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Mrs. Dill’s Female Monologue List! Rating System

Comic: Of lighthearted subject matter; usually funny All on the list are recommended

(Period) A piece usually in verse usually written between the 1700’s—to the 1900’s unless restricted

Serious: Of serious subject matter; sometimes angry, sometimes sad, sometimes suspenseful

Serio-Comic: Both lighthearted and serious 3 *= a highly recommended monologue

Romantic (Comedy or Serious): Of romantic subject matter, usually dreamy and often times involving kissing 5 *= one of the best monologues EVER!

Film Noir: In the style of black and white detective films

Character: Portraying a person of interest with unusual qualities, accents, etc. * monologues are better suited for competition!

Advanced Classes only: are Ensemble Theatre and Drama III

|Type |Title/Playwright |Book |Page |Story |Class? Competition? |

| | | | | |Restrictions? |

|Serio-Comic |Mollie Bailey’s Traveling Family|Duo! The Best Scenes for the |156 |An overdramatic girl tells how she fell in love with a |Both |

| |Circus: Featuring Scenes From |‘90’s | |violinist |3* |

| |the Life of Mother Jones by | | | | |

| |Megan Terry | | | | |

|Comic Character | The West Side Waltz by Ernest |Actor’s Scenebook |309 |Robin applies for a housecleaning job and tells her life story|Class |

| |Thompson | | |to her interviewer | |

|Comic (Southern accent) |The Faculty Lounge by Michael |Actor’s Scenebook |317 |Rhoda Bootin calls home to tell her mom about her bad day at |Class |

| |Schulman | | |work as a first-day teacher | |

|Comic |Love is a Time of Day by John |Actor’s Scenebook |321 |Mac speaks to a mannequin, thinking it is her boyfriend’s |Both |

| |Patrick | | |lover | |

|Comic Character(Southern accent) |A Coupla White Chicks Sitting |Great Scenes and Monologues for|229 |Hannah tells her friend how she told her husband off for |Both |

| |Around Talking by John Ford |Actors | |having an affair |3* |

| |Noonan | | | | |

|Comedic |An ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde |Great Scenes and Monologues for|235 |Mabel tells her sister-in-law how she’s been proposed to |Advanced Classes only |

|(Period) | |Actors | | |or competition |

|Serious (period) |The Duel by Anton Chekhov |Great Scenes and Monologues for|237 |A woman describes a miserable relationship |Advanced classes only |

| | |Actors | | |or competition |

|Serious (period) |Uncle Vanya by Anton Checkhov |Great Scenes and Monologues for|247 |Elena talks about the man she’s in love with, but shouldn’t be|Advanced classes only |

| | |Actors | |because she’s married |or competition |

|Comedic |Sexual Perversity in Chicago by |Great Scenes and Monologues for|253 |Joan tells her kindergarten students not to play “doctor” |Both |

| |David Mamet |Actors | | |5* |

| Serious |Seascape with Sharks and Dancer |Great Scenes and Monologues for|256 |Tracy, who ‘s just had an abortion, tells her boyfriend why |Both |

| |by Don Nigro |Actors | |she had to do it. |3* |

|Comedic Character |Eat Your Heart Out by Nick Hall |Great Scenes and Monologues for|258 |A very spiritual woman tells man at a bar her problems with |Both 5* |

| | |Actors | |being born on the cusp | |

|Comedic |The Faculty Lounge by Michael |Great Scenes and Monologues for|261 |Linda tells her ex on the phone she wants him back, until she |Both 3* |

| |Schulman |Actors | |hears another woman in the background | |

|Comedic |Girlhood of Shakespeare’s | Scenes and Monologues From the|201 |An actress talks about playing Lady Macbeth in a production of|Both 5* |

| |Heroines by Don Nigro |Best New Plays | |Macbeth | |

|Serious |Eulogy for a Small Time Thief by|The Scene Book for Actors |22 |Elaine, a teen prostitute, confronts her father, who shows up |Both |

| |Miguel Pinero | | |to be a customer, until he learns the woman is his daughter | |

|Comedic |Hello, Bob by Robert Patrick |The Scenebook for Actors |29 |A woman at home has a conversation with her friend and then |Class (long) |

| | | | |with Bob | |

|Comedic |Loose Ends by Michael Weller |The Scenebook for Actor |37 |A woman tells her best friend about her new guy |Both |

|Comedic Character |The Towel Lady by Janet S. Tiger|The Scenebook for Actors |45 |A woman tells how she was driven to kill her husband |Both 3* (Cut for |

| | | | | |competition) |

|Serious |And They Dance Real Slow in |Great Monologues for Young |55 |Elizabeth, who’s in a wheelchair, talks to her best friend’s |Both 3* |

| |Jackson by Jim Leonard Jr |Actors | |grave | |

|Seriocomic |Ascension Day by Timothy Mason |Great Monologues for Young |59 |Mary Louis talks about how much summer camp means to her |Class |

| | |Actors | | | |

|Serious |The Diary of Anne Frank by |Great Monologues for Young |70 |Anne tries to cheer Peter up |Class |

| |Frances Goodrich and Albert |Actors | | | |

| |Hachet | | | | |

|Seriocomic Character |Getting Out by Marsha Norman |Great Monologues for Young |77 |Artie, locked in a maximum security prison tells an officer |Both Edit language |

| | |Actors | |about her fellow inmates | |

|Comic |Invisible Friends by Alan |Great Monologues for Young |79 |Lucy introduces the audience to her invisible friend, Zara |Class, long |

| |Ayckbourn |Actors | | | |

|Comic |Invisible Friends by Alan |Great Monologues for Young |82 |Lucy tells us of the day Zara materialized |Class, long |

| |Ayckbourn |Actors | | | |

|Comic |Quilters by Barbara Damashek and|Great Monologues for Young |92 |Annie tells us of her annoyance with her sister’s hobby |Both 5* |

| |Molly newman |Actors | | | |

|Comic |Shavaree by William Mastrosimone| Great Monologues for Young |98, 214 |A belly dancer tells about her life as a dancing godess |Both 3* |

| | |Actors in Actor’s Book of | | | |

| | |Contemporary Stage Monologues | | | |

| | |too | | | |

|Serio-Comic |What I Did Last Summer by A.R. | Great Monologues for Young |100 |Bonnie waits in the woods at night to meet Charlie | Both |

| |Gurney |Actors | | | |

| Serious |The Woolgatherer by William | Great Monologues for Young |103 |Rose describes a dream to her lover |Class |

| |Mastrosimone |Actors | | | |

|Serious |American Dreams: Lost and Found |Great Monologues for Young |169 |Linda, who lives in a bad neighborhood in Chicago tells how |Both |

| |by Studs Terkee |Actors | |she wants to go to college | |

|Serious |A Bird of Prey by Jim Grimsley |Great Monologues for Young |19 |Donna tells about the last time she talked to her friend who |Both |

| | |Actors Volume II | |she knows is dead | |

|Serious |A Bird of Prey by Jim Grimsley |Great Monologues for Young |20 |Marie tells how she loves school and wishes it were longer |Both 3* |

| | |Actors Volume II | |because then she wouldn’t have to be at home | |

|Serious |Class Action by Brad Slaight |Great Monologues for Young |22 |Emma tells how she was sexually harassed at a concert |Both3* |

| | |Actors Volume II | | | |

|Serious |Class Action by Brad Slaight |Great Monologues for Young |23 |Danielle reveals her pregnancy |Class |

