Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
by Liz Duffy Adams, Robert Alexander, John Augustine, Stephen Belber, et al.
Edited by Erin Detrick
Foreword by Broadway casting director Kate Schwabe |
 
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$14.95 per book
Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women gives you an extraordinary array of cutting-edge new monologues, from comedic to dramatic and everything in between. Unlike other monologue books, the source of every monologue is easily accessible -- each play is available through one website (www.playscripts.com), where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. Explore the work of today's most celebrated theatrical voices, including Naomi Iizuka, Rinne Groff, Jane Martin, Pulitzer Prize winners Lynn Nottage and David Lindsay-Abaire, and many more!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 120-140 minutes
1 female, 3 males (4-19 actors possible: 1-8 females, 3-11 males)
$75.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: Each piece in this anthology can be licensed and performed separately.
A bride gets trapped on a rooftop (Speak Now). A firefighter struggles with guilt over his fallen brother after September 11 (Bucket of Moon). A snowstorm and a bloody nose end in a marriage proposal (Prelude to Thirty-Five), while two prehistoric lungfish navigate a dry patch in their relationship (Surviving Fad). Written to be performed as one full-length show or as independent pieces, Special Days chronicles the milestones of birth, death, and love with insightful humor and moving humanity.
To purchase this book of nine plays, click "Order this play" above. To perform an individual play, click on its title below:
Angels, Laws & Miracles
Bedtime Story
Bucket of Moon
February 14th
Name
Prelude to Thirty-Five
Speak Now
Still Life
Surviving Fad
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Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men
by Keith Aisner, Robert Alexander, Tanya Barfield, Stephen Belber, et al.
Edited by Erin Detrick
Foreword by Broadway casting director Kate Schwabe |
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$14.95 per book
Discover a monologue book like no other. Actor's Choice: Monologues for Men gives you an extraordinary array of cutting-edge new monologues, from comedic to dramatic and everything in between. Unlike other monologue books, the source of every monologue is easily accessible -- each play is available through one website (www.playscripts.com), where you can read nearly the entire published script online for free. Explore the work of today's most celebrated theatrical voices, including Naomi Iizuka, Mac Wellman, Tanya Barfield, Jordan Harrison, Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang, and many more!
Also in this series:
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Women
Actor's Choice: Monologues for Teens
Actor's Choice: Scenes for Teens
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Drama
Short, 25-30 minutes
1 female, 3 males, 1 either (4-5 actors possible: 1-2 females, 3-4 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
For Abe, the world keeps slipping away a moment at a time. At first he forgets little things -- appointments he's made, videos he's rented -- but things get worse. Abe becomes a stranger in a strange land, unable to remember where he lives or the face of his own son-in-law. This play takes a look at life from Abe's perspective -- how do you live in a world without memory?
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Comedy
Short, 25-30 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Edward meets Abby at a bar, and the game begins. At a rapid but revealing pace, we see every phase of their relationship: the pickup, the hookup, the morning after, and the untimely demise...
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Romantic comedy
Short, 15-17 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$35.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
It's the biggest day of Casey's life and she's locked on a roof across the street from the church where her wedding just started. Harold, the guy who got them into this mess, must come up with a plan to save the day or face the fact that he just ruined Casey's wedding. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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| "A gem of a play by Seth Kramer that stands as an offering on the altar of love." |
| --The Montclair Times |
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Drama
Full-length, 90-110 minutes
2 females, 4 males
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Greg, Mosher, and Scott have been good friends since they were kids, but all that is about to change. When the unhappily married Greg meets Molly, an exotic temptress, he convinces Mosher, the gentle slow-minded giant who secretly harbors an obsession for Greg's wife Desha, to help him cover his latest affair. Meanwhile, the shy and closeted Scott finally begins to explore his long-denied homosexuality after meeting Dwight, a free-spirited party boy. Each character must face the consequences of desire, either through a soulful act of change or a violent comeuppance.
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Drama
Short, 15-17 minutes
1 female, 1 male (2 actors possible: 0-2 females, 0-2 males)
$35.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
What do you do when your purpose in life has been stolen from you? One year after Michelle lost all her artwork and the use of her hands in an apartment fire, David must help the former artist find an answer to this question. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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Drama
Short, 15-17 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
A "mutual" is a day where two firefighters agree to swap a day off. On September 11th, 2001, Jess Sullivan stayed home while his brother went in to work their mutual, and then disappeared in the ruins of the World Trade Center. Three days after the worst tragedy in New York's history, a thunderstorm forces Jess and other rescuers to go home for the first time since the twin towers fell. Jess and his wife Dee, who is seven months pregnant, wonder what kind of world they are bringing their child into, and whether it is too late to hope that Jess' brother may have survived. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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Romantic comedy
Short, 15-17 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
Rae would rather endure nine hours at a train station in a snowstorm with no coat than spend one more minute at Jay's parents' house. Jay botches the job of running after Rae, and ends up with a bloody nose. All in all, a strange way to kick off an engagement... (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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| "Genuinely charming." |
| --Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com |
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Comedy
Short, 16-18 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
Valentine's Day sucks, especially when you've lost your spouse or are waiting for divorce papers. Lois and Gannon, friends since kindergarten, decide to spend the day together only to discover that they have more between them than shared misfortune. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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Comedy/Drama
Short, 15-17 minutes
1 female, 3 males
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
Four friends from high school gather on Zack's 27th birthday. From pop cultural nostalgia to anxiety over Susannah's first pregnancy, they look at where their lives have taken them and where they might be going next. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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Comedy/Drama
Short, 5-7 minutes
1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
Jeff tells his baby daughter Ruby about what it means to become a parent. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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Comedy
Short, 15-17 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
Bob and Gloria are two prehistoric lungfish in love, with just one major problem -- evolution. Will the two fish survive a momentous journey onto land, or will this mean the end of their relationship, and possibly their very species? (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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| "A wry and winning work that looks at evolution itself... A throwback to the witty sketches of Mike Nichols and Elaine May." |
| --Barbara Phillips, The Wall Street Journal |
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Drama
Short, 12-15 minutes
1 female, 1 male
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Special Days.
AJ, living out his final days in hospice care, must come to grips with how he will face death. With the aid of his nurse, Winny, AJ finally makes his peace with what's to come and how he will see it through. (This play can also be performed as part of the full-length collection Special Days.)
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Drama
Short, 25-30 minutes
2 males
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
Nineteen years after walking out on his family, Red reunites with his estranged son Vick. Through a series of conversations the two work through past wounds, and begin to rebuild their bond as father and son.
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