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SHE'LL GROW ON YOU from Past Curfew dramatic, F, 30's. A monologue from the AOPW Fellowship winning play PAST CURFEW. Sarah, half drunk, resentful of her teenage daughter, drags out this story as a weapon in their ongoing conflict. 
You can also purchase the entire play from NEXT STAGE PRESS. |
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IN HOT WATER from my latest short play The Four Senses of Love
comic, F, 20's. Melita - a woman born without the sense of taste - talks to her support group for the sensory-deprived. Looking for an audition piece that shows broad, physical humor but still need to stay sexy? I could see Chelsea Handler rockin' this one. You can see this play in August at the Corner Cone Festival in Yellow Springs, Ohio. |
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SVETLANA from the award winning A Gulag Mouse
dramatic, F, Any adult age. Svetlana, a russian prisoner in a Siberian gulag is talking to a young woman (Anastasia) who has returned from what Svetlana believes to be a sexual encounter with a guard - only because it was that or starve. Need a monologue with a Russian accent for your next audition? Give it a shot! 
You can also purchase the entire play from NEXT STAGE PRESS. |
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DOMINATRIX from Circus Schism
dramatic, F, 30's-40's. A tired Domme complains about her day, her feet, men and power-play. This contemporary monologue is also available in 221 Monologues for Women - edited by Irene Ziegler and John Capecci. This piece contains strong language. 
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THE TRAPEZE ARTIST
from Circus Schism dramatic, F, 20's. A gymnast/trapeze artist talks about her coming of age, and the realization of her womanhood. In the original, she has a strong Italian accent - and the cadence of this piece does lend itself to a character using English as a second language. This piece contains moderately strong language. |
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PEACE comedic, F, 60's-70's. An original contemporary monologue from The Coop Theater Workshop. An older Southern Woman confronts her husband about his philandering, in spite of the fact that he's already in his grave. Good character humor. |
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KIRSTIE from Past Curfew dramatic, F, 12-17. A monologue from the AOPW Fellowship winning play PAST CURFEW. Kirstie realizes her mother's favorite story - about a tiger trying to put out a fire - makes no sense.
You can also purchase the entire play from NEXT STAGE PRESS.The monologue is also available in The Theatre Audition Book 2. 
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THE FINE PRINT from
The Fine Print U, ageless. 2 mins. A monologue from my short play "The Fine Print", Audience Favorite Award winner at The New Plays Festival and Competition, Los Angeles, 2009, available from Original Works Online. The Devil tempts an Electrical Systems Designer with the specs for a new weapons system. The complete play is available from Original Works Online. |
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THE CAPTAIN COLEMAN FINALE from Thicker than Water dramatic, F, 20's. A contemporary monologue from my radio play THICKER THAN WATER. Sally is talking to her live-in boyfriend on the night he has walked in the door with unexplained blood splashed on his shoes. Sally holds up as best she can, but eventually loses it - and in this monologue, she reveals the root of her phobia about blood. Originally broadcast on NPR August 16th, 2009. |
