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Introduction: Public Reflections of a Personal Nature by William W. Demastes

Part I: Monologues for Men

Theodore Mann Excerpt from G.C.

Willy Holtzman Excerpts from San Antonio Sunset

Victor Bumbalo Excerpt from Show

Steve Feffer Excerpts from And Yet . . .

Bruce Bonafede Excerpt from Advice to the Players

Billy Aronson Excerpt from Reunions

Donald Margulies Excerpts from Pitching to the Star

Michael Roderick Excerpt from I’ll Do It Tomorrow . . .

Susan Miller Excerpts from It’s Our Town, Too

Michael Roderick Excerpts from Props

Carey Pepper Excerpts from Small Things

Murray Schisgal The Hunchback of Central Park West

Clay MacLeod Chapman Undertow

Lavonne Mueller The Confession of Many Strangers

Daniel Gallant Determined to Prove

Part II: Monologues for Women

Dano Madden Excerpt from Ella

Lavonne Mueller Excerpts from American Dreamer

Paul Kuritz Excerpts from The Yellow Wallpaper

Yussef El Guindi Excerpt from Such a Beautiful Voice Is Sayeda’s

Marla Del Collins Excerpts from The Lovers and Others of Eugene O’Neill

Yussef El Guindi Excerpts from Karima’s City

Madeleine George Excerpts from The Most Massive Woman Wins

Michael Roderick Excerpts from Props

Murray Schisgal Excerpt from First Love

Catherine Filloux Excerpt from The Beauty Inside

Joe Pintauro Excerpts from Ten-Dollar Drinks

Joyce Carol Oates When I Was a Little Girl and My Mother Didn’t Want Me

Neil LaBute Totally

Paul Selig Mystery School

Nicky Silver Claire

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