for Black Actors: classical and contemporary speeches for Black British plays. Monologues for women by ISBN: 9781783190560Publication Date: 2014
Voices of Color: Scenes and monologues from the Black American theater by Call Number: Sc C 94-34ISBN: 1557831742Publication Date: 2000
Woodie King Jr.
New York Amsterdam News, May 21-26, 2021.
Producer, director, performer and author Woodie King Jr. founded the New York City based company New Federal Theatre in 1970 with the mission to integrate artists of color and women into the mainstream of American theater. King has written numerous book and edited play anthologies over the past five decades.