Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Women by Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway

Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Women by Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway

Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Women aims to provide new and exciting audition and showcase material for actresses of black, African American, South Asian and Middle Eastern heritage. Featuring the work of international contemporary playwrights who have written powerful and diverse roles for a range of actors, the collection is edited by Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway.
Categorized by age-range, the monologues are collected in groups of characters playable by actresses in their teens, twenties, thirties and forties+, and include work from over 25 top-class dramatists including Sudha Bhuchar, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Marcus Gardley, Mona Mansour and Naomi Wallace.
Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Women is the go-to resource for contemporary monologues and speeches for auditions. Ideal for aspiring and professional actresses, it allows performers to enhance their particular strengths and prepare for roles featuring characters of specific ethnic backgrounds.

Takes the stress out of trying to find suitable material for auditions as the anthologies are well researched, written and edited … A wonderful resource and tool for teachers* Word Matters (STSD) *

Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway - the former manager of the Black Play Archive at the National Theatre, London - was born in East London to West Indian parents. She trained as a theatre director at the Young Vic Theatre and the National Theatre and has worked nationally and internationally as a director, producer, audience development consultant, teacher and facilitator in theatres and schools. Simeilia has been affiliated with theatres such as National Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Arcola Theatre, Eclipse Theatre, Kali Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Baxter Theatre (South Africa). She has devised and facilitated workshops about Black British plays for a wide range of arts organisations and universities. Her film Voices from the Black Row, a short documentary celebrating Black British artists, was released in 2013.

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ISBN 13	9781474229241
ISBN 10	1474229247
Title	Audition Speeches for Black, South Asian and Middle Eastern Actors: Monologues for Women
Author	Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway
Series	Audition Speeches
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2016-06-30
Number of pages	200
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.