The Flip Side: 64 Point of View Monologues for Teens: 64 Point-of-view Monologs for Teens

Short, breezy, provocative-these monologues are superb for acting exercises, speech and drama contests or auditions. Each monologue characterization focuses on a topic of interest to middle school and high school teens. The book is divided into three sections: "Ladies...", "And Gentlemen...", and "All Together Now!" Different than other monologue books, within each section the monologues are paired to permit a presentation of a different opinion of the same topic. The two-minute length of most of these monologues makes memorization easy. The material is also suitable for classroom or performance activities. Sample title pairs include "Mirror, Mirror/Princess Pizzaface," "Couch Potato; Fat Kid," and "I Love Mrs. Smith/Mrs. Spit."

Heather Henderson caught the theater bug at an early age but never got to say a line on-stage until she was a senior in high school. She performed in many ballets (where you're not allowed to talk) and then, in her first high school production, Heather was cast as a deaf/mute character! It was not until West Side Story that she was able to utter the very memorable line, "Ooh, oobley, ooh" as Riff's girlfriend, Velma. After high school, Heather attended Florida State University (and again, she didn't get to say any lines in The Merry Widow) where she decided to become a teacher. Teachers get to say lots of lines! Following graduation, Heather taught drama for four years at Galaxy Middle School in Deltona, Florida, teaching students to say all the lines she was never able to. She currently teaches seventh grade Language Arts at Galaxy.