Contents

INTRODUCTION

TIPS FOR SELECTING AND PREPARING A MONOLOGUE

WACKY/QUIRKY/ODD

Hot Tub Haggle by Werner Trieschmann (comic)

The Big House by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (comic)

Go See from Occupational Hazards by Mark McCarthy (comic)

Why I Want to Be Your Junior Asia Miss by Lauren D. Yee (comic)

The Gary Chain by Adam Simon (seriocomic)

Bridge Partners by Ira Brodsky and Barbara Lhota (seriocomic)

Skid Marks: A Play About Driving by Lindsay Price (comic)

I Think You Think I Love You by Kelly Younger (comic)

The Whiz by Ira Brodsky and Barbara Lhota (comic)

The Dead Deportee by Dan O’Brien (comic)

TROUBLED/ROUGH LIFE

La Llorona and Other Tales of the American Southwest by Elise Forier (dramatic)

A Good Solid Home by Barbara Lhota and Janet B. Milstein (dramatic)

IceSPEAK by Jeanette D. Farr (dramatic)

Not Everyone Sees It by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (dramatic)

Sueño by Scott McMorrow (dramatic)

A Story About a Girl by Jacquelyn Reingold (seriocomic)

Four Glasses by Marki Shalloe (dramatic)

Threnody by David-Matthew Barnes (dramatic)

YOUTHFUL/NAÏVE

Pensacola by David-Matthew Barnes (comic)

Shattered by Lindsay Price (dramatic)

Knock by Lauren Kettler (seriocomic)

Black Flamingos by Julius Galacki (seriocomic)

home by Heather Taylor (dramatic)

Mud People by Keith Huff (seriocomic)

Groom and Doom by Douglas Hill (seriocomic)

Kim and Claudia Capture Death in a Box by Lauren D. Yee (seriocomic)

Ismene by David Eliet (dramatic)

BLUNT/DIRECT

Lavinia Speaks by Jennie Redling (seriocomic)

The Cock of the Walk by Melissa Gawlowski (comic)

Dreaming of a White House by Leanna Hieber (comic)

Paralyzed July by Kevin M. Lottes (dramatic)

Headwork by Keith Huff (seriocomic)

Sky Lines by David-Matthew Barnes (seriocomic)

Sky Lines by David-Matthew Barnes (comic)

Window of Opportunity by Barbara Lhota and Janet B. Milstein (dramatic)

The Audience by Kathleen Warnock (dramatic)

Swap by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (comic)

VULNERABLE/HURT/EXPOSED

Key West by Dan O’Brien (dramatic)

St. Colm’s Inch by Robert Koon (dramatic)

Fun House Mirror by Dori Appel (dramatic)

Jugger’s Rain by Ron Mark (dramatic)

Lone Star Grace by Suzanne Bradbeer (seriocomic)

Autumn’s Child by Tom Smith (dramatic)

Autumn’s Child by Tom Smith (dramatic)

Training My Hands for War by Matt Di Cintio (dramatic)

Throwing Stones in Glass Houses by Kevin Schwendeman (dramatic)

Heaven and Home by Matthew A. Everett (seriocomic)

ROMANTIC/IN LOVE

Temporary Heroes by David-Matthew Barnes (dramatic)

A Question of Water by Steven Schutzman (seriocomic)

Brian and Shevat by Gabrielle Reisman (seriocomic)

Thoughts and Remembrance by Jennifer Miller (dramatic)

The Six Basic Rules by Mara Lathrop (comic)

A Rustle of Wings by Linda Eisenstein (dramatic)

Jugger’s Rain by Ron Mark (seriocomic)

ANGRY/FED UP

Lavinia Speaks by Jennie Redling (seriocomic)

Heaven in Your Pocket by Mark Houston, Francis J. Cullinan, and Dianne M. Sposito (dramatic)

Robertson & Kyle by Adam Simon (seriocomic)

Get Real by Kay Rhoads (dramatic)

Optional by Linda Eisenstein (seriocomic)

Optional by Linda Eisenstein (seriocomic)

A Summer Wasting by Erica Rosbe (seriocomic)

Cutting Remarks by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (comic)

Gentrification by Linda Eisenstein (seriocomic)

Something Simple, Plain-Spoken by Caridad Svich (dramatic)

PERSUASIVE/INSPIRATIONAL

The Beauty of Life by Barbara Lhota and Janet B. Milstein (dramatic)

The Beauty of Life by Barbara Lhota and Janet B. Milstein (dramatic)

RiO by Jeremy Menekseoglu (seriocomic)

The Igloo Coup by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (comic)

Tribe of Three by Eliza Wyatt (seriocomic)

Sacrifices by Barbara Lhota and Janet B. Milstein (dramatic)

Picture Show Video by Kevin M. Lottes (dramatic)

Marvel by Joshua Scher (seriocomic)

A Wing and a Prayer by Ira Brodsky & Barbara Lhota (dramatic)

HIGH-STRUNG/NEUROTIC/STRESSED-OUT

Better Places to Go by David-Matthew Barnes (comic)

Less Is Less from Occupational Hazards by Mark McCarthy (comic)

Missed Connections by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (comic)

Missed Connections by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (comic)

The Pyre by Terri Campion (comic)

Changing Attire by Robert Koon (comic)

The Fainting Couch by Jill Elaine Hughes (seriocomic)

Cutting Remarks by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (comic)

Cutting Remarks by Barbara Lhota and Ira Brodsky (comic)

Bridewell by Charles Evered (seriocomic)

LOST/CONFUSED/TRYING TO MAKE SENSE

Robertson & Kyle by Adam Simon (dramatic)

Gray by Tom Smith (dramatic)

Gray by Tom Smith (dramatic)

Women in Heat by Rich Orloff (comic)

Sky Lines by David-Matthew Barnes (dramatic)

Southland by Allan Staples (seriocomic)

Twin Towers by Ira Brodsky and Barbara Lhota (dramatic)

Bread and Circuses by Jo J. Adamson (dramatic)

Sally Sees the Light by Barbara Lindsay (comic)

SEXUAL/FLIRTATIOUS

Water Pressure by Darren Callahan (dramatic)

The Age of Cynicism or Karaoke Night at The Hog by Keith Huff (seriocomic)

Natural Selection from Crazyology by Frank Higgins (comic)

The Honeypot Redux by Chance D. Muehleck (dramatic)

Women in Heat by Rich Orloff (comic)

The Metric System by James Armstrong (dramatic)

If This Isn’t Love by Jonathan Bernstein (seriocomic)

God Dancing by Marki Shalloe (dramatic)

Fun City from Twinges from the Fringe by Bob Jude Ferrante (comic)

PERMISSIONS