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Research Guide: Contemporary Plays with Monologues This is an abbreviated list of sug- gested monologues available at this library. To find these plays go to the catalog and type the title in the first box. You can also find more plays in the Playscripts collection on the sec- ond floor. Plays with Monologues NOTE: (M) male (F) female 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo (F) Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Ed Graczyk (F) After the Fall by Arthur Miller (M) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (M&F) All my Sons by Arthur Miller (M) Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies (M) Angels in America by Tony Kushner (M) Falling Man & Other Monologues by Will Scheffer (M) Another Antigone by A.R. Gurney Jr. (F) Fences by August Wilson (M&F) Atheist by Ronan Noone (M) Four Plays by Conor McPherson (M) Bad Habits by Terrence McNally (F) Heaven & Hell (on Earth) by Robert Alexander (M&F) BFF by Ann Ziegler (M) I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright (M) Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon (M) I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick (M) Boys’ Life by Howard Korder (M) Imagining Brad and The Valerie of Now by Peter Hedges (F) Burn This by Lanford Wilson (M&F) Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson (M&F) More Monologues ... Seven One-Act Plays by Wendy Wasserstein (M&F) K2 by Patrick Meyers (M) Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll by Eric Bogosian (M&F) Lady with All the Answers by David Rambo (F) Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill (M&F) Shel’s Shorts by Shel Silerstein (M&F) Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon (F) Short Plays and Monologues by David Mamet (M&F) Love, Valor, Compassion by Terrance McNally (M) Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare (M&F) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson (M) Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling (F) Miss Margarida's Way by Roberto Athayde (F) Nerd by Larry Shue (M) Sticks and Bones by David Rabe (M) ‘Night Mother by Marsha Norman (F) Strange Snow by Steve Metcalfe (F) No One will be Immune by David Mamet (M&F) Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (M&F) Odd Couple by Neil Simon (M) The Other Woman and Other Short Pieces by David Stupid Kids by John C. Russell (M&F) Ives (M) Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams (F) Painting Churches by Tina Howe (F) Talking With… by Jane Martin (F) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stop- pard (M) That Championship Season by Jason Miller (M) Rupert’s Birthday and Other Monologues by Ken Jen- View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller (M) kins (M&F) Wake Up and Smell the Coffee by Eric Bogosian (M) Citation Help MLA Style: Works Cited Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting & Style Guide APA 2010 Citation Guide KnightCite Citation Creator Tips for Correctly Formatting a Research Paper in Microsoft Word (PDF) Contact a Librarian Hours 832-559-4211 SMS / Text : 281-826-4488 tcref @lonestar.edu Monday - Thursday: 8AM-9:00PM Friday: 8AM-6PM Sat. day: 10AM-5PM .

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