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2021-2022 Monologue List

WOMEN: SERIOUS/CONTEMPORARY
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Our Town Thornton Wilder Emily 3 Baker’s Plays

The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Laura 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Effect of Gamma Rays Paul Zindel Tillie 3 Bantam

on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

Crimes of the Heart Beth Henley Beth 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Crucible Arthur Miller Abby 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Early Dark R. Price Rosacoke 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Tom Stoppard Player 3 Baker’s Plays

Are Dead

Arcadia Tom Stoppard Thomasina 3 Baker’s Plays

Bocón Lisa Loomer La Llorona 3 Dramatic Publishing

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WOMEN: SERIOUS/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
The Woolgatherer William Mastrosimone Rose 3 Samuel French

In New England Winter Ed Bullins Liz 3 Samuel French

Proof David Auburn Katherine 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone August Wilson Molly 3 Baker’s Plays

Liliom Ferenc Molnar Louise 3 Knopf

Almost Maine John Cariani Rebecca 3 Dramatists Play Service

Last Night at Ballyhoo Alfred Uhry Sunny 3 Theatre Communications Group, Inc.

Like Dreaming, Backwards Kellie Powell Natalie 3 These Aren’t My Shoes Productions

The Moonlight Room Tristine Skyler Sal 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Dream of the Burning Boy David West Read Rachel 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Catholic School Girls Casey Kurtti Elizabeth 3 Samuel French

The Day They Shot John Lennon James McLure Fran 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

I and You Beverly Garside Caroline 3 Beverly Garside

The Death of Bessie Smith Edward Albee Nurse 3 Dramatists Play Service

*The Effect Lucy Prebble Connie 3 Dramatists Play Service

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WOMEN: SERIOUS/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Dreams in Captivity Gabriel Davis Livi 2 CreateSpace Independent Publishing

This Property is Condemned Tennessee Williams Willie 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Rainmaker N. Richard Nash Lizzie 2 Baker’s Plays

A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry Beneatha 2 Baker’s Plays

A Member of the Wedding: Carson McCullers Francine 2 New Directions Paperbook

The Play

The Conduct of Life Irene Fornes Olympia 2 Broadway Play Publishing Inc.

The Conduct of Life Irene Fornes Nena 2 Broadway Play Publishing Inc.

What I Did Last Summer A. R. Gurney Bonnie 2 Dramatists Play Service

My Children, My Africa Athol Fugard Isabel 2 Samuel French

The Undoing William Mastrosimone Lorr 2 Broadway Play Publishing Inc.

The Corn is Green Emlyn Williams Morgan 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

I Ought To Be in Pictures Neil Simon Libby 2 Baker’s Plays

Approaching Zanzibar Tina Howe Pony 2 Flora Roberts, Inc.

Picture Me Margery Kreitman Audrey 2 Theatre Rhinoceros

We Live Here Zoe Kazan Dinah 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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WOMEN: SERIOUS/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Quilters Newman and Damashik various 1-3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

1,000 Cranes Kathryn Shultz-Miller Sodaka 1 Dramatic Publishing

WOMEN: SERIOUS/CLASSICAL
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Iphigenia at Aulis Euripides Iphigenia 3 Prentice Hall

Libation Bearers Euripides Electra 3 The University of Chicago Press

Antigone Sophocles Antigone 3 Samuel French

Antigone Sophocles Ismene 3 Samuel French

Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare Hero 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

The Tempest William Shakespeare Ariel 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Cymbeline William Shakespeare Imogene 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Othello William Shakespeare Desdemona 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Nerissa 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

King Lear William Shakespeare Cordelia 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

The Seagull Anton Chekov Nina 3 Dramatic Publishing

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WOMEN: SERIOUS/CLASSICAL (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekov Sonia 3 Grove Press

The Duchess of Malfi John Webster Duchess 3 St. Martin’s Press

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand Roxanne 3 Dramatic Publishing

St. Joan Bernard Shaw Joan 3 Samuel French

WOMEN: COMEDIC/CONTEMPORARY
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Miss Firecracker Contest Beth Henley Carnel 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Death Comes to Us All, Mary Christopher Durang Margo 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Agnes

Coastal Disturbances Tina Howe Holly 3 Samuel French

Lovers Brian Friel Mag 3 Dramatic Publishing

Shivaree William Mastrosimone Shivaree 3 Samuel French

The Colored Museum George C. Wolfe Topsy Washington 3 Broadway Play Publishing

Confessions of Women from Josefina Lopez Tiffany 3 Dramatic Publishing

East L.A.

