Carlin, George.
Contents: Class clown: A. Bi-labial fricative ; B. Attracting attention ; C. Squeamish -- Wasted time ; Sharing a swallow -- Values (How much is that dog crap in the window?) -- I used to be Irish Catholic -- The confessional --Special dispensation ; Heaven, hell, purgatory, and limbo -- Heavy mysteries --Muhammed Ali, America the beautiful -- Seven words you can never say on television.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Little David 1972
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL COMEDY/SPOKEN CARSummary: Actors of color need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft. Roberta Uno has carefully selected monologues that represent African-American, Native American, Latino, Asian-American and other identities. Each monologue comes with an introduction and notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor. This new edition includes some of the most...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Routledge 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812 MONBruce, Lenny
Summary: Humorous monologues, performed by the author including The interview; (2:34) --; Djinni in the candy store; (1:53) --; Enchanting Transylvania; (2:54) --; Interview with Dr. Sholem Stein; (8:00) --; The march of high fidelity; (4:54) --; Maria Ouspenskaya interview; (:14) --; Father Flotski's triumph (unexpurgated); (7:52) --; All Broadway musicals sound the same, especially the baritones;...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN BRUDabrowski, Kristen.
Summary: A collection of original monologues, each about one minute long, categorized by gender of performer and by drama or comedy, for use by teenage actors for auditions and other purposes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smith and Kraus 2004
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 792 DABSchlitz, Laura Amy.
Summary: A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 812.6 SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 812.6 SCHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Word SchlitzHicks, Bill
Summary: One Night Stand: Bill Hicks is a comedian with a message. In his own words, he offers 'a message that is not heard very often ... but it's the truth'. Raw and outspoken, Hicks tells us alcohol and cigarettes are more harmful than marijuana. He also offers his view on the devil on records played backwards, kids who commit suicide after hearing Judas Priest material and he explains what causes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rykodisc, Inc. 2004
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS BILSummary: Actors of color need the best speeches to demonstrate their skills and hone their craft. Roberta Uno has carefully selected monologues that represent African-American, Native American, Latino, Asian-American and other identities. Each monologue comes with an introduction and notes on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor. This new edition includes some of the most...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Routlege 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812 MONSeinfeld, Jerry.
Contents: Intro ; Phones -- Cab drivers -- Air travel -- Florida -- Halloween -- Supermarkets -- Drugstores -- Doctors -- Men & women -- McDonalds -- Chinese people -- Olympics -- Scuba diving -- No. 1 fear -- Sky diving ; The Helmet -- Clothing -- Late TV -- Crooks -- Horses -- Bathroom -- Q + A.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN SEIYoung, Rebecca
Summary: Contains monologues, duologues, and triologues with titles including "Envious Mermaid," "Candy Bars for Sale," and "Disgruntled Band Teacher."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Meriwether Pub. 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 792 YOUSummary: "Here you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues for men, most of which from plays which were produced and/or published in the 2016-2017 theatrical season. Many are for younger performers (teens through thirties) but there are also some excellent pieces for older men as well. The age of each character is indicated in the monologue, but you will find that many may be done by actors...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smith & Kraus 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812 BESBiafra, Jello.
Contents: Disc 1: The big ka-boom, parts 2-69 -- Disc 2: The big ka-boom, parts 70-666 -- Disc 3: Cowboy Cornholio and the Sunshine State -- And Gore made us want to Ralph -- The rolling blackout revue -- 12 steps to corporate-free sobriety -- Joey Ramone.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Alternative Tentacles Records 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN BIALandes, William-Alan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Players Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.8245 LANMurray, John
Summary: Twenty-five short monologues dramatizing in lighthearted fashion the ups and downs of life as seen by today's young people.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Plays, Inc. 1982
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After the death in 2004 of American theater actor and monologist Spalding Gray, director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) pieced together a narrative of Gray's life to create the documentary And Everything is Going Fine. Brilliantly and sensitively assembled entirely from footage of Gray, taken from interviews and one-man shows from throughout his career, it is a rich, full portrait, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ANDSummary: "Here you will find a rich and varied selection of monologues for women from plays most of which were produced and/or published in the 2016-2017 theatrical season. Many are for younger performers (teens through thirties) but there are also some excellent pieces for older women as well. Some are comic (laughs), some are dramatic (generally, no laughs). Some are rather short, some are rather...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: S & K, Smith and Kraus Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812 BESSummary: Chronicles how Eve Ensler's hit Broadway solo show 'The Vagina Monologues' grew into V-Day, an international grassroots movement dedicated to stopping violence against women and girls. Has been widely recognized as "a celebration of women's sexuality and a condemnation of its violation" and praised as "frank, humorous and moving."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VDALord Buckley.
Contents: The bad-rapping of the Marquis de Sade, the King of bad cats -- Governor Slugwell -- The raven -- The train -- The hip einie.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Straight 1969
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN BUCShakespeare, William
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Smith and Kraus 2005