| | |Actors Volume II | | | |

|Seriou-comic |The Fantasticks by Tom Jones |Great Monologues for Young |34 |Luisa tells how she is special and reveals her hopes for the |Both |

| | |Actors Volume II | |future | |

|Comedy |The Reincarnation of Jaime Brown|Great Monologues for Young |63 |A poet tries to sell her poems to bystanders in NYC |Both (cut version for |

| |by Lynne Alvarez |Actors Volume II | | |competition) |

|Serious |The Tears of My Sister by Horton|Great Monologues for Young |74 |Cecilia talks about her sister and how she laughs and cries |Class |

| |Foote |Actors Volume II | | | |

|Serious (Southern accent) |Vieux Carre by Tennessee |Great Monologues for Young |79 |Jane explains to her landlord where she’s been |Both 5* |

| |Williams |Actors Volume II | | | |

|Serious Character |The Voice of the Prairie by John|Audition Monologue for Student |25 |A blind woman talks about her world |Both |

| |Olive |Actors | | | |

|Serious |Night Luster by Laura Harringon |Audition Monologue for Student |33 |A woman who feels invisible talks about her world |Both |

| | |Actors | | | |

|Comedic |Stuck by Adele Edling Shank |Audition Monologue for Student |36 |A woman attacks the man she had an affair with |Both3* |

| | |Actors | | | |

|Serious |Abingdon Square by Maria Irene |Audition Monologue for Student |38 |A woman who’s child has been taken away from her explains her |Both 5* |

| |Fornes |Actors | |sadness and need | |

|Comedic (southern accent) |Wetter Than Water by Deborah |Audition Monologue for Student |39 |A whacky woman talks about how to survive in Louisiana |Both 3* |

|Character |Pryer |Actors | | | |

|Comedic African American |The Old Settler by John Henry |Audition Monologue for Student |41 |Lou Bessie talks about her former husband who has followed her|Both 3* |

| |Redwood |Actors | |to Harlem, New York | |

|Serious African American |Truth: The Testimonial of |Audition Monologue for Student |43 |A famous human rights activist talks about what it was like to|Both 5* |

| |Sojourner Truth by Eric Coble |Actors | |be a slave | |

|Serious |Sally’s Gone, She Left Her Name |Audition Monologue for Student |47 |Sallie talks about the thoughts that are going on in her head |Class |

| |by Russell Davis |Actors | | | |

|Serious |This One Thing I Do by Claire |Audition Monologue for Student |51 |Susan B. Anthony challenges men on equal pay for women |Class |

| |Braz-Valentine |Actors | | | |

|Serious |Blue Skies Forever by Claire |Audition Monologue for Student |53 |Amelia Earhart talks about shy she loves to fly |Both 3* Cut version |

| |Braz-Valentine |Actors | | |for competition |

|Serious Asian American |Cleveland Raining by Sung Rno |Audition Monologue for Student |59 |Mari talks about her abandonment |Both |

| | |Actors | | | |

|Serious Hispanic |The Boiler Room by Reuben |Audition Monologue for Student |63 |Olivia talks about her dreams about her sad reality being a |Both |

| |Gonzalez |Actors | |Puerto Rican immigrant | |

|Serious |Interborough Transit by Adam |Audition Monologue for Student |65 |A young woman talks about her dream to have the perfect little|Class |

| |Kraar |Actors | |girl | |

|Comedic |Lady Liberty by Adam kraar |Audition Monologue for Student |67 |Ellen tells a friend that she will lay down the law with her |Both |

| | |Actors | |boyfriend tonight | |

|Serious |Grace Notes by Rachel Rubin |Audition Monologs for Student |17 |Catherine talks about the pain of giving up her daughter |Both 3* |

| |Ladutke |Actors II | | | |

|Serious |Voices from the Shore by Max |Audition Monologs for Student |19 |Beth, a former druggie, tries to patch things up with her |Both 3* |

| |Bush |Actors II | |boyfriend | |

|Serious |“A Genius,” from Fun House |Audition Monologs for Student |23 |Jill tells about a horrifying childhood experience |Both 3* |

| |Mirror by Dori Appel |Actors II | | | |

|Serious |An Odious Damned Lie by Lewis W.|Audition Monologs for Student |25 |Loris tells her boyfriend about her final beating from her |Both 5* |

| |heniford |Actors II | |mother | |

| Comedic |Playground by Sybil M. Odom | Audition Monologs for Student |28 |Susie tries to entertain in detention |Class |

| | |Actors II | | | |

|Serious |Sisters of Sisters by Cynthia L.|Audition Monologs for Student |39 |Ginny reaches out to her sister to help her like she did in |Class |

| |Cooper |Actors II | |the past when she received a very mean note | |

|Comedic (Hick accent) |Boontown and the Cinderella |Audition Monologs for Student |41 |A tomboy talks about getting ready for her first dance |Both 5* |

| |Cottonbrains by Lynne Elson |Actors II | | | |

|Comedic |Duck Blind by Shirley Barrie |Audition Monologs for Student |47 |Jenny, who’s clinging to a duck blind (buoy) after being |Both 5* |

| | |Actors II | |accidentally bumped off her families boat tells how it | |

| | | | |happened | |

|Comedic |Mother, Tree, Cat by Dori Appel |Audition Monologs for Student |51 |Beth talks about her childhood as a prodigy painter |Class (Long) |

| | |Actors II | | | |

|Comedic |Memory Gland by Lynne Elson |Audition Monologs for Student |54 |Tam tells about how to guard yourself from peeping toms in the|Both 5* |

| | |Actors II | |bathroom | |

|Serious |Visiting by Evan Guilford-Blake |Audition Monologs for Student |56 |Zhen talks about visitng her grandmother’s grave |Both 3* |

| | |Actors II | | | |

|Serious |The Lesson by Lisa Rosenthal |Audition Monologs for Student |63 |Teen talks about her experience losing both of her |Class |

| | |Actors II | |grandparents | |

|Seriocomic |When Fat Chicks Rule the World |Audition Monologs for Student |67 |Noreen talks about what it is like being fat |Both 5* |

| |by Karen Mueller Bryson |Actors II | | | |

|Comic |Love the Water by Cathy Ryan and|Audition Monologs for Student |72 |Gloria tries to get her boyfriend to enjoy swimming |Both 5* |

| |Kathrine Burkman |Actors II | | | |

|Serio-comic character (southern |Crimes of the Heart by Beth |The Actor’s Book of |45 |Babe tells her lawyer how she attempted to kill her husband |Both 3* |

|accent) |Henley |Contemporary Stage Monologues | | | |

| Serious (energetic) |The Days and Nights of Bee Bee |The Actor’s Book of |62 |Beebee talks about how she is going to take on the world and |Both 3* |

| |Fenstermaker by William Snyder |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |not take the path of least resistance | |

|Serious |The Death of a Miner by Paula |The Actor’s Book of |66 |Mary Alice talks about how her father died in a mining |Both 3* |

| |Cizmar |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |accident and why she wants to work as a miner | |

|Comedic Character |“dentity Crisis by Christopher |The Actor’s Book of |68 |Jane talks about how a crazy production of Peter Pan scarred |Both 3* |

| |Durang |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |her for life | |

|Seriocomic (Southern accent) |The Foreigner by Larry Shue |The Actor’s Book of |89 |Catherine talks to someone she thinks doesn’t speak English, |Both 3* |

