About the Book:

The best monologues for Women from 15 years of American Theatre magazine plays.

American Theatre Book of Monologues for Women presents the best audition pieces for female actors selected from over 80 plays first published in American Theatre magazine since 1985. The magazine has published many of the most important contemporary American plays over 15 years, including Angels in America, Three Tall Women, M. Butterfly, Talk Radio, The Baltimore Waltz, Buried Child, to name a few.

Chosen by Stephanie Coen, the former managing editor of American Theatre magazine, American Theatre Book of Monologues for Women provides a remarkable array of styles and characters for use in auditions or scene study classes by female actors.

Selected from the work of the following playwrights: Tony Kushner, Edward Albee, Sam Shephard, Steve Martin, Paula Vogel, Rita Dove, Wendy Wasserstein, Christopher Durang, Craig Lucas, Donald Margulies, Eric Bogosian and others.

About the Author:

Stephanie Coen is the former managing editor of American Theatre magazine. She is currently associated with the Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Washington, where she lives.