Recommended by Steven G. Martin

Jenny snaps. This is a really piercing monologue about being pigeonholed and its effects on the psyche. I had the pleasure of watching a performance of "Are you ready to order?" during Fat Turtle Theatre's Quaranteeny Monologue Festival in June 2020.

Sometimes [selectively] behaving like a child would be pure bliss. Read Levine's marvelous monologue, and you'll understand exactly why and you may wonder, "Why not?"

I enjoyed a performance of "Erase" during Fat Turtle Theatre's Quaranteeny Monologue Festival in June 2020.

Not only is the story of "The Nice Girl & the Scrub" great -- reliving the exact moment when everything in life changes -- but the language is fun and lively. Sharece M. Sellem has provided a lot of gifts for female actors who want to portray Roni.

"Lemon Cookies to Lemonade" is a loud, straightforward anthem. A female actor who rocks this monologue is going to have an audience of fans cheering for her through to the end.

An audience who watches "Love & Armageddon" will care about Janice. And that's painful because they also know -- just know -- things will not work out for her. Credit Sharece M. Sellem for writing a character who wants and is desperate to put forth her best effort.

The voice in Eppich-Harris's monologue is so specific, which is lovely. There's hope, but there's also a feeling an overriding feeling of befuddlement, that the character is thrown off by humans as an entire species. This would be a nice challenge for a female actor, and a fine audition piece or standalone performance.

For all of its dark, off-the-wall, kooky, screwball dialogue and action -- you'll never think of hot dog buns in the same way! -- Elise Wien's one-act play has serious questions at its core: how do we live, how do we cope, how do we connect while living through something so life-altering? Unforgettable.

Sometimes when a character meets her comeuppance, it's tragic.

But not in this very dark, very comic monologue by Lee R. Lawing. Not in how Miss Brenda spills the tea about the misadventures of a self-centered, entitled manicurist and her client.

You'll laugh, you'll cringe. You'll laugh again.

This 10-minute play feels like a folktale because of Tony Pelham's precise use of structure and tone. It's very earnest, but also observational, which I love. I also love that the exact cause of the man's losses aren't explicitly stated -- it could be a mid-life crisis, grief, depression, or other things. But Pelham makes it clear that what's most important is the recovery of those senses. This is a feel-good play.

Teddy, the protagonist in "Day Six," is a joy -- dramatic and dry enough to make an audience giggle.