| | |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |however he understands every word she says | |

|Comic Character |Getting Out by Marsha Norman |The Actor’s Book of |94 |Arlie, who was just released from prison tells a story about |Both (Edit language) |

| | |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |splatting frogs as a child | |

|Comic |Gloria and Esperanza by Julie |The Actor’s Book of |99 |Gloria has a phone conversation with the IRS |Both 3* |

| |Bovasso |Contemporary Stage Monologues | | | |

|Serious |The Great Nebula in Orion by |The Actor’s Book of |103 |Louise talks about how she and her mother were never close, | Both |

| |Lanford Wilson |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |but how it bothers her that her mother wasn’t there when she |Some editing |

| | | | |won an award | |

|Comedic |The Mound Builders by Lanford |The Actor’s Book of |164 |Jean talks about how being the National Spelling Bee champ |Both 3* |

| |Wilson |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |made her crazy | |

|Comedic |The Lady and the Clarinet by |The Actor’s Book of |123 |Luba, who’;s husband is having an affair, confronts his |Both 5* |

| |Michael Cristofer |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |secretary, and pukes all over her | |

|Comedic |The Primary English Class by |The Actor’s Book of |193 |Debbie attempts to teach a class of non-English speakers |Both 3* |

| |Israel Horovitz |Contemporary Stage Monologues | | | |

|Serious |Reckless by Craig Lucas |The Actor’s Book of |197 |Rachel, who[‘s husband has hired a hitman to kill her, tries |Class |

| | |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |to get her husband to enjoy Christmas as much as she does | |

|Serious |The Sea Horse by Edward J. Moore|The Actor’s Book of |210 |Ger, a large woman, describes the night she saw someone |Both |

| | |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |stabbed. | |

|Serio-comic Character? |Still Life by Emily Mann |The Actor’s Book of |240 |Cheryl explains why she hates cooking |Both |

| | |Contemporary Stage Monologues | | |5* (Cut version in II)|

|Comic Character? |Table Settings by James Lapine |The Actor’s Book of |251 |Wife talks about why she’s an optimist and how pessimists |Both 5* |

| | |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |annoy her |Edit language |

|Serious | Taken in Marriage by Thomase |The Actor’s Book of |255 |Annie describes living with a very controlling man with a |Advanced classes only |

| |Babe |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |mysterious handcuffs on his door |Edit |

|Serious |Thieves by Herb Gardner |The Actor’s Book of |265 |Sally describes why she wants out of her marriage |Both 3* |

| | |Contemporary Stage Monologues | | | |

| Serious |The Wake of Jamey Foster by Beth| The Actor’s Book of |282 |Marshael packs up her dead husband’s things as she talks to |Class |

| |Henley |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |him for the last time | |

|Serious |The Woolgatherer by William |The Actor’s Book of |287 |Rose talks about the night she saw some rare birds stoned to |Both 3* |

| |Mastrosimone |Contemporary Stage Monologues | |death in the zoo | |

|Serious |Little Murders by Jules Feiffer | Monologues: Women |7 |Just married, a girl plans to change her husband |Both 5* |

|Comedic |Father’s Day by Oliver Hailey |Monologues: Women |8 |Louise talks about how she got back at her husband with |Both 5* |

| | | | |feminine apparatus | |

|Seriocomic |Scuba Duba by Bruce Jay Friedman|Monologues: Women |9 |Jean tries to explain to her white husband why she ran off |Both 3* |

| | | | |with a black scuba diver | |

|Comic Character? (mature) |The Killdeer by Jay Broad |Monologues: Women |12 |Sparky describes the average day in the life of a housewife |Both 3* |

|Comic Character (Elderly, with a |Bye Bye Birdie by Michael |Monologues: Women |16 |Mother is very unhappy when her son plans to marry |Both 3* |

|New York Accent) |Stewart | | | | |

|Serious |Loss of Roses by William Inge |Monologues: Women |27 |A small-time actress remembers a moment from her childhood |Class |

|Serious (angry) |The Days Between by Robert |Monologues: Women |30 |A wife who’s husband made her get an abortion is furious when |Advanced Classes only |

| |Anderson | | |her husband decides to leave her |and competition 5* |

|Serious (mature) character |Mourning Becomes Electra by |Monologues: Women |35 |Christine fears that her daughter and son have discovered that|Both 3* |

| |Eugene O’Neill | | |she killed their father | |

|Serious (mature) sad |Summetree by Ron Cowen |Monologues: Women |36 |A mother describes the pain of losing a son to war while |Both 3* |

| | | | |reminiscing about losing her beloved dog | |

|Serious |Appointment with a High Wire |Best Women’s Stage Monologues |5 |Louise speaks to her ex-boyfriend who’s in a comma after |Both 3* |

| |Lady by Russell Davis |of 1992 | |trying to commit suicide | |

|Serio-comic character |Criminal Hearts by Jane Martin |Best Women’s Stage Monologues |18 |Ata tells her husband off in her very wacky way |Both 5* |

| | |of 1992 | | | |

| Serious (angry) |The End of the Day by Jon Robin |Best Women’s Stage Monologues |26 |Helen asks her husband of ten years if he ever loved her |Both 5* |

| |Baiz |of 1992 | | | |

|Comic (wacky) |Escape From Happiness by George |Best Women’s Stage Monologues |28 |Mary Ann, who thinks her family is cursed by bad fate, |Both |

| |F. Waller |of 1992 | |explains how she hopes to appease fate | |

|Serious |Mother’s Day by Kate Aspengren |Best Women’s Stage Monologues |52 |Esther recalls her teenage pregnancy |Class |

| | |of 1992 | | | |

|Serious (angry) |Spike Heels by Theresa Rebek |Best Women’s Stage Monologues |67 |Georgie tells off her friend, Andrew |Both 5* Language edits|

| | |of 1992 | | |needed |

|Serio-comic (creepy) |Unidentified Human Remains and |Best Women’s Stage Monologues |77 |Benita tells a creepy urban legend |Both |

| |the True Nature of Love by Brad |of 1992 | | | |

| |Fraser | | | | |

|Serio-comic (dreamy) |Winchelsea Dround by Don Nigro|Best Women’s Stage Monologues |80 |Madeline tells why she likes the dark |Both |

| | |of 1992 | | | |

|Serious |At the Still Point by Jordan |The Best women’s Stage |10 |Sarah talks about domestic violence after she learns she’s |Both |

| |Roberts |Monologues of 1990 | |pregnant | |

| Comedic character (Southern |Belles by Mark Dunn |The Best women’s Stage |13 |Peggy receives an obscene phone call and gives the man a |Both 5* |

|accent) | |Monologues of 1990 | |pieces of her mind | |

|Serio comic character? |Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou |The Best women’s Stage |16 |Rosannah talks about extraterrestrials as a way to connect |Both |

| |Johnson |Monologues of 1990 | |with Henry, a lonely man who took her in a blizzard | |

|Comic |Florida Girls by Nancy Hasty |The Best women’s Stage |23 |A “Debby Downer” says goodbye to her neighbors |Both |

| | |Monologues of 1990 | | |5* |

|Comic character (Southern accent)|Gal Baby by Sandra Deer |The Best women’s Stage |24 |A southern belle talks about growing older and her |Both 5* |

