American Theatre Book of Monologues for Women

This selection of monologue material has been drawn from ninety new plays published in American Theatre magazine, including "Angels in America," "Three Tall Women," "M. Butterfly," "Talk Radio," "The Baltimore Waltz," "Buried Child," to name a few

Chosen by Stephanie Coen, the former managing editor of American Theatre, these books provide a remarkable array of styles and characters for use in auditions or scene study classes by male and female actors

Selected from the work of the following playwrights - Edward Albee, Jon Robin Baitz, Eric Bogosian, Pearl Cleage, Don DeLillo, Rita Dove, Christopher Durang, Horton Foote, Maria Irene Fornes, Athol Fugard, Vaclav Havel, Danny Hoch, David Henry Hwang, Moises Kaufman, Tony Kushner, Craig Lucas, Emily Mann, Steve Martin, Reynolds Price, Dael Orlandersmith, David Rabe, Sam Shepard, Paula Vogel, Lanford Wilson and George C. Wolfe

For companion volume American Theatre Book of Monologues for Men, click here