Bocón Lisa Loomer La Llorona 3 Dramatic Publishing

(first speech)
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WOMEN: COMEDIC/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Laughing Wild Christopher Durang Woman 3 Dramatists Play Service

*Nothing is the End of the World Becca Brunsetter Jessica 3 CreateSpace Independent Publishing
(Except the End of the World)

The Swan Elizabeth Egloff Dora 3-2 Dramatists Play Service

Happy Birthday, Wanda June Kurt Vonnegut Wanda June 2 Out of print

What I Did Last Summer A. R. Gurney Bonny 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Comanche Café William Hauptman Ronnie 2 Samuel French

F.O.B. David Henry Hwang Grace 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Mouse That Roared Christopher Sergel Page 2 Dramatic Publishing

Ludlow Fair Lanford Wilson Agnes 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Uncommon Women and Others Wendy Wasserstein Muffet/Kate 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Real Women Have Curves Josefina Lopez Ana/various 2 Dramatic Publishing

The Atomic Adventures of C. Denby Swanson Babushka 2 Playscripts, Inc.

Nikolai Nikolaevich

Scuba Lessons Joseph Zeccola Kelly 2 TheatreHistory.com

Catholic School Girls Casey Kurtti Elizabeth 2 Samuel French

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WOMEN: COMEDIC/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
The Effect of Gamma Rays Paul Zindel Janice 1 Bantam
on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

Amazing Grace Shay Youngblood Grace 1 Dramatic Publishing

Eve’s Diary Mark Twain Eve 1 Samuel French

Feiffer’s People Jules Feiffer Little Girl/ 1 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Young Girl

Seagirl Francis Elitzig Seagirl 1 Anchorage Press

WOMEN: COMEDIC/CLASSICAL
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
The Misanthrope Molière Alceste 3 Samuel French

The Importance of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde Gwendolyn/Cecily 3 Samuel French

As You Like It William Shakespeare Rosalind/Phebe 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Viola 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw Barbara 3 Samuel French

Two Precious Maidens Molière Magdalon 3 Samuel French

Ridiculed

The Bear Anton Chekov Helen Popov 3 Dramatists Play Service

The Rivals Richard Sheridan Julia 2/3 Samuel French

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WOMEN: COMEDIC/CLASSICAL
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw 2 Samuel French

A Midsummer’s Night Dream William Shakespeare Puck 2 Methuen (Arden edition)

Friar Bacon and Friar Robert Greene Margaret 2 Oxford University Press
Burgundy

The Two Noble Kinsmen William Shakespeare Sailor’s Daughter 2 Methuen (Arden edition)

MEN: SERIOUS/CONTEMPORARY
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Tom 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Dark at the Top of the William Inge Sammy 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Stairs

The Devil and Daniel Webster Stephen Vincent Benet Daniel 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller Biff 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Winterset Maxwell Anderson Mio 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Tom Stoppard Player 3 Baker’s Plays

Are Dead

The Visible Horse Mary Lathrop Scott 3 Smith and Kraus

Equus Peter Shaffer Alan 3 Penguin

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MEN: SERIOUS/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Baby with the Bathwater Christopher Durang Daisy 3 Grove Press

Master Harold and the Boys Athol Fugard Hally 3 Samuel French

The First Breeze of Summer Leslie Lee Sam 3 Samuel French

Jack David Greenspan Character 8 3 Theatre Communications Group, Inc.

Amulets against the Dragon Paul Zindel Chris 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Forces

The Colored Museum George C. Wolfe Junie Robinson 3 Broadway Play Publishing

Convicts Horton Foote Horace 3 Grove Press

Doubt John Patrick Shanley Father Flynn 3 Theatre Communications Group, Inc.

All My Sons Arthur Miller Chris 3 Samuel French

Bound East for Cardiff Eugene O’Neill Yank 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Orphans Lyle Kessler Phillip 3 Samuel French

Out of Gas on Lover’s Leap Mark St. Germain Grouper 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Our Town Thorton Wilder George 2 Samuel French

The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Jim 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Rainmaker N. Richard Nash Starbuck 2 Baker’s Plays

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MEN: SERIOUS/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
This Property is Condemned Tennessee Williams Willie 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Dark of the Moon Howard Richardson Witchboy 2 Samuel French

William Berney

Bocón Lisa Loomer The Voicekeeper 2 Dramatic Publishing

Tod, The Boy, Tod Talvin Wilks Tod 2 Plume

Every Seventeen Minutes the Paul Zindel Dave 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Crowd Goes Crazy!

