Welcome! This website is dedicated to helping you learn to love to audition with monologues. Do you feel that your monologue auditions don’t show what you are capable of as an actor? You can transform your monologue work into a fun and creative process – and that is how you will be at your best in the audition room. An actor needs to show in an audition that he is both an artist and a showman, a creative spirit and a professional. The process I teach features all of these qualities. I developed this approach in response to my acting students at the Atlantic Theater Company who wanted… more 
Detailed information on how to choose the best material when auditioning for:Training Programs & Graduate Schools • Agents • Managers • Casting Directors • Theaters • Shows • Intern & Apprentice Programs • Equity Principal Auditions • Films • Competitions
Topics include: Choosing Contrasting Monologues • What Is a “Hello, This Is Me” Monologue? How to Cut & Edit Effectively • Non-Play Monologues • Overdone & Inappropriate Material • More.
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Karen Kohlhaas and 9 New York actors show you how to Direct, Act, and Audition with monologues. This 120 minute, full color, documentary-style DVD shows you Karen’s complete approach and also features interviews with 7 industry professionals from casting, directing, university, and talent management who have seen thousands and thousands of auditions. 30 minutes of bonus industry interviews, and downloadable checklists & study aids included. NTSC.
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270 pages. A complete approach, from the first monologue to professional-level audition technique. Full Monologues I and II curriculums for aspiring professional actors, and for those studying for personal or professional development. Also applies audition technique to songs, job interviews, and public speaking. Ideal for conservatory, university, adult, high school, middle school, and private students. Manual available separately or with Educational Package.
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Foreword by David Mamet. Published in 2000 by Limelight Editions, The Monologue Audition takes the auditioning actor through an empowering, complete step by step technique.
“This book helped me through my first professional audition - it was a godsend.”
– An Amazon reader from Devon, U.K.
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