Monologues for actors of color : women

A collection featuring a set of 45 monologues each for men and women, excerpted from contemporary plays and specially geared for actors of colour. Roberta Uno has selected the monologues so that there is a wide-range of ethnicities included: African American, Native American, Latino and Asian American. Each monologue comes with an introduction on the characters and stage directions to set the scene for the actor. Collection Featuring A Set Of 45 Monologues For Women, Excerpted From Contemporary Plays And Specially Geared For Actors Of Color. Roberta Uno Has Carefully Selected The Monologues So That There Is A Wide-range Of Ethnicities Included: African American, Native American, Latino And Asian American. Each Monologue Comes With An Introduction On The Characters And Stage Directions To Set The Scene For The Actor. Big Butt Girls, Hard Headed Women / Rhodessa Jones -- Blues For Mr. Charlie / James Baldwin -- Breaking Glass / Dmae Roberts -- China Doll / Elizabeth Wong -- Cleveland Raining / Sung Rno -- Cloud Tectonics / Jose Rivera -- Come Down Burning / Kia Corthron -- The Conversion Of Ka'ahumanu / Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl -- Dark Cowgirls And Prarie Queens / Linda Parris-bailey -- Diary Of A Madwoman / Chin Woon Ping -- Do Lord Remember Me / James De Jongh -- Fish Head Soup / Philip Kan Gotanda -- Flyin' West / Pearl Cleage -- Fob / David Henry Hwang -- Foghorn / Hanay Geiogamah -- Funnyhouse Of A Negro / Adrienne Kennedy -- Giving Up The Ghost / Cherrie Moraga -- The Have-little / Migdalia Cruz -- Heroes And Saints / Cherrie Moraga -- How Else Am I Supposed To Know I'm Still Alive / Evelina Fernandez -- The La La Awards / Latins Anonymous -- Latins Anonymous / Latins Anonymous -- Les Femmes Noires / Edgar White -- The Lion And The Jewel / Wole Soyinka -- A Little Something To Ease The Pain / Rene R. Aloma -- Long Time Since Yesterday / P.j. Gibson -- Miriam's Flowers / Migdalia Cruz -- The Mojo And The Sayso / Aishah Rahman -- My Ancestor's House / Bina Sharif -- Night Of The Assassins / Jose Triana -- Paper Angels / Genny Lim -- (cont.) R.a.w. ('cause I'm A Woman) / Diana Son -- The Rez Sisters / Tomson Highway -- Roosters / Milcha Sanchez-scott -- Sneaky / William S. Yellow Robe -- Someday / Drew Hayden Taylor -- A Song For A Nisei Fisherman / Philip Kan Gotanda -- The Strength Of Indian Women / Vera Manuel -- Talking In Tongues / Winsome Pinnock -- Tea / Velina Hasu Houston -- Unfinished Women Cry In No Man's Land While A Bird Dies In A Gilded Cage / Aishah Rahman -- Unmerciful Good Fortune / Edwin Sanchez -- Weebjob / Diance Glancy -- Wines In The Wilderness / Alice Childress. Edited By Roberta Uno. Big Butt Girls, Hard Headed Women "is a series of monologues based on the lives and times of real women who are incarcerated behind bars" it is "dedicated to the memory of Regina Brown, who was murdered in 1989 upon her third release from jail."