One on one: the best men's monologues for the 21st century

Foreword / by Barry Moss

Part One: A World of Monologues. The Adventures of Nervous-Boy (A Penny Dreadful) / by James Comtois

Aliens, 3 Miles, Turn Left / by Stephen A. Schrum

An Almost Holy Picture / by Heather McDonald

At Said / by Gary Winter

Auntie Mayhem / by David Pumo

The Beginning of August / by Tom Donaghy

A Bicycle Country / by Nilo Cruz

Big Bill / by A. R. Gurney

Big Love / by Charles Mee

Bitter Bierce / by Mac Wellman

The Black Monk / by David Rabe

Black Thang / by Ato Essandoh

The Boss's Daughter / by Josh McIlvain

Burning the Old Man / by Kelly McAllister

Catch & Release / by Staci Swedeen

Chaucer in Rome / by John Guare

Clean Alternatives / by Brian Dykstra

Communicating Through the Sunset / by Kerri Kochanski

Corps Values / by Brendon Bates

Cuban Operator, Please / by Adrián Rodríguez

Dedication, or The Stuff of Dreams / by Terrence McNally

The Dog Problem / by David Rabe

Doubt / by John Patrick Shanley

Dust / by Carrie Louise Nutt

End Zone / by Bob Shuman

The Exonerated / by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen

Expecting Isabel / by Lisa Loomer

Fabulation, or The Re-education of Undine / by Lynn Nottage

Fat Pig / by Neil LaBute

Fear Itself, Secrets of the White House / by Jean-Claude van Itallie

Fétes de la Nuit / by Charles Mee

Folkdance / by Robin Reese

Freedom High / by Adam Kraar

Gap / by Carol Lashof

Gem of the Ocean / by August Wilson

Gone Missing / by Steven Cosson and The Civilians

Heirloom / by Andy Bragen

Imagine / by Rebecca Basham

The Impossibility of Most Things / by Albert Innaurato

Jimmy Jim Jim and the M.F.M. / by Meron Langsner

Johnny's Got a Gun / by John Fleck

La Tempestad / by Larry Loebell

The Language of Kisses / by Edmund De Santis

The Laramie Project / by Moises Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project

The Last Freak Show / by Philip Zwerling

Letters from Cuba / by Maria Irene Fornes

Light / by Jean-Claude van Itallie

Lost Love / by Peter Papadopoulos

The Ludicrous Trial of Mr. P / by Susan Yankowitz

Maggie May / by Tom O'Brien

The Mean Reds / by Mark Scharf

Measure for Pleasure: A Restoration Romp / by David Grimm

The Mercy Seat / by Neil LaBute

My Chekhov Light / by Frank Gagliano

'Nami / by Chad Beckim

The Naturalist / by Robin Goldfin

New York / by David Rimmer

On My Head / by Thaddeus Rutkowski

Orson's Shadow / by Austin Pendleton

O. T. Fairclough and Roger Mais / by Clifford Mason

The Paris Letter / by Jon Robin Baitz

The Pavilion / by Craig Wright

A Picasso / by Jeffrey Hatcher

The Pilgrim Papers / by Stephen Temperley

The Pillowman / by Martin McDonagh

PLATONOV! PLATONOV! PLATONOV! / by Eric Michael Kochmer

Prophecy / by Karen Malpede

The Proposal / by Tim Miller

Rabbit Hole / by David Lindsay-Abaire

The Rebirth / by Lisa Soland

Red Roses / by Lisa Soland

Shyness Is Nice / by Marc Spitz

Small Domestic Acts / by Joan Lipkin

Some Girl(s) / by Neil LaBute

Souvenir / by Stephen Temperley

Spin / by Randy Wyatt

Storytellers / by Thomas McCormack

Tales of an Urban Indian / by Darrell Dennis

They're Just Like Us / by Boo Killebrew

Third Person / by Peter S. Petralia

This Is How It Goes / by Neil LaBute

Three Days of Rain / by Richard Greenberg

Via Crucis / by Albert Innaurato

The Violet Hour / by Richard Greenberg

The Voyage of the Carcass / by Dan O'Brien

We Had a Very Good Time / by David Auburn

WTC View / by Brian Sloan

Part Two: The Extended Monologue. The Anniversary / by Spalding Gray

Aunt Pitti-Pat in the Tower / by David Simpatico

The Cost of Living / by Brad Schreiber

Unequalibrium / by Alexander Lyras and Robert McCaskill.