Includes bibliographical references.
I ate the divorce papers / Gabriel Benjamin Davis -- Schoolhouse rock / Jason D. Martin -- Rhyming / David Moberg -- Driving / David Moberg -- Dating Hamlet / Bruce Kane -- Popcorn / Troy Diana and James Valletti -- No respect / Bronwyn Barnwell -- Inquest / G.L. Horton -- The blahs / Shirley King -- Helena / Glenn Alterman -- A blue streak / Staci Swedeen -- The lady with all the answers / David Rambo -- The whispers of saints / Mark Scharf -- Blind spots / Colette Freedman -- Greensboro: a requiem / Emily Mann -- The parables of Bo Peep / Cassie Silva -- Chance light snow / Jolene Goldenthal -- Lives of the great waitresses / Nina Shengold -- Freedom high / Adam Kraar -- When it rains gasoline / Jason D. Martin -- Lost and found / Dori Appel -- The subway / John Augustine -- The stronger bond / Kristine McGovern -- Safe / Deborah Finkelstein -- Equivocation / Bill Cain -- Gee's bend / Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder -- Broken / Barbara Lhota -- Empty / Julie Halston and Donna Daley --
Waiting for Oprah / Mary Miller -- Blue window / Craig Lucas -- Tomorrow's wish / Wade Bradford -- Baby's blues / Tammy Ryan -- The adventure / Eric Lane -- Miss Witherspoon / Christopher Durang -- The baptist gourmet / Jill Morley -- The soy answer / Carolyn West -- My parents / Joe McCabe -- Doubt / John Patrick Shanley -- Freedom high / Adam Kraar -- Mr. Lucky's / Stephen Fife -- The weir / Conor McPherson -- Glass eels / Nell Leyshon -- Tales from the Arabian mice / Will Averill -- Phantom rep / Ben Alexander -- The Baltimore waltz / Paula Vogel -- Sheets of rain / Lexanne Leonard -- Men & cars / Diane Spodarek -- Senior square / John-Michael Williams --
A day of turning / Todd Caster -- Cruising close to crazy / Laura Shaine Cunningham -- The school mascot / Amanda Kozik -- We cannot know the mind of God / Mikhail Horowitz -- The gazing ball / Dwight Watson -- Reckless / Craig Lucas -- Organ failure / Andrew Bliss -- The waiting room / Lisa Loomer -- Marvelous shrine / Leslie Bramm -- Yellow dishes / Jolene Goldenthal -- Stepping stones / Barbara Lhota -- Miriam's flowers / Migdalia Cruz -- The eulogy / G.L. Horton -- Venus / Suzan-Lori Parks -- Love-lies-bleeding / Don DeLillo -- Etiquette an vitriol / Nicky Silver -- Open water / David Moberg -- Stamping, shouting and singing home / Lisa Evans --
Foreign bodies / Susan Yankowitz -- Phat girls / Debbie Lamedman -- Sister Santa / Jim Chevallier -- Cutting remarks / Barbara Lhota -- Whalesong in my latte / Jennifer DiMarco -- August: Osage County / Tracy Letts -- Of course they call it a tragedy / Gus Edwards -- The eros trilogy / Nicky Silver -- Budgeon the lime / Michael Weems -- Unbroken heart / Scot Walker -- Waiting for grass to grow / Bronwyn Barnwell -- Just a kiss / Robin Pond.
A collection of the world's best monologues for women actors featuring well-known playwrights and emerging new writers.