| | |Monologues of 1990 | |philosophies of life | |

|Serio-comic |Imagining Brad by Peter Hedges |The Best women’s Stage |31 |Brad’s wife describes how she fell in love with a man with out|Both |

| | |Monologues of 1990 | |arms and legs | |

|Comic |Kuru by Josh C. Manheimer |The Best women’s Stage |35 and 37 |Mary Lou, a farm girl from the Midwest, instructs village |Both |

| | |Monologues of 1990 | |women from new Guinea how to cook a Thanksgiving meal |5* |

|Comic (English accent) |Lettice and Lovage by Peter |The Best women’s Stage |38 and 39 |Lettice, a tour guide with an active imagination, gives her |Both (1st one better) |

| |Shaffer |Monologues of 1990 | |tour groups her own versions of history | |

|Comedic |Maids of Honor by Joan |The Best women’s Stage |44 |Monica, a television talk show host, talks about bitchiness |Advanced classes and |

| |Casademont |Monologues of 1990 | | |competition only |

| | | | | |5* |

|Serious |The Secret Sits in the Middle by|The Best women’s Stage |64 |Tina explains why she can’t have a baby |Both |

| |Lisa-Marie Udano |Monologues of 1990 | | | |

|Serious (African Amercian |Zora Neale Hurston by Laurence |The Best women’s Stage |77 |A famous black writer has fallen on hard times |Both |

| |Holder |Monologues of 1990 | | | |

|Serious |East of Eden screenplay by Paul | The Actor’s Book of Movie |61 |Abra tries to convince the father of the man she loves to love|Both |

| |Osbourn |Monologues | |his son |5* powerful |

|Serious (romantic) |The Goddess screenplay by Paddy|The Actor’s Book of Movie |71 |Emily Ann talks about the night that she was a triumph in the |Both 3* |

| |Chayefsky |Monologues | |school play | |

|Serio-comic character |Who is Harry Kellerman and Why |The Actor’s Book of Movie |117 |Linda can’t let go of a lamp at an audition |Both (long, but funny)|

| |is He Saying Those Terrible |Monologues | | |3* |

| |Things About Me? Screenplay by | | | | |

| |Herb Gardner | | | | |

|Comic |Paper Moon screenplay by Alvin |The Actor’s Book of Movie |122 |Trixie gives the daughter of her boyfriend a piece of her mind|Both 5* |

| |Sargent |Monologues | | |Edit last line |

|Serious |Interiors Screenplay by Woody |The Actor’s Book of Movie |153 |Joey has a heart-to-heart with her mother, who never gave her |Both |

| |Allen |Monologues | |the time of day |5* |

|Serious |Kramer vs. Kramer Screenplay by |The Actor’s Book of Movie |156 |Joanna tells her husband that he can have custody over her son|Both |

| |Robert Benton |Monologues | |because she thinks it’s what’s best for her. | |

|Comedic character? |Silkwood screenplay by Ephron |The Actor’s Book of Movie |197 |Karen talks about her hair, her nails and her other |Both |

| |and Arien |Monologues | | |5* |

|Serious (period) English accent |Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |Monologues from Literature |47 |Jane tells Rochester how she feels about him |Both |

| | | | | |3* |

|Dramatic (period) English accent |Wuthering Heights by Emily | Monologues from Literature |51 |Catherine tells her maid why she is marrying Edgar instead of |Both |

| |Bronte | | |Heathcliffe, the man she loves |3* |

|Serio-comic |Waiting Woman by Dorothy Parker |Monologues from Literature |123 |A woman waits for the phone to ring |Both |

| | | | | |5* |

|Serious ( longing young) |A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by |Monologues from Literature |142 |Francie longs for someone to hold |Both |

| |Betty Smith | | | | |

|Comedic character (Biting |Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by |Monologues from Literature |194 |A cowgirl tells Sissy how girls are discouraged from following|Both |

|Sarcasm) |Om Robbins | | |their dreams |5* |

|Comic character (Jewish, New York|Heartburn by Nora Ephron |Monologues from Literature |233 |Rachesl talks about butter and the Jewish prince |Both |

|accent) | | | | |5* |

|Serious |The Finishing School by Gail |Monologues from Literature |265 |An actress remembers her process in creating the role of Nina |Both |

| |Godwin | | |in The Sea Gull in college | |

|Serious (Actress must have BIG | Accidental Tourist by Anne |Monologues from Literature |270 | |Both |

|hair) |Tyler | | | | |

| Serious |The Bonfire of Vanities by Tom | Monologues from Literature | 284 |Judy who’s husband will go to jail in the morning speaks her |Both |

| |Wolfe | | |mind |5* |

|Serio-Comic |Postcards from the Edge by |Monologues from Literature |290 |Suzann reveals her obsession with food and looks |Both |

| |Carrie Fisher | | | | |

|Comic |Postcards from the Edge by |Monologues from Literature |292 |Suzanne talks about how she finds fault with every man she’s |Both 3* |

| |Carrie Fisher | | |with | |

|Serious (Native Amrican) |Dream Quest: The Big Save by Amy|Muticultural Monologues |10 and 11 |Rose recounts a challenging game of broom hockey in monologue |Class |

| |Jo Cooper | | |one | |

| | | | |Rose talks about how her grandmother raised her in monologue | |

| | | | |two | |

|Serious (angry) |Eulogy for a Small Time Thief by| Multicultural Monologues |15 |Nicole has taken her sister’s man and she tells her how she |Both |

| |Miguel Pinero | | |feels |5* Editing needed in |

| | | | | |Volume I |

|Comic character (African |Live and in Color by Danitra | Multicultural Monologues |21 |Flotilda plays the role of Juliet in Shakespeare in the slums.|Both 5* |

|American) |Vance | | |She explains the role |(Olivia) |

| | | | | |Cuts in Volume I |

|Comic (African American) young |Wombman Wars by Judith Alexa |Multicultural Monologues |40 |Danisha is coaxed into a playmate’s makeshift tepee |Both |

| |Jackson | | | | |

|Serious |Saint Joan by George Bernard |Monologues for Young Actors |18, 118 |Joan of Arc talks to her inquisitors |Both |

| | |also in The Modern Monologue | | |5* |

|Serious |Antigone by Jean Anouilh |Monologues for Young Actors |24 |Antigone talks about what it feels like to always be told what| Both |

| | | | |to do | |

|Serious |Antigone by Jean Anouilh |Monologues for Young Actors |26 |Inseme, Antigone’s sister argues against Antigone’s opposition|Both |

| | | | |to the King | |

|Serious |Butterflies are Free by Leonard |Monologues for Young Actors |35 |Jill talks about her ex-husband; she was married at nineteen |Class only |

| |Gersch | | | | |

|Serious (Period) |A Month in the Country by Ivan |Monologues for Young Actors |53 |Natalia, an unhappily married woman, confesses her love for |Advanced classes only |

| |Turgenev | | |Beliaev, a tutor whom she hired |and competition |

|Serio-comic |Slow Dance on the Killing Ground|Monologues for Young Actors |55 |Rosie tells how she got knocked up | Advanced classes only|

| |by William Hanley | | | |and competition |

|Comic (Southern accent) |Star Spangled Girl by Neil Simon|Monologues for Young Actors |77 |Sophie tells her borderline stalker neighbor to leave her |Class |

| | | | |alone | |

|Comic |Ludlow Fair by Lanford Wilson |Monologues for Young Actors |81 |Rachel has a very funny conversation with herself after she |Both |

