American theatre book of monologues for women / edited by Stephanie Coen.

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Edition:1st ed.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Theatre Communications Group, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Be Specific: The Actor's Approach to the Monologue - An Interview with Bartlett Sher
  • 1. "Was I Wrong to Side with the Living?"
  • Angel, Marisol / Jose Rivera
  • Susanah, A Question of Mercy / David Rabe
  • Miss Evers, Miss Evers' Boys / David Feldshuh
  • Phebe, The Darker Face of the Earth / Rita Dove
  • 2. "I Have to Do Penance"
  • Marion, Abingdon Square / Maria Irene Fornes
  • Judith, An American Daughter / Wendy Wasserstein
  • Alexis, The Gimmick / Dael Orlandersmith
  • 3. "My Babies!"
  • Bette, The Marriage of Bette and Boo / Christopher Durang
  • Bette, The Marriage of Bette and Boo / Christopher Durang
  • Dessa, Tongue of a Bird / Ellen McLaughlin
  • Dessa, Tongue of a Bird / Ellen McLaughlin
  • Halie, Buried Child / Sam Shepard
  • Normal, The Colored Museum / George C. Wolfe
  • 4. "Happier Ever After ..."
  • Wanda, The Waiting Room / Lisa Loomer
  • Wanda, The Waiting Room / Lisa Loomer
  • Hester, La Negrita, In the Blood / Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Rachel, Reckless / Craig Lucas
  • Rachel, Reckless / Craig Lucas
  • 5. "You Will Remember This"
  • Maxine, Tongue of a Bird / Ellen McLaughlin
  • A, Three Tall Women / Edward Albee
  • Claire, Fuddy Meers / David Lindsay-Abaire
  • Roma, August Snow / Reynolds Price
  • Taw, August Snow / Reynolds Price
  • Sky, The Monogamist / Christopher Kyle
  • 6. "I Crossed the Line"
  • The Welfare, In the Blood / Suzan-Lori Parks
  • Suzie, Silence, Cunning, Exile / Stuart Greenman
  • Barbara, Three Hotels / Jon Robin Baitz
  • 7. "Do You Know Who I Am?"
  • Callie, Stop Kiss / Diana Son
  • Miss Pat, The Colored Museum / George C. Wolfe
  • Topsy, The Colored Museum / George C. Wolfe
  • Shelly, Buried Child / Sam Shepard
  • Pooty, Reckless / Craig Lucas
  • Jolene, The Day Room / Don DeLillo
  • 8. "It's My Fate, Do you See? This Love"
  • Masha, The Three Sisters / Anton Chekhov, adapted by David Mamet
  • Yachiyo, Ballad of Yachiyo / Philip Kan Gotanda
  • Lee, The Chemistry of Change / Marlane Meyer
  • Mom, Lloyd's Prayer / Kevin Kling
  • Genevieve, August Snow / Reynolds Price
  • 9. "Art Was Not a Part of Our Lives"
  • Bob's Mom, Bobrauschenbergamerica / Charles L. Mee
  • Marie, Search and Destroy / Howard Korder
  • Alexis, The Gimmick / Dael Orlandersmith
  • Alexis, The Gimmick / Dael Orlandersmith
  • 10. "There's Bad Blood Between Us ..."
  • Myrna, The Mineola Twins / Paula Vogel
  • Mrs. Siezmagraff, Betty's Summer Vacation / Christopher Durang
  • Nan, Three Days of Rain / Richard Greenberg
  • 11. "The Ones who Crossed the Ocean ..."
  • Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches / Tony Kushner
  • Zofia, Tongue of a Bird / Ellen McLaughlin
  • Anka, Hunting Cockroaches / Janusz Glowacki
  • 12. "Yes, You Are, He Said: You're That Kind of Girl"
  • C, Three Tall Women / Edward Albee
  • Suzanne, Picasso at the Lapin Agile / Steve Martin
  • Chata, Roosters / Milcha Sanchez-Scott
  • 13. "Aren't Human Beings the Saddest People You Ever Met?"
  • Dora, The Swan / Elizabeth Egloff
  • Dora, The Swan / Elizabeth Egloff
  • Harper, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches / Tony Kushner
  • Corlis, The Chemistry of Change / Marlane Meyer
  • Bessie, Marvin's Room / Scott McPherson
  • Linda, Talk Radio / Eric Bogosian
  • Denise, Talk Radio / Eric Bogosian
  • Blonde, The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers / Stephen Metcalfe
  • 14. "The Happiest Moment of All?"
  • A, Three Tall Women / Edward Albee
  • Emma, Pterodactyls / Nicky Silver
  • Betty, Betty's Summer Vacation / Christopher Durang
  • Marisol, Marisol / Jose Rivera.