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