The Hottest Collection of Comedy Monologues Available! If you've ever searched for a good comic monologue-whether for a professional audition, a class, or a competition-you know how frustrating the hunt can be. We've combed over some of the world's best comic writing to bring you 222 Comic Monologues: Two Minutes and Under. It's all funny stuff here: classic and contemporary works; roles for men and women ages 7 to 100; entertaining voices from writers as varied as Christopher Durang and Langston Hughes, orothy Parker and Steve Martin, Margaret Cho and Molière. You'll find shades of comedy from light to dark: situational humor, word play, absurdity, and surrealism. These monologues are alternately romantic, silly, militant, downright zany-first-rate character work by both new and established comic writers. COVER COPY: 222 Comedy Monos: It's all funny stuff here: classic and contemporary works; roles for men and women ages 7 to 100; featuring the best comic monologues from: Aristophanes Eric Bogosian Charles Busch Anton Chekhov Margaret Cho Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Larry Doyle Christopher Durang Lawrence Ferlinghetti Ian Frazier Spalding Gray Cynthia Heimel Danny Hoch Langston Hughes Tony Kushner Steve Martin Moliere Dorothy Parker Tom Robbins Paul Rudnick Richard Russo William Shakespeare Ntozake Shange John Patrick Shanley Oscar Wilde and many more! You'll find shades of comedy from light to dark: situational humor, word play, absurdity, and surrealism. These monologues are alternately romantic, silly, militant, downright zany-first-rate character work by both new and established comic writers. 222 Comedy Monos: It's all funny stuff here: classic and contemporary works; roles for men and women ages 7 to 100; featuring the best comic monologues from: Aristophanes Eric Bogosian Charles Busch Anton Chekhov Margaret Cho Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Larry Doyle Christopher Durang Lawrence Ferlinghetti Ian Frazier Spalding Gray Cynthia Heimel Danny Hoch Langston Hughes Tony Kushner Steve Martin Moliere Dorothy Parker Tom Robbins Paul Rudnick Richard Russo William Shakespeare Ntozake Shange John Patrick Shanley Oscar Wilde and many more! You'll find shades of comedy from light to dark: situational humor, word play, absurdity, and surrealism. These monologues are alternately romantic, silly, militant, downright zany-first-rate character work by both new and established comic writers. IRENE ZIEGLER ASTON is an actor, teacher, playwright, and novelist. Most recently, she played Maggie Runyon in The Contender (nominated for two academy awards) and can currently be seen as Mrs. Laughlin in Showtimes series, Going to California. She has taught speech, oral interpretation, and acting at Eastern Michigan University, Old Dominion University, and the University of Richmond, where she was an Artist in Residence.JOHN CAPECCI holds a Ph.D. in Speech Communication and has nearly twenty years experience coaching, teaching, and presenting public performances. John has taught communication techniques and performance theory and practice to high school, undergraduate, graduate, and adult learners. He is an editor, along with Irene Ziegler, of The Ultimate Audition Book II: 222 Monologues from Literature, Two Minutes and Under, The Ultimate Audition Book III: 222 Monologues, Two Minutes and Under from the Movies, The Ultimate Audition Book IV: 222 Monologues, Two Minutes and Under. He also has published essays on the performance of literature. Used Book in Good Condition