American theatre book of monologues for men

Be Specific: The Actor's Approach to the Monologue - An Interview with Bartlett Sher

1. "We were a Well-Established Family Once"

Dodge, Buried Child / Sam Shepard

Vince, Buried Child / Sam Shepard

Walker, Three Days of Rain / Richard Greenberg

2. "It was Love. Always Love"

Anthony, A Question of Mercy / David Rabe

Chilli, In the Blood / Suzan-Lori Parks

Craver, In the Heart of America / Naomi Wallace

Gallimard, M. Butterfly / David Henry Hwang

Porter, August Snow / Reynolds Price

Pip, Three Days of Rain / Richard Greenberg

3. "Trying to Talk, Saying Good-Bye"

Thomas, A Question of Mercy / David Rabe

Lord Alfred Douglas, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde / Moises Kaufman

Oscar Wilde, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde / Moises Kaufman

Walter, Unfinished Stories / Sybille Pearson

4. "Once you Know you're Dead, why Keep on Dyin ..."

Junie, The Colored Museum / George C. Wolfe

Lou, The Speed of Darkness / Steve Tesich

Joe, The Speed of Darkness / Steve Tesich

Joe, The Speed of Darkness / Steve Tesich

5. "Some Sense of History"

Todd, Pterodactyls / Nicky Silver

Foundling Father as Abraham Lincoln, The America Play / Suzan-Lori Parks

Foundling Father as Abraham Lincoln, The America Play / Suzan-Lori Parks

T.J., Insurrection: Holding History / Robert O'Hara

Brodus, Miss Evers' Boys / David Feldshuh

Vershinin, Three Sisters / Anton Chekhov and David Mamet

6. "Here I am, Talking to you about my Revolutionary Life"

Pio, The Day You'll Love Me / Jose Ignacio Cabrujas

Ernesto, Principia Scriptoriae / Richard Nelson

Little Dutch Boy at Age 50, The Baltimore Waltz / Paula Vogel

Jonesy, Side Man / Warren Leight

Swahili, I Am a Man / OyamO

Augustus, The Darker Face of the Earth / Rita Dove

7. "People Fall for Me, What they Think is Me"

Neal, August Snow / Reynolds Price

Baron, The Chemistry of Change / Marlane Meyer

Patrick, Zero Positive / Harry Kondoleon

Roy, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches / Tony Kushner

8. "People I Know are Dying"

Jody, Lonely Planet / Steven Dietz

Carl, Lonely Planet / Steven Dietz

Carl, The Baltimore Waltz / Paula Vogel

Captain John Graunt, The Living / Anthony Clarvoe

Captain John Graunt, The Living / Anthony Clarvoe

9. "The Point is Husband and Wife, Man and Woman, Adam and Rib"

Father Donnally, The Marriage of Bette and Boo / Christopher Durang

Chilli, In the Blood / Suzan-Lori Parks

Pip, Three Days of Rain / Richard Greenberg

Nick, Sight Unseen / Donald Margulies

Takamura, Ballad of Yachiyo / Philip Kan Gotanda

10. "You Want to be Nice, or you Want to be Effective?"

Roy, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches / Tony Kushner

Hoyle, Three Hotels / Jon Robin Baitz

Barry, Talk Radio / Eric Bogosian

Judge, Santos & Santos / Octavio Solis

11. "I am a Man of the People ..."

Doctor, In the Blood / Suzan-Lori Parks

Reverend D., In the Blood / Suzan-Lori Parks

Lou, The Speed of Darkness / Steve Tesich

12. "The Most Precious Asset in Life ... is the Ability to be a Good Son"

Roy, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches / Tony Kushner

Jonathan, Sight Unseen / Donald Margulies

Bob, Lloyd's Prayer / Kevin Kling

13. "A Father's Love is a Fairly Spectacular Thing"

Samuel, An Almost Holy Picture / Heather McDonald

Samuel, An Almost Holy Picture / Heather McDonald

Hector, Roosters / Milcha Sanchez-Scott

Lloyd, Lloyd's Prayer / Kevin Kling

Will, The Young Man from Atlanta / Horton Foote

14. "You Ever Killed Anybody? Ever Want to?"

Prisoner, The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers / Stephen Metcalfe

Boxler, In the Heart of America / Naomi Wallace

Golf Club, Marisol / Jose Rivera

Ron, Search and Destroy / Howard Korder

Gallo, Roosters / Milcha Sanchez-Scott

15. "What is it that Makes a Man Feel Sorry?"

Martinus, Playland / Athol Fugard

Gideon, Playland / Athol Fugard

Bob, the Pizza Boy, Bobrauschenbergamerica / Charles L. Mee

Lunga, Middle Finger / Han Ong.