| | | | |discovers her boyfriend has stolen money from her |5* |

|Serious |Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone ? |Monologues for Young Actors |100 |Nedda, a cellist, talks about her love for music and her |Both |

| |by Terrence McNally | | |confusion over Tommy, the boy she loves | |

|Serious |Be My Baby by Michele Forsten |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |16 |A lesbian explains her relationship with her spouse and coming| Both |

| | |Monologues | |out to her grandmother |3* |

|Comic Character |Coaster by Adam Langer |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |31 |Carrie, a free spirit, describes her many philosophies on life|Both |

| | |Monologues | | |3* |

|Serious (angry) |False Hopes by David Matthew |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |35 |Claudia has no sympathy for her sister who had an affair with |Both |

|Very short |Barnes |Monologues | |the boss and is now pregnant |3* |

|Serious |For Now by Jocelyn Beard |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |41 |Crimson struggles if she should come out of the closet or |Both |

| | |Monologues | |pretend she’s just like everyone else |3* |

|Serious |Just a Little Fever by Caitlin |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |58 |Caitlin recalls the day her mom almost choked to death and how|Both |

| |Hicks |Monologues | |she blames men |3* |

|Comic Character |Mrs. My Goodness by David |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |64 |A convicted killer teaches a class on gun control |Both |

| |Fleisher |Monologues | | |5* |

| | | | | |(cut version for |

| | | | | |competition) |

|Serious |Pretty by Alison Diana Meehan |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |83 |Elizabeth tells how her mother and sister told her she would |Both |

| | |Monologues | |never be pretty | |

|Comic |The One by Jolen Goldenthal |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |71 |A political coach wishes she were her client instead of just a|Both |

| | |Monologues | |coach | |

|Comic Character |Tony Nutcracker by Jocelyn Beard|2000 The Best Women’s Stage |97 |A woman updates the story of the nutcracker to reflect the |Both |

| | |Monologues | |television show, The Sopranos |3* Edits needed |

|Comic |Too Direct by Jeff Goode |2000 The Best Women’s Stage |99 |An overeager actress who’s in love with the director tries to |Both |

| | |Monologues | |audition |5* |

|Comic |Icarus’ Mother by Sam Shepard | The Modern Monologue: Women |62 |Jill talks about peeing on the beach. |Both |

| | | | | |5* |

|Comic Character |Napoli Milionaria by Eduardo de |The Modern Monologue: Women |91 |An Italian woman isn’t sure if she’s a virgin or not. |Both |

| |Filippo | | | |5* |

| Dramatic—British |Otherwise Engaged by Simon Gray|The Modern Monologue: Women |96 |Beth, who’s had an affair, blames her husband for the calm way|Both |

| | | | |he reacts. |5 * |

|Comic Character—Cockney |Saved by Edward Bond |The Modern Monologue: Women |121 |A cockney woman talks about her magazine to an ungrateful |Both 3 * |

| | | | |family. Very funny | |

|Dramatic |Sexual Perversity in Chicago by |The Modern Monologue: Women |127 |Joan talks about how the older she gets, the less she knows, |Both—Edit language |

| |David Mamet | | |especially about men. | |

|Dramatic (Actress must look |A View from the Brdge by Arthur |The Modern Monologue: Women |142 |Catherine tries to justify the man she loves, to her uncle, |Both |

|Italian) |Miller | | |who doesn’t care for her love. |Excellent |

| | | | | |5 * |

|Serio-Comic (Dark Humor) |Springtime for Henry by Benn W. | Scenes for Student Actors |29 |Miss Smith, a very elegant woman, describes how she killed her|Both |

| |Levy |Volume I | |husband in a calm, collected manner. |3* |

|Dramatic |Accent On Youth by Saumel |Scenes for Student Actors |27 |Linda pleads with her old boss to take her back. She just |Both |

| |Raphaelson |Volume II | |left him to get married, and now she realizes she’s miserable |3* |

| | | | |with her husband, and loves her boss instead | |

|Dramatic |Lover’s Leap by Philip Johnson |Scenes for Student Actors |29 |Helen tries to justify her marriage to her sister and her |Class |

| | |Volume II | |sister’s fiancé. | |

|Dramatic Character (Old) |No More Ladies by A.E. Thomas |Scenes for Student Actors |32 |Fanny, a very old lady tells how to snag a man. |Both |

| | |Volume II | | |3* |

|Dramatic (Romantic) |Brief Candle by Robert Hare |Scenes for Student Actors |35 |Cynthia wanders into a moonlit garden and meets the owner, an |Class |

| |Powel |Volume II | |attractive young man. | |

|Dramatic (Sad) |Sweet Aloes by Jay Mallory |Scenes for Student Actors |24 |Linda describes the death of her husband |Class |

| | |Volume V | | | |

|Dramatic (Angry) |Oh, Men! Oh, Women! By Edward |Scenes for Student Actors |44 |Myra, a spoiled and beautiful New Yorker breaks off her |Both |

| |Chodorov | | |engagement to her fiancée. | |

|Dramatic |The Fifth Season by Sylvia Regan|Scenes for Student Actors |48 |Lorraine lets her employer have it. |Class |

|Dramatic (Asian_ |Tokyo Carmen Versus L.A. Carmen |Multicultural Theatre: Scenes |190 | Two monologues about the Asian experience from an American |Both |

| |by Karen Tei Yamashita |and Monologus from New | |perspective and a Japanese perspective | |

| | |Hispanic, Asia, and | | | |

| | |African-American Plays | | | |

|Dramatic (Hispanic) |Telling Tales by Nigdalia Cruz |Multicultural Theatre: Scenes |65 |A Puerto-Rican woman talks about being the only Puerto-Rican |Both |

| | |and Monologus from New | |in a very upscale, white neighborhood. | |

| | |Hispanic, Asia, and | | | |

| | |African-American Plays | | | |

|Dramatic |‘Night Mother by Marsha Norman |The Perfect Monologue |308 |Mama tries to convince her daughter Jesse not to commit |Role for an actress |

| | | | |suicide |who can play a |

| | | | | |character in her 40’s |

|Dramatic |Night Mother by Marsha Norman |The Perfect Monologue |314 |Jesse tries to explain to her mother why she must commit | |

| | | | |suicide | |

|Dramatic |Night Mother by Marsha Norman |The Perfect Monologue |318 |In this monologue, Mama desperately tries to tell Jesse why |Both, 5* |

| | | | |she shouldn’t commit suicide |Role for an actress |

| | | | | |who can play a |

| | | | | |character in her 40’s |

|Dramatic |The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash|The Perfect Monologue |342 | Lizzie explains her fate as a spinster, a plain woman, who |Both 3* |

| | | | |will never marry. | |

|Dramatic |The Shadow Box by Michael |The Perfect Monologue |356 |Agnes explains why she has been writing letters to her dying | |

| |Christofer | | |mother. | |

|Dramatic |The Shadow Box by Michael |The Perfect Monologue |365 |Maggie begs her husband, who is dying of cancer, to come home.|Both, 5* |

| |Christofer | | | | |

|Dramatic |An American Daughter by Wendy |American Theatre Book of |12 |`Judith, a highly regarded doctor, talks about a Jewish |3* |

| |Wasserstein |Monologues for Women | |tradition called “The Festival of Regrets” where you throw | |

