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<p>British theatre director Simon Dunmore has a great list of less obvious [playwrights worth exploring for audition material](<a href=“http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.dunmore/”>http://www.btinternet.com/~simon.dunmore/</a>) on his website. There was also a thread right here on CC emphasizing the more well known playwrights entitled [Plays You Should Have Read by Now](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/theater-drama-majors/691366-plays-you-should-have-read-now.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/theater-drama-majors/691366-plays-you-should-have-read-now.html</a>? ) thats definitely worth a look. </p>
<p>Also, it seems like a lot of kids havent been taught how to cut contemporary monologues from dialogue and theres a book available entitled [The</a> Perfect Monologue](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Monologue-Find-Perform-That/dp/0879103000/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324560944&sr=8-1][u]The”>http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Monologue-Find-Perform-That/dp/0879103000/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324560944&sr=8-1) by Ginger Howard Friedman that will teach you how. Once you know how to do that, finding a good, active piece shouldnt be any more difficult than paying a visit to your local library. If not, another method would be to get on Google looking for characters with which you might identify in synopses of plays by different playwrights and work from there.</p>
<p>Merry Christmas! :)</p>