One on one the best women's monologues for the 21st century

"Three editors, each associated with theatre, collaborated on this book of monologues for actresses. What they discovered, besides bravura pieces for auditions, acting classes, and study, was the pulse of the millennial theatrical scene. A follow-up to the popular previous edition from the 1990s, On...

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Other Authors: Henry, Joyce E., Jaroff, Rebecca Dunn, Shuman, Bob
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2007.
Series:Applause acting series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Are you ready? / David Auburn
  • At the vanishing point / Naomi Iizuka
  • Bad dates / Theresa Rebeck
  • The beginning of August / Tom Donaghy
  • Boys and girls / Tom Donaghy
  • Boxing it / Christine Emmert
  • Bunny's last night in limbo / Peter Petralia
  • The committee / Brian Dykstra
  • Communicating through the sunset / Kerri Kochanski
  • The dance / Lenning A Davis Jr.
  • Dead city / Sheila Callaghan
  • The Dianalogues / Laurel Haines
  • Dog assassin / Stephen A. Schrum
  • Dog my cats, or the stalker play / Gaylord Brewer
  • Dottie / Staci Swedeen
  • Elephant / Margie Stokley
  • The empty stage / Murray Schisgal
  • Enter the night / Maria Irene Fornes
  • Fabulation, or the re-education of Undine / Lynn Nottage
  • The face in the mirror / Phil Zwerling
  • Fat pig / Neil LaBute
  • Feather / Claudia Barnett
  • Fit for feet / Jordan Harrison
  • A Friday night Trans-Am ride / Andrea Moon
  • Gem of the oceam / August Wilson
  • The ghost moments / Randy Wyatt
  • Golda's balcony / William Gibson
  • Halo / Ken Urban
  • Heartbreaker / John Meyer
  • The highwayman / Julia Jarcho
  • House arrest / Anna Deavere Smith
  • Hypocrites and strippers / Kim Yaged
  • The intelligent design of Jenny Chow / Rolin Jones
  • Jesus hopped the A train / Stephen Adly Guirgis
  • Johnny behind the deuce / Lydia Lunch
  • Kalighat / Paul Knox
  • Kawaisoo (The pity of things) / Jason Grote
  • Kid-simple / Jordan Harrison
  • The language of kisses / Edmund De Santis
  • Let it go / Crystal Field
  • Lola's vision / Stephen Fife
  • Lost and found / Dori Appel
  • Lot's daughters / Rebecca Basham
  • The ludicrous trial of Mr. P / Susan Yankowitz
  • Margo Veil: an entertainment / Len Jenkin
  • The Mercy seat / Neil LaBute
  • Message from the driver / Katie Bull
  • Miss Witherspoon / Christopher Durang
  • Mother to son / Winter Miller
  • New York / David Rimmer
  • Night train to Bolina / Nilo Cruz
  • Orange flower water / Craig Wright
  • Orange lemon egg canary / Rinne Groff
  • Our son's wedding / Donna de Matteo
  • Problem play / Thomas McCormack
  • Prophecy / Karen Malpede
  • Read the goddamn poem / Anne Elliott
  • Real pornography / Lydia Lunch
  • The rebirth / Lisa Soland
  • Rock the line / Kathleen Warnock
  • Sans-culottes in the promised land / Kirsten Greenidge
  • Scenes from an unfinished life / Leigh Kennicott
  • Second / Neal Utterback
  • The secret of life / David Simpatico
  • Separation anxiety / June Rifkin
  • Silence / Brian Dykstra
  • The six that fell / Laura Henry
  • Small domestic acts / Joan Lipkin
  • Some girl(s) / Neil LaBute
  • Songs of the dragons flying to heaven / Young Jean Lee
  • Soul healing / Bob Shuman
  • Souvenir / Stephen Temperley
  • Spine / Jessie Mc Cormack
  • String fever / Jacquelyn Reingold
  • Teotwawki / Jo J. Adamson
  • Train story / Adam Rapp
  • The 29 questions project / Hillary Rollins
  • A visit to the archive / Holly Hughes
  • Waiting / Lisa Soland
  • War of nerves / Stephen Fife
  • When Grace comes in / Heather McDonald
  • White Russian / Joseph Goodrich
  • Yemaya's belly / Quiara Alegria Hudes
  • Yit, ngay (one, two) / Michael Lew.