One on One : The Best Women's Monologues for the 21st Century

by Henry, Joyce E.

• ISBN13: 9781557837004
• ISBN10: 1557837007
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp

Summary

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, One on One: The Best Women's Monologues for the 21st Century includes the work of over 70 playwrights, spotlighting the best of Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional, and experimental writings since 2000. A special introduction also explains how to choose, practice, and perform a speech for auditions. Comic or serious - or both - the monologues are written for young, old, and multicultural players by famous names and up-and-coming talent. Anna Deavere Smith records abuse in "real" relationships (House Arrest); August Wilson relates trials of those who survived coming to America - and those who did not (Gem of the Ocean); and William Gibson recreates the dark, fledgling days of Israel (Golda's Balcony). Additional works include Are You Ready? by David Auburn, Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck, The Committee by Brian Dykstra, and many others.

Table of Contents

Are You Ready?	p. 1
At the Vanishing Point	p. 3
Bad Dates	p. 6
The Beginning of August	p. 10
Boys and Girls	p. 12
Boxing It	p. 15
Bunny's Last Night in Limbo	p. 19
The Committee	p. 21
Communicating Through the Sunset	p. 23
The Dance	p. 26
Dead City	p. 28
The Dianalogues	p. 31
Dog Assassin	p. 38
Dog My Cats, Or the Stalker Play	p. 40
Dottie	p. 42
Elephant	p. 45
The Empty Stage	p. 49
Enter the Night	p. 55
Fabulation, Or the Re-Education of Undine	p. 58
The Face in the Mirror	p. 61
Fat Pig	p. 63
Feather	p. 65
Fit for Feet	p. 69
A Friday Night Trans-Am Ride	p. 72
Gem of the Ocean	p. 74
The Ghost Moments	p. 77
Golda's Balcony	p. 81
Halo	p. 84
Heartbreaker	p. 86
The Highwayman	p. 88
House Arrest	p. 91
Hypocrites & Strippers	p. 99
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow	p. 101
Jesus Hopped the A Train	p. 103
Johnny Behind the Deuce	p. 106
Kalighat	p. 110
Kawaisoo (The Pity of Things)	p. 112
Kid-Simple	p. 115
The Language of Kisses	p. 117
Let it Go	p. 119
Lola's Vision	p. 122
Lost and Found	p. 125
Lot's Daughters	p. 130
The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P	p. 134
Margo Veil: An Entertainment	p. 136
The Mercy Seat	p. 138
Message from the Driver	p. 141
Miss Witherspoon	p. 143
Mother to Son	p. 147
New York	p. 149
Night Train to Bolina	p. 155
Orange Flower Water	p. 158
Orange Lemon Egg Canary	p. 160
Our Son's Wedding	p. 162
Problem Play	p. 166
Prophecy	p. 168
Read the Goddamn Poem	p. 174
Real Pornography	p. 177
The Rebirth	p. 183
Rock the Line	p. 191
Sans-Culottes in the Promised Land	p. 194
Scenes from an Unfinished Life	p. 196
Second	p. 198
The Secret of Life	p. 201
Separation Anxiety	p. 204
Silence	p. 206
The Six That Fell	p. 209
Small Domestic Acts	p. 211
Some Girl(s)	p. 213
Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven	p. 215
Soul Healing	p. 218
Souvenir	p. 222
Spine	p. 226
String Fever	p. 230
Teotwawki	p. 231
Train Story	p. 235
The 29 Questions Project	p. 239
A Visit to the Archive	p. 242
Waiting	p. 245
War of Nerves	p. 248
When Grace Comes In	p. 252
White Russian	p. 254
Yemaya's Belly	p. 258
Yit, Ngay (One, Two)	p. 261
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