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Chapter 1 All About Monologues And Monologue Auditions |
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Why Are Actors Required to Do Monologues for Their Auditions? |
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How to Prepare Your Monologues for Auditions |
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Chapter 2 Advice From Casting Directors, Agents, And Directors |
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Interview with Risa Bramon Garcia |
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Advice from Casting Directors about Monologues for Auditions |
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Chapter 3 Interviews With Theater Company Artistic Directors And Directors |
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23 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Women's Monologues |
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39 | (2) |
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Debra wakes up in a very anxious state, dreading the day ahead of her |
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41 | (2) |
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Dasha, a Ukrainian actress, tells the story of how she ended up coming to the United States |
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Late teens, early twenties |
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Sally tries to convince her friend to leave the small town they live in so he can go to the city, where a good job is waiting for him |
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45 | (2) |
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Charon playfully flirts with a man she met in a bar a few hours earlier |
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47 | (2) |
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Roberta confronts her husband about an addiction that is ruining their marriage |
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Maryanne: (From Talking to Strangers in Bars) |
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Maryanne confesses why she goes to happy hours at bars |
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Eileen is very excited about the man who is being honored on this night |
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(from Nobody's Flood) Seriocomic / Forties to fifties / Vernice tells her son how her husband does things that he hopes will make her think she's crazy |
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54 | (2) |
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Late teens to early twenties |
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Alycia is very nervous on her first internet date |
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On a first date with a man she just met in church, Margo decides to tell him about the kind of man she's looking for |
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Dramatic Thirties to fifties |
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Margaret is about to surprise her husband, a sports icon, who she hasn't seen in a year |
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Le-ANNE: (From Tourists of the Mindfield) |
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Seriocomic Thirties to fifties |
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Le-Anne reveals a secret inner rage because of the way her husband treats her |
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60 | (2) |
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Dramatic Thirties and older |
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Carolyn argues with her husband about his relationship with her father |
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62 | (2) |
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Seriocomic Forties to fifties |
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Gloria desperately tries to convince her husband to have some "fun" with her |
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Dramatic Thirties to fifties |
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Lauren talks about how she and her dog survived a terrible accident that just happened in her apartment building |
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Margery: (From Tourists of the Mindfield) |
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Margery tries to explain why she just committed a crime |
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68 | (2) |
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Dramatic Thirties to forties |
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Celia, a very religious Christian woman, is upset when she discovers what her husband exposed their young daughter to |
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70 | (2) |
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Joan has had her eye on a shy man at a party they're both attending. Here she reveals some secret things about herself to him |
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Mom: (From Forgetting to Forgive) |
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Seriocomic Fifties to sixties |
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Mom tells her son why she attempted suicide |
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Seriocomic Thirties to fifties |
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Stephanie warns her sister about the new job she's about to start in a beauty salon |
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76 | (2) |
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Yvette, an actress, is very excited about what might turn into a big opportunity for her |
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78 | (2) |
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Rhona reveals how she really feels about her boss |
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MOM 2: (From Forgetting to Forgive) |
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Mom recalls the years when she was a real beauty and how she used that to her advantage with men |
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Kathleen: (From Tourists of the Mindfield) |
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Kathleen, a religious woman, recently discovered something about a close friend that has upset her |
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Comedic Thirties to fifties |
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Fran explains to a police officer how she accidentally didn't ring up some items at the checkout counter at a store |
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86 | (2) |
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Seriocomic Thirties to forties |
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Carrie finally gets to tell her boss her true feelings |
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88 | (1) |
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Angela has finally gotten her COVID-19 vaccine. Here she tells her coworker why she got it now |
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89 | (3) |
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Helen recalls having a major anxiety attack, and how she dealt with it |
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Helene: (From Two Ladies Sitting in a Garden) |
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Helene is sitting with her friend Maria in the garden of the assisted-living home where they both live. Both women are gay. Here she tells Maria about the love of her life, her "soul mate" |
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Marla: (From Two Ladies Sitting in a Garden) |
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Maria tells her friend about her fun-filled early days in the bars |
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Etta: (From Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda) |
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Comedic Thirties to forties |
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Etta tells her husband about an odd event that happened earlier that day while giving her young son a bath |
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Marla 2: (From Two Ladies Sitting in a Garden) |
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Maria tells her friend about her experiences at Stonewall |
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Comedic Thirties to forties |
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Arlene tells her friend about a neurotic young actor she was dating |
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Ceil: (From The Sealing of Ceil) |
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After some prodding from a close friend, Ceil confesses what she secretly does during her afternoons |
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She: (From The Danger of Strangers) |
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101 | (1) |
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Thirties / She has just invited a man up to her apartment. Here she tells him about her bedroom |
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102 | (3) |
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Carrie tries to deal with seeing her father after many years |
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Chapter 5 Men's Monologues |
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107 | (2) |