| | | | |bread crumbs into the water symbolizing your sins. | |

|Comedy Character? |The Marriage of Bette and Boo by|American Theatre Book of |19 |Bette talks about her childhood in this very funny monologue |3* |

| |Christopher Durang |Monologues for Women | | | |

|Drama |Tongue of a Bird by Ellen |American Theatre Book of |21 |Dessa, a single mother who‘s daughter was abducted while out |4* Both |

| |McLaughlin |Monologues for Women | |hiking, begs with a search and rescue pilot to take a heirloom| |

| | | | |watch as payment to find her daughter | |

|Serio-Comic |The Waiting Room by Lisa Loomer |American Theatre Book of |31 |A perfect woman in her forties just finds out she has a |5* Both |

| | |Monologues for Women | |malignant tumor in her breast. | |

|Comedy |The Waiting Room by Lisa Loomer |American Theatre Book of |33 |Wanda, a cynical modern woman retells a fairy tale from a |4*, Both |

| | |Monologues for Women | |modern perspective | |

|Black Comedy |Reckless by Craig Lucas |American Theatre Book of |37 |Rachel describes her last Christmas where she learned her | |

| | |Monologues for Women | |husband tried to kill her | |

|Drama |Tongue of a Bird by Ellen |American Theatre Book of |41 |Maxine, a search-and-rescue pilot, describes how her obsession|4* |

| |McLaughilin |Monologues for Women | |with flight began on the day her mother committed suicide. | |

|Dark Comedy |Fuddy Meers by David |American Theatre Book of |45 |Claire, a woman who has lost her memory, shares one memory | |

| |Lindsday-Abaire |Monologues for Women | |she’s held on to: the day her childhood dog died. | |

|Drama |August Snow by Reynolds Price |American Theatre Book of |46 |Roma, a widowed housewife of 43, shares about her relationship|Lovely language, 3* |

| | |Monologues for Women | |with her father and how she was thought to be mute as a child.| |

|Drama |Three Hotels by Jon Robin Baitz |American Theatre Book of |57 |Barbara describes the loneliness she feels as an executive’s |Long, 4*, very |

| | |Monologues for Women | |wife who lost her son. |touching |

|Drama |Stop Kiss by Diana Son |American Theatre Book of |63 |A gay traffic reporter speaks to her girlfriend who is in a |5*, Both, fantastic |

| | |Monologues for Women | |coma from a gay bashing incident. | |

|Dark Comedy |The Colored Museum by George C. |American Theatre Book of |65 |A perky stewardess welcomes the audience aboard the “Celebrity|5*, Both |

| |Wolfe |Monologues for Women | |slave Ship”. This is a satirical look at black culture and | |

| | | | |history. | |

|Drama (Angry) |Buried Child by Sam Shepard |American Theatre Book of |68 |Shelly, who’s met her boyfriend Vince’s family, after he’s |4* |

| | |Monologues for Women | |been separated from them for years, reacts with anger when | |

| | | | |they pretend not to remember him. | |

|Drama Period |The Three Sisters by Anton |American Theatre Book of |75 |Masha confesses her love for a married doctor to her sisters. |5*, Both, AMAZING |

| |Chekhov Adapted by David Mamet |Monologues for Women | | | |

|Drama |August Snow by Reynolds Price |American Theatre Book of |80 |Genevieve describes how she came to own her own home at the | |

| | |Monologues for Women | |age of 22, and her hopeless desire for a man who won’t | |

| | | | |propose. | |

|Serio-Comic Character (Polish |Hunting Cockroaches by Jasusz |American Theatre Book of |106 |A Polish actress talks about her struggle trying to make it as|4* |

|accent) |Glowacki |Monologues for Women | |an actress in New York. | |

|Comic Character (Hispanic) |Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scott|American Theatre Book of |115 |Chata tells how her grandmother taught her how to make |5* |

| | |Monologues for Women | |tortillas to attract men. | |

|Comic |The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff |American Theatre Book of |12 |Dora talks about her bad karma with men. |4* |

| | |Monologues for Women | | | |

|Drama (Romantic) |The Chemistry of Change by |American Theatre Book of |123 |Corlis tells how her mother talked her out of eloping and the |5*, Incredible |

| |Mariane Meyer |Monologues for Women | |longing she still has for her lost love. | |

|Drama |Marvin’s Room by Scott McPherson|American Theatre Book of |125 |Bessie tells of how she had a true love who ran the ferris |5* |

| | |Monologues for Women | |wheel at a local carnival, who drowned in front of her. | |

|Serio-Comic |Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian |American Theatre Book of |128 |Denise shares her paranoia about the garbage disposal and |5 * (avoid phone |

| | |Monologues for Women | |other things. |conversation) |

|Serio-Comic |The Incredibly Famous Willy |American Theatre Book of |130 |A dizzy blonde who just went to bed with a rock star shares |4* |

| |Rivers by Stephen Metcalfe |Monologues for Women | |her dreams. | |

|Black Comedy |Betty’s Summer Vacation by |American Theatre Book of |136 |Betsy had the worse summer vacation of her life and she’s |3* |

| |Christopher Durang |Monologues for Women | |trying to make some sense of it. | |

|Black Comedy Character |Preface to the Alien Garden by |Great Monologues for Young |6 |17-year-old Lisa believes that she was abducted by aliens and |3 * |

| |Robert Alexander |Actors III | |returned to Earth with metal plates inserted into her. | |

|Black Comedy Character |The Automata Pieta by Constance |Great Monologues for Young |13 |In a remote part of northern Arizona, a teen fashion doll |3* |

| |Congdon |Actors III | |named Bambi is tossed out of a car window by her feuding | |

| | | | |“mommies”—young sisters. Abandoned in the desert, Bambi grows| |

| | | | |to human proportions | |

|Comedy |Be Aggressive by Annie Weisman |Great Monologues for Young |19 |17-year-old cheerleader, Laura’s life is abruptly changed when|3 * |

| | |Actors III | |her mother is killed in a car crash. In this monologue, Laura | |

| | | | |teaches co-workers how to make smoothies. | |

|Drama |Be Aggressive by Annie Weisman |Great Monologues for Young |21 |17-year-old cheerleader, Laura’s life is abruptly changed when|5* |

| | |Actors III | |her mother is killed in a car crash. In this monologue, Annie | |

| | | | |talks about her mother’s death. | |

|Drama Character |Breath, Boom by Kia Corthron | Great Monologues for Young |26 |This play depicts the violent world of streetwise teenage |5 *--cut last line on |

| | |Actors III | |gangsters in the Bronx, N.Y.—particularly a bunch of feuding |p. 27 “you ever plan |

| | | | |“sisters.” In this scene, Cat talks about her admiration for a|your suicide?” to the |

| | | | |fellow “sista.” |end |

| Comedia-del-Arte/Comedy/ Period |Changes of Heart by Pierre |Great Monologues for Young |35 |Time and place: 1750 Court of a Prince. Silvia, in a rage, |5* |

| |Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux |Actors III | |has been separated from her true love, Harlequin, and then | |

| | | | |takes out her frustrations on her servant, Trivelin. | |

|Comedia-del-Arte/Comedy/Period |Changes of Heart by Pierre |Great Monologues for Young |37 |Still upset at her separation from Harlequin, Silvia bemoans |3* |

| |Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux |Actors III | |to Flaminia the “dreadful” court life and people who surround | |

| | | | |her | |

|Drama |The Confessions of Max Tivo by |Great Monologues for Young |39 |This play takes place in 1898 and is about a man who is born |5 * |