Amulets against the Dragon Paul Zindel Chris 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Forces

The Corn is Green Emlyn Williams Jordan 2 Samuel French

The Man That Corrupted James Grossman Stranger 2 Dramatic Publishing, Co.
Hadleyburg from Twain

The Rise and Rise of Daniel Peter Parnell Daniel 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Rocket

Scooter Thomas Makes it to Peter Parnell Dennis 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
the Top of the World

Big River Hauptman and Miller Huck 1-2 Grove Press

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MEN: SERIOUS/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
The Foreigner Larry Shue Ellard 1 Samuel French

Eve’s Diary Mark Twain Adam 1 Samuel French

Dragon of the Winds Carole Wright Uji 1 Dramatic Publishing

Balm in Gilead Lanford Wilson Dopey 1 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Sally’s Gone, She Left Her Russell Davis Christopher 1 Broadway Play Publishing
Name

MEN: SERIOUS/CLASSICAL
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Electra Sophocles/ Orestes 3 The University of Chicago Press
Euripides

The Libation Bearers Aescylus Orestes 3 The University of Chicago Press

Antigone Sophocles Haemon 3 Samuel French

The Tempest William Shakespeare Ariel 3 Arden

The Spanish Tragedy Thomas Kyd Ghost 3 Routledge

Hamlet William Shakespeare Laertes 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Henry IV, Part I William Shakespeare Hal/Hotspur 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Henry IV, Part II William Shakespeare Hal 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

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MEN: SERIOUS/CLASSICAL (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
King Lear William Shakespeare Edmund/Edgar 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Romeo 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

The Duchess of Malfi John Webster Antonio 3 St. Martin’s Press

The Seagull Anton Chekov Treplyev 3 Dramatic Publishing

MEN: COMEDIC/CONTEMPORARY
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
F.O.B. David Hwang Steve 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Oh Dad, Poor Dad Arthur Kopit Jonathan 3 Samuel French

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz 3 Samuel French

Are Dead

Women and Wallace Jonathan m. Sherman Wallace 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Ernie’s Incredible Illustrations Alan Ayckbourn Ernie 3 Samuel French

Raised in Captivity Nicky Silver Sebastian 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Lovers Brian Friel Joe 3 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Loman Family Picnic David Margulies Stewy/Mitchell 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Brighton Beach Memoirs Neil Simon Eugene 2 Samuel French
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MEN: COMEDIC/CONTEMPORARY (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
T Bone N Weasel Jon Klein T Bone 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

F.O.B. David Hwang Dale 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Ofay Watcher Frank Cucci Rufus 2 Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The Time of Your Life William Saroyan Harry 2 Samuel French

The Odyssey Tom Smith Odysseus/Pete 2 Playscripts, Inc.

Peter and the Starcatcher Rick Elice Boy 2 Disney Editions

*The Matchmaker Thorton Wilder Cornelius 2 Samuel French

The Odyssey Tom Smith Polyphemus 1 Playscripts, Inc.

Eve’s Diary Mark Twain Adam 1 Samuel French

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Charles Schultz Charlie/Snoopy 1 Tams-Witmark Music Library
Brown

MEN: CLASSICAL/COMEDIC
Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
The Misanthrope Jean Baptiste P. Molière Alceste 3 Samuel French

Arms and the Man George Bernard Shaw Soldier 3 Samuel French

A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare Bottom/Puck 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Mercutio 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

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MEN: CLASSICAL/COMEDIC (continued)

Title Playwright Character Level Publisher
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Sebastian 3 Methuen (Arden edition)

The Learned Ladies, a.k.a. Molière Clitandre 3 Samuel French

The Feminine Savants

The Imaginary Invalid Molière Cleante 2 Samuel French

Seductive Countess Molière Viconte 2 Samuel French

The Doctor in Spite of Himself Molière Thibaut 2 Samuel French

PLEASE NOTE:

This document is intended to be used as a springboard for monologue work. By no means is this list finite; it is a living document
that comprises work from many different cultures. Each monologue comes from a play, whether it is full length or one act.
Therefore, it is in the student’s best interest to read the entire play from which the monologue originates in order to make
appropriate character choices when preparing the monologue for adjudication.

Level 1 monologues are intended for beginning students of acting. Level 2 is intended for intermediate students of acting, while
Level 3 is intended for advanced acting students. Lastly, classical pieces are considered material for intermediate to advanced
students.

Perform. Transform.