Best Monologues from the Best American Short Plays, Volume Two 9781480331556, 9781480385481, 1480331554, 1480385484, 9781480397408, 1480397407
"The monologues in this volume are excerpted from the outstanding series Best American Short Plays, an archive of w
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English Year 2014;2015
Table of contents :
v. 1. Monologues for men. Excerpt from Reading list / Susan Miller --
Excerpt from Little Red Riding Hood / Billy Aronson --
Excerpt from The courier / Carol K. Mack --
Excerpt from Going in / David Kranes --
Excerpt from Bricklayer's poet / Joe Maruzzo --
Excerpt from The highwayman / Julia Jarcho --
Excerpts from DeBoom: who gives this woman? / Mark Medoff --
Excerpts from Dreams of home / Migdalia Cruz --
Excerpt from The man who couldn't stop crying / Murray Schisgal --
Excerpt from The Cannibal masque / Ronald Ribman --
Excerpt from The cleaning / Zilvinas Jonusas --
birdfeeder / Clay McLeod Chapman --
A glorious evening / Daniel Frederick Levin --
The artist and the model / Murray Schisgal --
Witness / Peter Maloney --
Decades apart: reflections of three gay men / Rick Pulos --
Monologues for women. Excerpt from Hearts and minds / Adam Kraar --
Excerpt from Sada / Bruce Levy --
Excerpt from Beautiful American soldier / Dano Madden --
Excerpt from The perfect medium / Eileen Fischer --
Excerpt from The devil is in the details / Jill Elaine Hughes --
Excerpts from The highwayman / Julia Jarcho --
Excerpt from Glass knives / Liliana Almendarez --
Excerpts from Dreams of home / Migdalia Cruz --
Excerpt from The cowboy, the Indian and the fervent feminist / Murray Schisgal --
The true author of the plays formerly attributed to Mister William Shakespeare revealed to the world for the first time by Miss Delia Bacon / James Armstrong --
The stormy waters, the long way home / Carey Lovelace --
In conclusive woman / Julie Rae (Pratt) Mollenkamp --
Web cam woman / Laura Shaine Cunnigham --
Love at twenty / Neil LaBute --
Leash / Peter Maloney --
The last artist in New York City / Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill --
Kong / Pamela Sneed. v. 2. Monologues for men. Excerpt from G.C. / Theodore Mann --
Excerpts from San Antonio sunset / Willy Holtzman --
Excerpt from Show / Victor Bumbalo --
Excerpts from And yet ... / Steve Feffer --
Excerpt from Advice to players / Bruce Bonafede --
Excerpt from Reunions / Billy Aronson --
Excerpts from Pitching to the star / Donald Margulies --
Excerpt from I'll do it tomorrow ... / Michael Roderick --
Excerpts from It's our town, too / Susan Miller --
Excerpts from Props / Michael Roderick --
Excerpts from Small things / Carey Pepper --
The hunchback of Central Park West / Murray Schisgal --
Undertow / Clay Macleod Chapman --
The confession of many strangers / Lavonne Mueller --
Determined to prove / Daniel Gallant --
Monologues for women. Excerpt from Ella / Dano Madden --
Excerpts from American dreamer / Lavonne Mueller --
Excerpts from The yellow wallpaper / Paul Kuritz --
Excerpt from Such a beautiful voice is Sayeda's / Yussef El Guindi --
Excerpts from The lovers and others of Eugene O'Neill / Marla Del Collins --
Excerpts from Karima's city / Yussef El Guindi --
Excerpts from The most massive woman wins / Madeline George --
Excerpts from Props / Michael Roderick --
Excerpt from First love / Murray Schisgal --
Excerpt from The beauty inside / Catherine Filloux --
Excerpts from Ten-dollar drinks / Joe Pintauro --
When I was a little girl and my mother didn't want me / Joyce Carol Oates --
Totally / Neil LaBute --
Mystery school / Paul Selig --
Claire / Nicky Silver. v. 3. Monologues for Men --
Excerpt from Starfishes / Michael Ross Albert --
Excerpt from The Trio / Shel Silverstein --
Excerpt from You're Invited! / Darren Canady --
Excerpt from The Sandalwood Box / Mac Wellman --
Excerpt from Snowbound / Brent Englar --
Excerpt from Spatial Disorientation / Lisa Soland --
Excerpts from The Rainbow / James Armstrong --
Excerpt from The Hysterical Misogynist / Murray Schisgal --
Excerpt from Dissonance / Craig Pospisil --
Excerpt from Kid Gloves / David Rusiecki --
Excerpts from Come Again, Another Day / Cary Pepper --
Blue Monologue / John Guare --
Naked Old Man / Murray Schisgal --
What It Was Like / John Guare --
Ichabod Crane Tells All / Lawrence Thelen --
Queenie / Murray Schisgal --
The Devil and Billy Markham / Shel Silverstein --
A Little Haunting / A.K. Abeille --
David Manos Morris / Struck Dumb --
Jean-Claude Van Itallie / Joseph Chaikin --
Monologues for Women --
Excerpts from The Sandalwood Box / Mac Wellman --
Excerpt from You're Invited! / Darren Canady --
Excerpt from St. Matilde's Malady / Kyle John Schmidt --
Excerpt from A Song for Me, or Getting the Oscar / John Bolen --
Excerpt from Scar Tissue / Gabriel Rivas Gomez --
Excerpts from Dissonance / Craig Pospisil --
Excerpt from Spatial Disorientation / Lisa Soland --
Excerpt from White or the Muskox Play / Jonathan Fitts --
Excerpt from The Cowboy / Patrick Holland --
Excerpt from Wife Shop / Angela C. Hall --
Excerpts from Warner Bros / Andrea Sloan Pink --
Excerpt from Rise / Crystal Skillman --
Excerpt from Flare / Edith Freni --
Creatures / Janet Allard --
Deaf Day / Leslie Ayvazian --
Excerpts from It's Our Town, Too / Susan Miller.
