Actors of colour need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft.
In 2002, Uno joined the Ford Foundation and is Senior Program Officer for Arts and Culture, in the Freedom of Expression unit of the Education, Creativity, and Free Expression program..
She was also a Professor of Directing and Dramaturgy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Department of Theater.
About the Author: Roberta Uno was the founding Artistic Director of the New WORLD Theater in Amherst, Massachusetts, a visionary institution dedicated to works by artists of color, having worked with legendary figures including James Baldwin, Alice Childress, Pearl Primus, and Gordon Heath.
This new edition now includes more of the most exciting and accomplished playwrights to have emerged over the 15 years since the Monologues for Actors of Color books were first published, from new, cutting edge talent to Pulitzer winners.
Each monologue comes with an introduction and notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor.
Roberta Uno has carefully selected Monologues that represent African-American, Native American, Latino, and Asian-American identities.
Actors of colour need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft
