About the Book:

An essential bare bones guide to getting your own solo play into the world!

For actors, writers and public speakers of all kinds.

---step by step acting and writing techniques

---examples and discussion of six different forms of solo plays

---exercises and questions to deepen your work

---new monologue material

---marketing strategies and production basics

Award winning and veteran actress, writer and producer Susan Merson brings over thirty years of theatrical experience to Your Name Here: An Actor and Writer's Guide to Solo Performance.

About the Author:

Susan Merson is an award winning actress, writer and theatre producer. An original cast member of the longest running Off Broadway play in history, Vanities, she has appeared on Broadway, Off Broadway, and in many television and feature films. She co-founded the LA Writers Bloc with director/writer Jane Anderson, has developed all of her plays at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in NY and LA and has toured her eight solo plays across North America, Europe and Israel. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College.