About the Book:

Monologues for Latino/a Actors is an anthology of monologues from published plays.

Editor Micha Espinosa has gathered the first collection of contemporary monologues from a group of 42 Latina and Latino playwrights working in the United States. Subtitled A Resource Guide to Contemporary Latino/a Playwrights for Actors and Teachers, the book Monologues for Latino/a Actors is organized a little differently than most published collections of monologues.

Each chapter is arranged in several sections:

• About the Playwright
• List of Plays
• Playwright Information
• Performing the Monologues
• The Monologues

The underlying concept of Monologues for Latino/a Actors is that performers can do their best work if they truly understand the point of view of the piece. Each monologue includes a summary of the idea behind the scene, and a description of the solo character.

What people say:

"This volume is the first of its kind, a meticulously researched and documented collection of monologues from a rich diversity of Latina and Latino playwrights. Actors will finally have a resource that virtually defines the wealth of playwrights expressing their unique visions of the New American Theatre." — Jorge A. Huerta, renowned scholar and leading authority on contemporary Chicana/o and US Latina/o theatre

"This is the book that every professional Latina/o actor, teacher and student has been waiting for: a must-have treasure trove of material and information. This book is a seriously practical, incredibly inclusive, brilliant snapshot of the very best Lationo playwrights. Every student, every acting teacher, every library must have this welcomed-sight of a book." — Henry Godinez, award-winning, Cuban-American actor, director, and professor of theatre

About the Author:

Micha Espinosa is an Arizona-based artist, activist, teacher, and voice, speech and dialect coach. She has performed, lectured and taught around the world. She is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, in the School of Film, Dance and Theatre and affiliate faculty with the School of Transborder Studies.