| |Andrew Sean Greer |Actors III | |as an old man and as he gets older and wiser, his body becomes| |

| | | | |younger. At 17, when he appears 53, he falls in love with | |

| | | | |Alice, who is 16. In this monologue, she tells him how she | |

| | | | |wishes that she lived in a different time period. | |

|Drama *African-American |Crumbs from the Table of Joy by | Great Monologues for Young |41 |Ernistina, having escaped to the movies for awhile, finds |3* |

| |Lynn Nottage |Actors III | |herself on a crowded street corner in Harlem looking for her | |

| | | | |aunt. | |

| Comedy Character |Dust by Sarah Daniels |Great Monologues for Young |44 |In this time-warping tale, a group of students traveling |3* |

| | |Actors III | |through London become stranded on a train in the Underground. | |

| | | | |When one of the girls, Flavia, leaves the group to find a way | |

| | | | |out, she enters a new dimension and is transformed into a girl| |

| | | | |gladiator in ancient Roman London. Here she encounters the | |

| | | | |great and mythic heroine, Boudicca. | |

|Comedy |Finer Noble Gases by Adam Rapp |Great Monologues for Young |50 |This is a rock & roll comedy where four East-Village Musicians|3* |

| | |Actors III | |fall into purposeless TV watching and drug addiction, until a | |

| | | | |little girl from downstairs, Dot, appears. In this monologue,| |

| | | | |Dot is watching TV with two of the musicians. | |

|Serio-Comedy |The Less Than Human Club by |Great Monologues for Young |52 |Kirsten, a shy high school junior, nervously makes |3* |

| |Timothy Mason |Actors III | |conversation on her first date. | |

|Drama Period *Southern Accent |Broken Hallelujah by Sharman |Great Monologues for Young |31 |Young Maureen ponders the increasing devastation the Civil war|3* |

| |Macdonald |Actors III | |is exacting on the human condition | |

|Comedy Character |The Miss Firecracker Contest by |Great Monologues for Young |54 |Carnelle, a southern woman confides her hopes and dreams to |3* |

| |Beth Henley |Actors III | |her friend and seamstress about an upcoming beauty contest. | |

|Romantic Comedy/ The feel of the |None of the Above by Jenny Lyn |Great Monologues for Young |60 |The story of the relationship between an upper-class private |3* |

|monologue is more angry Drama, |Bader |Actors III | |school snob, Jamie and her brilliant SAT tutor, Clark. In this| |

|though. | | | |scene, Clark has just accused Jamie of breaking an expensive | |

| | | | |vase and not taking responsibility for her actions. | |

|Drama *British |Quint and miss Jessel at Bly by |Great Monologues for Young |66 |This play is based off of Henry James’ ghostly novel The Turn |3* |

| |Don Nigro |Actors III | |of the Screw and it explores the dangerous relationship that | |

| | | | |develops between Quint and the Master Bly over their | |

| | | | |affections for the beautiful and headstrong Miss Jessel. In | |

| | | | |this monologue Miss Jessel speaks of the bad dreams that upset| |

| | | | |her so much as a child | |

|Drama |Rock Scissors Paper by Deb |Great Monologues for Young |68 |The tale of an eighteen year old girl’s ill-fated family |5*, EDIT: LONG, |

| |Margolin |Actors III | |vacation. In this monologues the girl is sitting facing her |Competition |

| | | | |unseen therapist, openly revealing the intimate details of her| |

| | | | |life. | |

|Drama |Schoolgirl Figure by Wendy |Great Monologues for Young |75 |Renee is an anorexic and her best friend, Patty, is a bulimic.|3* |

| |MadLeod |Actors III | |They belong to a clique of popular high school girls driven by| |

| | | | |the urge to stay skinny. | |

| Comedy |Second Class by Bradley Slaight |Great Monologues for Young |77 |A play about about teens in and out of high school. In this |Edit language |

| | |Actors III | |monologue, Mirelle confronts that awful moment of truth when | |

| | | | |she must view her school photos. | |

| Drama |Second Class by Bradley Slaight |Great Monologues for Young |79 |Leaza tells of a painful day that she discovered her mother |5* |

| | |Actors III | |trying to commit suicide. | |

|Drama |Six by Timothy Mason |Great Monologues for Young |81 |Selena tells the group of her lifelong connection to science |3* |

| | |Actors III | | | |

|Drama Character? |Smoking Lesson by Julia Jordan |Great Monologues for Young |83 |This play takes place in Rural Mississippi and is about the |Southern Accent |

| | |Actors III | |violent death of one of their friends. Tom and the girls have | |

| | | | |been smoking and teasing one girl in particular, Tare. Tare | |

| | | | |lets them know that she has special powers and fire at her | |

| | | | |fingertips. | |

|Drama |Smoking Lesson by Julia Jordan |Great Monologues for Young |85 |Tom has just accused Tare of spying on him and Pearl before |Southern Accent |

| | |Actors III | |her death. Tare opposes him. | |

|Drama |Smoking Lesson by Julia Jordan |Great Monologues for Young |87 |Tare Tells Tom about having a “little something” of Pearl’s |5* |

| | |Actors III | |spirit enter her when she touched her dead body. |Southern accent. |

|Drama Character |The Spider Men by Ursula Rani |Great Monologues for Young |89 |A campsite in the woods of rural Ireland. Sarah, a nose-ringed|5* |

| |Sarma |Actors III | |fifteen year old in a school uniform rants against her parents|Irish Accent. |

| | | | |and their hum-drum ways. | |

|Drama |Time on Fire by Timothy Mason |Great Monologues for Young |91 |A play taking place during the American Revolution. | |

| | |Actors III | |Elizabeth, a loyalist to the King, has defended a young Quaker| |

| | | | |girl, Epiphany. Epiphany is conflicted about what side she | |

| | | | |should be on. | |

|Serio-Comic |Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou |Moving Parts: Monologues from |5 |A run-away bride reveals to a stranger about her obsession |3* |

| |Johnson |Contemporary Plays | |with extra-terrestrials | |

|Comic Character |Darleen Dances by Betsy Robinson|Moving Parts: Monologues from |13 |A girl trying to set the world record for dancing the longest |5*; Long; possible cut|

| | |Contemporary Plays | |amount of time delivers this very physical and hysterical |in Vol I. |

| | | | |monologue | |

|Drama |The Heart of a Child by Eric |Moving Parts: Monologues from |20 |A young window talks to her dead husband and her dead |5* |

| |Lane |Contemporary Plays | |father-in-law, as she carries her newborn baby. | |

|Drama |Lily Dale by Horton Foote |Moving Parts: Monologues from |24 |A southern bell tries to make amends with the brother she |3*; Southern accent |

| | |Contemporary Plays | |loves | |

|Drama |Lovers by Brian Friel |Moving Parts: Monologues from |29 |A pregnant and soon-to-be-married high-school student has a |3* |

| | |Contemporary Plays | |heart-to-heart with her fiancé | |

|Drama |Quilters by Molly Newman and |Moving Parts: Monologues from |35 |Cassie talks about quilting and how her husband died |5* |

| |Barbara Damashek |Contemporary Plays | | | |

| Drama |Sarita by Maria Irene Fornes |Moving Parts: Monologues from |37 |A young Latina woman in love with the wrong man, makes a | |

