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Bio
Mike Kimmel is a former professional wrestler and circus magician from the Beautiful Bronx, New York. Nowadays, he is a film, television, stage, and commercial actor and acting coach. He is a twenty-plus year member of SAG-AFTRA with extensive experience in both the New York and Los Angeles markets. He has worked with directors Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Townsend, Craig Shapiro, and Christopher Cain among many others. TV credits include Game of Silence, Zoo, Treme, In Plain Sight, Cold Case, Breakout Kings, Memphis Beat, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Up All Night with Gilbert Gottfried, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He was a regular sketch comedy player on The Tonight Show, performing live on stage and in pre-taped segments with Jay Leno for eleven years.
Mike has performed in dozens of stage plays on both coasts, including Radio City Music Hall, Equity Library Theater, Theater at the Improv, and The Village Gate. He is a full voting member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the organization that produces The Emmy Awards. He has authored eleven books in the Performing Arts, won numerous awards, band written, co-written, and ghost-written many screenplays and television scripts.
Many thanks to SouthWest Writers for being so welcoming and gracious to a new arrival to the great state of New Mexico. Thanks especially to The Big Man Upstairs, who never gave up on me––not even when I was almost ready to give up on myself.
Books: The Professional Actor Series
Title: The Actor’s Book of Quotes: Words of Wisdom for Performing Artists
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (August 31, 2023)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Do you know an actor who needs a boost, a fresh perspective … or just a little encouragement today? Maybe that actor is you? The Actor’s Book of Quotes is a broad and diverse selection of quotations-–by actors and non-actors alike-–to encourage, inspire, and support performing artists throughout their daily journey and creative process. A wealth of knowledge, worldly wisdom, and humor from some of the greatest minds of all time on topics and categories of special interest to working actors. Subjects include auditions, risk, rejection, self-confidence, self-esteem, success, survival jobs, technique, typecasting, visualization and so many, many more. A valuable resource volume for working professionals and dedicated newcomers in this highly creative and competitive field.
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Title: Monologues for Young Adults: 60 Original Monologues to Stand Out, Inspire, and Shine
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (May 15, 2023)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Monologues for Young Adults is an original collection of family-friendly, gender-neutral, stage and screen scripts to help young, up-and-coming actors nail their college drama program auditions and professional performances. Full voting member of the National Television Academy and longtime NBC Tonight Show with Jay Leno sketch comedy performer Mike Kimmel has been writing, acting, and producing for decades. He brings practical, real-world experience from the Hollywood and New York trenches to the challenge of monologue auditions.
With relatable, real-world topics applicable to young adults in their twenties and thirties, these scenes require no costumes or props, and discuss ethical questions ideal for deep thinkers to explore. If you like fresh content, optimistic spins, and challenging ideas, you’ll love this definitive new resource.
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Title: Monologues for Adults: 60 Original Monologues to Stand Out, Inspire, and Shine
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (September 30, 2021)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Need a killer monologue for an audition? Discover a wealth of fresh options in this detailed tome. Sick of the same scripts being done to death? Looking for a soliloquy relevant to today’s contemporary world? Seeking material with a positive spin? Full voting member of the National Television Academy and Tonight Show sketch comedy performer Mike Kimmel has been writing, acting, and producing for decades. Now he’s here to share a curated collection of sixty of the best comedy and drama monologues.
Monologues for Adults is the ultimate volume of family-friendly stage material to help you nail that college drama program audition or professional stage performance. With relatable, real-world topics applicable to adults, these pieces require no costumes or props, and discuss ethical questions perfect for deep thinkers to explore. And with literally dozens of gender-neutral and unique scenes to choose from, you’ll find the right piece to take you from zero to callback in no time at all.
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Title: Six Critical Essays on Film: A College Guide for Film Appreciation
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (May 14, 2020)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Need to write a Killer Essay for your film class? Want to learn how to grab your professor’s attention and Stand Out BOLDLY from the college crowd? Author-Actor Mike Kimmel – a University Instructor and Entertainment Industry Insider – will show you how!!
Six Critical Essays on Film is a clear, succinct guide to Studying and Understanding feature films as both a medium of communication and artistic expression. Intended for college and adult school students, this book offers a short – but diverse – selection of quality films from the 1920s through 1970s for review and application. The text provides Active, Workable Solutions you can apply today.
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Books: The Young Actor Series
Title: Monologues for Kids and Tweens II: 100 New Comedy and Drama Monologues for Young Actors
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (June 19, 2021)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Tired of seeing mean-spirited, snarky performance material for young kids? Looking for material with an optimistic, positive spin? Monologues for Kids and Tweens II is a collection of 100 new comedy and drama pieces for our youngest performers. It is the 7th installment in The Young Actor Series. The scripts are easily relatable to children’s real-life roles as daughters, sons, siblings, students, and young athletes. All scripts are clean, gender-neutral, family-friendly, and include positive messages, life lessons, and ethical questions for young people––and all people––written between the lines. This material (and the subtext) can help parents and teachers encourage positive attitudes and behaviors in our young performers, their classmates and audiences. Appropriate for film, television, theater, speech and forensics competitions, and drama school auditions.
