A monologue. Published in One on One: The Best Men’s Monologues for the 21st Century I get asked about this a lot – is it from a longer play? The answer is no – it’s just a monologue. The full text is below.

Written by Alberto Villarreal Diaz Translated from the Spanish by Andy Bragen Translation commissioned by the Lark Theatre for their US-Mexico Playwrights Exchange in 2006. Reading at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley, CA, as part of the Global Age Project 2008.

Written by Bernard-Marie Koltes Translated from the French by Andy Bragen Translation commissioned by inparentheses theatre, with the support of Etant Donnes, the French-American Fund for the Performing Arts. Reading, June 2002. Reading May 2003, directed by Richard Kimmel, as part of

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