Monologue 1
Cake or pie?

        From
        Cake by Wendy Gough Soroka
    
        Character
        Izzy
    
        Context
        Izzy’s boyfriend has just told her something unexpected. She’s a self-described “nerd girl” trying to process shocking news while standing there with cake, struggling to figure out how she's supposed to react.

Monologue 2
I would not be thy executioner

        From
        As You Like It by William Shakespeare
    
        Character
        Phebe
    
        Context
        A shepherdess in the Forest of Arden, Phebe is fed up with Silvius’s relentless romantic pursuit. When he dramatically declares that her eyes are “murderous” and compares her to an executioner, she responds with biting sarcasm—demanding he prove his claims by showing her the wounds her glances have supposedly inflicted.

Monologue 3
Uncle Simon's Funeral

        From
        The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry
    
        Character
        Lala Levy
    
        Context
        Lala confronts her cousin Sunny, comparing their fathers’ funerals—Uncle Simon’s grand service with 700 mourners versus her own father’s sparsely attended memorial three months later. Her resentment explodes into a painful admission about looks, attention, and feeling marked by her Jewish features while Sunny passes effortlessly.