| | |Contemporary Plays | |desperate plea to God | |

|Sketch Comedy |The Search for Signs of |Moving Parts: Monologues from |38 |A fifteen year old punk performance artist tells her story |Advanced Classes only;|

| |Intelligent Life in the Universe|Contemporary Plays | | |would have to be cut, |

| |by Jane Wagner | | | |but brilliant! |

|Drama |Tenement Lover: no palm trees/in|Moving Parts: Monologues from |48 |A Philippino woman talks about New York and her life now as |Very long. Could be |

| |new York city by Jessica |Contemporary Plays | |compared to her life back at home |cut |

| |Hagedorn | | | | |

|Comedy |The Vietnamization of New Jersey|Moving Parts: Monologues from |51 |A woman obsessed with the Vietnamese culture and The King and |3*; short |

| |by Christopher Durang |Contemporary Plays | |I tells her story. | |

|Comedy |Women of Manhattan by John |Moving Parts: Monologues from |52 |Rhonda reveals to her best girlfriends about why men are like |5* |

| |Patrick Shanley |Contemporary Plays | |walls | |

|Serio-Comic |All She Cares About is the |Moving Parts: Monologues from |55 |A passionate Yankee fan and a severe agoraphobic who has not |3* would have to be |

| |Yankees by John Ford Noonan |Contemporary Plays | |left her room for 43 days communicates to her father through|cut |

| | | | |a tape-recorded message | |

|Serio-Comic |Aunt Dan and Lemon by Wallace |Moving Parts: Monologues from |60 |An invalid tells how it is important to treat the lowly in our| |

| |Shawn |Contemporary Plays | |society well. | |

|Comedy |Bad Habits by Terrence McNally |Moving Parts: Monologues from |63 |Dolly tells Dr. Pepper why she HATES her husband |5*; Hysterical |

| | |Contemporary Plays | | | |

|Drama |Boy on the Straight-Back Chair |Moving Parts: Monologues from |65 |Stella reminisces about a missing daughter who she thinks ran | |

| | |Contemporary Plays | |away, but was murdered | |

|Serio-Comic |Cold Air by Birgilio Pinera |Moving Parts: Monologues from |66 |Luz tells how she trapped her husband into marrying her |Short; Latina |

| | |Contemporary Plays | | | |

|Romantic Comedy |Frankie and Johnny in the Clair |Moving Parts: Monologues from |71 |Frankie talks about her past to a man who just recently fell |3* |

| |de Lune by Terrence McNally |Contemporary Plays | |head-over-heals in love with her. | |

|Comedy |A Girl’s Guide to Chaos by |Moving Parts: Monologues from |72 |Cindy explains why she HATES dating |5*; Hysterical; Must |

| |Cynthia Heimel |Contemporary Plays | | |be cut and edited. |

| | | | | |Look at suggestions in|

| | | | | |Vol 1 |

|Drama |Glass Stirring by Eric Lane |Moving Parts: Monologues from |76 |Jean talks about the loss of her son in WWII |5* |

| | |Contemporary Plays | | | |

|Serio-Comic |The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy |Moving Parts: Monologues from |78 |A woman who seems to have it all together, but is sad with her|Long; needs to be cut |

| |Wasserstein |Contemporary Plays | |life. | |

|Comic Character |The House of Blue Leaves by John|Moving Parts: Monologues from |82 |Bunny, a woman with a thick New York accent, talks about movie|5* |

| |Guare |Contemporary Plays | |magazines and the meaning of suffering | |

|Drama |Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and |Moving Parts: Monologues from |84 |Billie Holiday, the legendary African-American jazz singer, |Very long. Some |

| |Grill by Lanie Robertson |Contemporary Plays | |tells how she was treated because of the color of her skin. |language edits needed.|

|Comedy |Laughing Wild by Christopher |Moving Parts: Monologues from |89 |A woman goes off about a bad day in new York City. |Very long; Language |

| |Durang |Contemporary Plays | | |and length edits |

| | | | | |needed |

|Drama |Mama Drama by Ayvazian, Daley, |Moving Parts: Monologues from |92 |A woman gives up her child for adoption and longs to meet her.|3* |

| |Farrell, Houston, Nachtmann, |Contemporary Plays | | | |

| |O’Sulivan, and Sachs | | | | |

|Comedy |More Fun Than Bowling by Steven |Moving Parts: Monologues from |94 |A woman outsmarts a man who tries to go to bed with her. |Advanced Classes Only;|

| |Dietz |Contemporary Plays | | |Very adult |

|Serio-Comic |Mrs. California by Doris Baizley|Moving Parts: Monologues from |96 |A suburban housewife in the 1950’s speaks about her proudest | |

| | |Contemporary Plays | |moment when she transmitted a radio message during WWII | |

|Drama |Quartet Nights, or the Last Good|Moving Parts: Monologues from |101 |A beautiful monologue about a girl who remembers a band |5*; Very long, see |

| |Time We Had by Eleanore Speert |Contemporary Plays | |playing in her basement when she was a child |edits in Vol 1 |

|Serio-Comic Character |Rupert’s birthday by Ken Jenkins|Moving Parts: Monologues from |106 |Louisa tells how she birthed a cow. |5*; Very long; needs |

| | |Contemporary Plays | | |to be cut |

|Serio-Comic |Seneca Hollow Rescue by Adam |Moving Parts: Monologues from |109 |Mona tells about the night her father died. |3* |

| |LeFevre |Contemporary Plays | | | |

|Dramatic (Angry) |Three Ways Home by Casey kurti |Moving Parts: Monologues from |112 |An African-American welfare mother shares her anger about the |Language edits needed;|

| | |Contemporary Plays | |system. |Cut version in Vol 1 |

|Serio-Comic |The Voice of the Prairie by John|Moving Parts: Monologues from |116 |A blind woman shares what life should be. |3* |

| |Olive |Contemporary Plays | | | |

|Drama |When She Danced by Martin |Moving Parts: Monologues from |118 |A beautiful monologue about a woman who was emotionally |5* |

| |Sherman |Contemporary Plays | |touched by a famous dancer, Isadora Duncan | |

|Drama Character |Approaching Zanzibar by Tina |Moving Parts: Monologues from |120 |Olivia, an eccentric artist on her deathbed shares a life |5* |

| |Howe |Contemporary Plays | |changing experience with her niece | |

|Drama |As the Crow Flies by David Henry|Moving Parts: Monologues from |122 |An older Chinese woman talks about her past |4* |

| |Hwang |Contemporary Plays | | | |

|Comedy Character |Blind Spot by Michael Sutton |Moving Parts: Monologues from |123 |An eccentric old Southern woman tells how Jesus is in her |5 * Needs edits in |

| | |Contemporary Plays | |fridge. |length |

|Drama Character |Don’t You Ever Call Me Anything |Moving Parts: Monologues from |126 |An amazing character study of a drunk, half crazy, old women, |Must be cut for length|

| |but Mother |Contemporary Plays | |reminiscing about her young son. |and subject matter. |

| | | | | |See edits in Vol I |

|Comedy Character |Nunsense by Dan Goggin |Moving Parts: Monologues from |132 |The Reverend Mother discovers a jar of inhalant and |5 * |

| | |Contemporary Plays | |accidentally gets high. | |

|Dramatic Character |Wings by Arthur Kopit |Moving Parts: Monologues from |134 |A stroke patient remembers flying a plane in her youth. |5* |

| | |Contemporary Plays | | | |

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