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| Introduction | |
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| Be Specific: The Actor's Approach to the Monologue - An Interview with Bartlett Sher | |
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| "Was I Wrong to Side with the Living?" | |
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| Angel, Marisol | |
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| Susanah, A Question of Mercy | |
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| Miss Evers, Miss Evers' Boys | |
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| Phebe, The Darker Face of the Earth | |
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| "I Have to Do Penance" | |
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| Marion, Abingdon Square | |
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| Judith, An American Daughter | |
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| Alexis, The Gimmick | |
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| "My Babies!" | |
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| Bette, The Marriage of Bette and Boo | |
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| Bette, The Marriage of Bette and Boo | |
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| Dessa, Tongue of a Bird | |
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| Dessa, Tongue of a Bird | |
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| Halie, Buried Child | |
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| Normal, The Colored Museum | |
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| "Happier Ever After ..." | |
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| Wanda, The Waiting Room | |
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| Wanda, The Waiting Room | |
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| Hester, La Negrita, In the Blood | |
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| Rachel, Reckless | |
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| Rachel, Reckless | |
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| "You Will Remember This" | |
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| Maxine, Tongue of a Bird | |
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| A, Three Tall Women | |
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| Claire, Fuddy Meers | |
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| Roma, August Snow | |
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| Taw, August Snow | |
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| Sky, The Monogamist | |
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| "I Crossed the Line" | |
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| The Welfare, In the Blood | |
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| Suzie, Silence, Cunning, Exile | |
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| Barbara, Three Hotels | |
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| "Do You Know Who I Am?" | |
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| Callie, Stop Kiss | |
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| Miss Pat, The Colored Museum | |
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| Topsy, The Colored Museum | |
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| Shelly, Buried Child | |
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| Pooty, Reckless | |
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| Jolene, The Day Room | |
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| "It's My Fate, Do you See? This Love" | |
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| Masha, The Three Sisters | |
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| Yachiyo, Ballad of Yachiyo | |
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| Lee, The Chemistry of Change | |
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| Mom, Lloyd's Prayer | |
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| Genevieve, August Snow | |
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| "Art Was Not a Part of Our Lives" | |
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| Bob's Mom, Bobrauschenbergamerica | |
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| Marie, Search and Destroy | |
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| Alexis, The Gimmick | |
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| Alexis, The Gimmick | |
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| "There's Bad Blood Between Us ..." | |
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| Myrna, The Mineola Twins | |
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| Mrs. Siezmagraff, Betty's Summer Vacation | |
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| Nan, Three Days of Rain | |
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| "The Ones who Crossed the Ocean ..." | |
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| Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches | |
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| Zofia, Tongue of a Bird | |
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| Anka, Hunting Cockroaches | |
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| "Yes, You Are, He Said: You're That Kind of Girl" | |
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| C, Three Tall Women | |
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| Suzanne, Picasso at the Lapin Agile | |
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| Chata, Roosters | |
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| "Aren't Human Beings the Saddest People You Ever Met?" | |
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| Dora, The Swan | |
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| Dora, The Swan | |
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| Harper, Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches | |
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| Corlis, The Chemistry of Change | |
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| Bessie, Marvin's Room | |
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| Linda, Talk Radio | |
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| Denise, Talk Radio | |
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| Blonde, The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers | |
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| "The Happiest Moment of All?" | |
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| A, Three Tall Women | |
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| Emma, Pterodactyls | |
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| Betty, Betty's Summer Vacation | |
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| Marisol, Marisol | |
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| Further Reading | |