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Seriocomic Thirties to forties |
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Michael is delighted that his wife has come to meet with him at the spiritual retreat he's attending |
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109 | (2) |
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James discusses how he and a buddy had a traumatic experience while drinking |
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111 | (2) |
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Liam is annoyed about once again being interrupted while he's working on a deadline |
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113 | (2) |
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Seriocomic Thirties to forties |
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Herb tells his friend about a woman he met at a bar |
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115 | (2) |
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Lionel's innermost thoughts in a tense theatrical situation |
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117 | (2) |
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Kev tries to control his speeding mind. He shares his crazy thoughts with his girlfriend |
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119 | (2) |
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Seriocomic Thirties to fifties |
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Very experienced, Brad is giving the new guy a lesson on what works in the place they both work |
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Harold: (From War of the Waves) |
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121 | (1) |
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Harold recalls what happened on Friday nights before he went to sleep as a young boy |
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122 | (2) |
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Mid-twenties to mid-thirties |
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Alexander finally decides to stand up to his wife on an issue that's been bothering him for a long time |
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124 | (2) |
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Casey has bumped into a woman he used to have a thing with in the bar they met in |
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126 | (2) |
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Dramatic Thirties to fifties |
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Mel has just bumped into his junior high school friend who he has never forgotten all these years later |
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128 | (2) |
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Middle-aged / Larry, a producer, tells a young actress he's just met about how Judy, Hollidaygot her big break in Bells Are Ringing on Broadway |
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Marty: (From Like Family) |
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130 | (2) |
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Marty tells his sister Helen how he just murdered a man who had wanted to sleep with her |
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132 | (2) |
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A gentle man tells how he made it big in movies |
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Sheridan: (From The Pain in the Poetry) |
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134 | (2) |
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His wife is seated in a comfortable chair, knitting. Sheridan enters and shares a big secret he's been keeping from her for two years |
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Mickey: (From Nobody's Flood) |
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136 | (2) |
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Mickey tells his brother about a recent medical diagnosis that he just received. (The play takes place in the 1980s) |
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138 | (2) |
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The inner thoughts of The Writer as he's trying to write |
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Son: (From Forgetting to Forgive) |
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140 | (2) |
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Son tells his mother about the difficulties of being newly single as a middle-aged gay man |
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Tim: (From Sunset at Santorini) |
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Seriocomic Thirties to forties |
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Tim shares the rewards of their work with his partner in crime |
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Storyteller 2: (From BarN(One)) |
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144 | (3) |
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Storyteller 2 recalls his grandmother and her bars |
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Marv: (From Talking to Strangers in Bars) |
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147 | (1) |
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Dramatic Thirties to forties |
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Marv confesses to a woman he's just met in a bar at happy hour |
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148 | (2) |
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Gene, a priest, tries to convince his young student that he must see the head priest |
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He: (From Under Tussauds) |
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150 | (2) |
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He tells a woman he's just met in the Madame Tussauds basement how he ended up there |
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Jules: (From Making Merry Bi the Ferry) Seriocomic / Mid-twenties to mid-forties |
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Jules and Jim are two closeted married men who have secretly yearned to explore the gay world. They have snuck off from their wives and are excitedly waiting for the ferry to take them to the "Island of Fire" |
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Walter: (From Tourists of the Mindfield) |
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154 | (2) |
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Seriocomic Thirties and older |
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Walter talks with a "thing" that just came to his home |
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Storyteller: (From BarN(One)) |
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156 | (2) |
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Dramatic Thirties and older |
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The Storyteller recalls his early years in his grandmother's bar |
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158 | (2) |
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Comedic Thirties to fifties |
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After a few drinks, Todd fantasizes that he's Clint Eastwood |
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160 | (2) |
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Seriocomic Thirties to forties |
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Murry is about to tell his son a bedtime story |
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162 | (2) |
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Comedic Thirties to forties |
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An experienced actor warns a young actor about the dangers of early success |
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164 | (2) |
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A man recalls the joyful times he had with his best friend |
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Playwright: (From A Doubt My Play) |
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166 | (2) |
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A playwright describes his play to his playwriting group |
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168 | (2) |
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Seriocomic Mid-forties to sixty |
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The Countess, a drag queen, has received a male escort as a birthday gift. Here the Countess chats with the shy escort |
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Harold: (From Once in a Blue Moon) |
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170 | (1) |
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Harold has just met Steven, a slightly drunk older married man, at a rest area at night. They are planning on having sex in Steven's car |
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Steven: (From Once in a Blue Moon) Dramatic |
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171 | (2) |
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Steven, slightly drunk, has just met a young man at a rest area off the highway |
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| Overdone Monologues |
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173 | (2) |
| Permissions |
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175 | (2) |
| About the Author |
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