American theatre book of monologues for women

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"

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 and 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.