This year Smith and Kraus Publishers has again combined its annual best monologues and best scenes anthologies. Here, you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues and scenes from plays that were produced and/or published in the 2009-2010 theatrical season. Most are for younger performers (teens through thirties), but there are also some excellent pieces for men in their forties and fifties, and even a few for older performers. Some are comic (laughs), some are dramatic (generally, no laughs). Some are rather short, some are rather long. All represent the best in contemporary playwriting. Several of the monologues are by playwrights whose work may be familiar to you, such as: Don Nigro Theresa Rebeck Craig Lucas David Ives Craig Wright Others are by exciting up-and-comers like: Christine Evans Martin Blank Shawn Nacol Rachel Axler Justin Warner Lisa Dillman The scenes are by master playwrights, such as: Theresa Rebeck Terrence McNally And by exciting new writers, such as: Qui Nguyen Maura Campbell Henry Meyerson Geoffrey Nauffts Daniel Talbot