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Title: Monologues for Teens II: 60 New Monologues to Inspire
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (January 26, 2021)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Teenage drama student tired of playing middle-aged grownups? Find stage pieces tailored to the real-world in this amazing new collection. Full voting member of the National Television Academy and longtime NBC Tonight Show sketch comedy performer Mike Kimmel shares a curated collection of the best comedy and drama monologues for 2020. This is a collection with depth, heart, and pathos to challenge young actors and bring out their very best performances. These are monologues they’ve never heard before – and monologues they’ll remember you by! No props. No costumes. No entrances. No exits. No fluff. No bad language. No snarky, mean-spirited scenarios. No talking down to you – or your audience. Gender-neutral monologues that can be performed equally well by all actors.
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Title: One-Minute Monologues for Teens: 100 Original Monologues
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (September 6, 2020)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Need a killer monologue for an audition? Discover a wealth of fresh options in this detailed tome. Sick of the same scripts being done to death? Looking for a soliloquy relevant to teenagers? Seeking material with a positive spin? One-Minute Monologues for Teens is the ultimate volume of family-friendly stage material to help you nail that college drama program audition or class assignment. With a range of topics applicable to young actors, these pieces require no costumes or props, and discuss ethical questions perfect for middle- and high-school minds to explore. And with literally dozens of gender-neutral and unique scenes to choose from, you’ll find the right piece to take you from zero to callback in no time at all.
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Title: Monologues for Kids and Tweens: 100 Original Comedy and Drama Monologues for Young Actors
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (January 1, 2020)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Does your child dream of being on television? Are you determined that your child escapes the perils of early stardom? Are you wondering how to get started? Monologues for Kids and Tweens is a collection of 100 original comedy and drama scripts on a wide range of topics. Each piece may be performed by actors of any gender. No props or costumes are required. The monologues are clean, family-friendly, and include positive messages, life lessons, and ethical questions for young people written between the lines. These are monologues they’ll remember you by. Ultimately, these monologues can help parents and teachers encourage positive attitudes and behaviors in our young performers – and their classmates and audiences as well. Appropriate for film, television, and theater training and performance.
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Title: Monologues for Teens: 60 Original Monologues to Stand Out, Inspire, and Shine
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (March 25, 2018)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Do you dream of attending drama school? Do you dream of stardom? Do you wonder where to start? Monologues for Teens is a collection of 60 original monologues on a wide variety of topics. They are designed to help teenage actors reach, stretch and stand out from the crowd. Each individual piece may be performed equally well by any gender of actor. These monologues are clean, thought-provoking, and designed to encourage positive attitudes and behaviors in our youth – and audiences. They are appropriate for film, television, and theater training.
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Title: Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens: 60 Original Comedy and Drama Scenes for Young Actors
Publisher: Ben Rose Creative Arts (February 14, 2017)
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
This book from the author of Scenes for Teens is a collection of 60 original comedy and drama scripts for younger actors. The dialogues feature clean language and family-friendly, real-life scenarios. They are ideal for teaching, rehearsing, and auditioning for stage and screen. All scenes are gender-neutral, allowing every role in every scene to be performed by both male and female acting students. The scripts are varied, with shorter and longer selections, comical and more serious topics, and conversational dialogue intended to develop rapid-fire comedic timing, listening and reacting skills, and vocal variety. Overall, the emphasis is on straightforward, realistic interaction to build and solidify the one-on-one relationship between acting scene partners. Many scenes are educational, as well, modeling and reinforcing positive attitudes and behaviors for our youth. Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens is a simple – but effective – training tool for teachers, parents, libraries, schools, and drama coaches.
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Title: Scenes for Teens: 50 Original Comedy and Drama Scenes for Teenage Actors
Published: December 4, 2014
Publisher: Nonfiction, Performing Arts
Scenes for Teens is meant to help simplify the acting and auditioning process for young actors. Created by an experienced entertainer with Hollywood and Broadway credits, these fifty original comedy and drama scripts are ideal for actor training. The scenes are written for two actors, are gender-neutral, and intentionally exclude costumes, props, entrances, exits, complicated stage directions, and additional characters. In this way, Scenes for Teens is specifically designed to help young performers practice dialogue in a conversational and realistic manner. This allows them to focus on the one-on-one relationship. With an inspiring foreword by Kevin Sorbo – and a clear introduction to the art and business of professional acting by the author – Scenes for Teens is an effective teaching tool for young actors, their parents, and acting coaches.
