Purpose: To assist in the promotion of No Shame as a growing network of member franchises by providing a source of quality scripts which new No Shames may use on nights when their line up is less than full so that their audience base may reasonably expect a full evening of theatre while they are building a core group of regular writers of their own.
Script pages marked with a
indicate that the author(s) has/have given permission for their piece to be used by performers at other No Shames to supplement their show when there is a shortage of scripts locally.
Restrictions On Use:The following monologues have been submitted to the No Shame First Aid Kit. Be sure to check for the.
Male Monologues:Female Monologues:
- $80 a Week by Todd Ristau
- Abandon the Theatre, for it is Going to BURN! by Todd Ristau
- According to David Harman, This Monologue is All about Sex by Adam Hahn
- An Account of a Fictional Story, Repeated Word for Word as It May Have Happened by Jesse Wozniak
- As Dumb As They Tell Us to Be (Another Archie Levine "Here's What I Think" Piece) by Todd Ristau
- The Baron Speaks (with variable male extras) by Todd Ristau
- The Best Sex I Ever Had by Joshua James
- Black Enough? by Lee Moyer
- Business Casual or She Started It by Adam Hahn
- A Call to Action by Howard Zimmerle
- Can You Tell Me How to Get (Fill in the Blank) or I Have Never Even Met a Real Prostitute by Luke Pingel
- Cedar Tree by Luke Pingel
- Chicken Sunday by Todd Ristau
- Composition by John Shirley
- A Contest by Howard Zimmerle
- County Pick-Up by Todd Ristau
- Dave the Angry Suburban Poet - My Grill by Sean Nitchmann
- Dave the Angry Suburban Poet - My Lawn by Sean Nitchmann
- Death of a Superman by Lee Moyer
- Denial of Service: A Sermon for the First Church of Judith by Lee Moyer
- Deutschesangstlied by James Erwin
- Discount Bob by Sean Nitchmann
- Dishwasher by Todd Ristau
- Distain (short) by Joshua James
- Dump by Todd Ristau
- The End of the World by Todd Ristau
- The Excalibur by Luke Pingel
- An Exorcism: Out with That Demon Shame by Lee Moyer
- Ex-Prize Fighter by Todd Ristau
- An Experiment in Reportage by Lee Moyer
- A Feeling of Death by Lee Moyer
- Fine Christian Gentleman (with 2 male audience plants) by Todd Ristau
- Fire, Etc. by Todd Ristau
- Firebug by Todd Ristau
- Fishin' Again with Old Man Rickert by Luke Pingel
- Four Cycle: pt5 - The Neighbor on the Porch Swing by Drake Iowa
- Freaks by Lee Moyer
- Fred the Fag by Joshua James
- Friendship is For Pussies or Have You Ever Noticed That Adam Hahn's Characters Never Get Laid? by Adam Hahn
- Get Down on Your Fucking Knees, You Miserable Wretches, for I Bring You Theatre by James Erwin
- George Donner's Dying Thoughts by Todd Ristau
- The Golem's Tale by Lee Moyer
- Gram by Todd Ristau
- The Green Man by Todd Ristau
- The Happiest Place on Earth by Scott McGee
- How I Didn't Lose My Virginity by Todd Ristau
- How I Know for a Fact that Ronald Reagan is the Anti-Christ by Todd Ristau
- I Am God by Todd Ristau
- I Feel Fine by Todd Ristau
- I Love My Mom by James Erwin
- I Was There or Lisa (short) by Todd Ristau
- If I Had $1.50 by Jesse Wozniak and Howard Zimmerle
- In Honor of Beer by Joshua James
- It's Raining Patti Lupone or Three Odes by Mike Rothschild
- Jihad: 2003 by John Shirley
- Judith Christmas! A Sermon for the First Church of Judith by Lee Moyer
- Kesseberg's Speech (with 1 female audience plant) by Todd Ristau
- Letter from Major Oglethorpe, Army Intelligence by Clinton Johnston
- Message on My Machine by Joshua James
- Millie by Todd Ristau
- Monster Truck (with variable neutral extras) by Todd Ristau
- Mortichi Krable by Todd Ristau
- My First Time or Sometimes the Truth Can Be Too Much by N. David Philips
- My Life, My Heart, Fuck You and Yours by Todd Ristau
- Myth Explosion (short) by Dave Ulrich
- A Necessary Precondition by Todd Ristau
- Nikos' Birthday by Todd Ristau
- No Shame Manifesto by Todd Ristau
- Not in the Business of Making Converts to Vegetarianism by Todd Ristau
- One Last Parody While My Feeble Brain Stalls for Time by James Erwin
- Owning Up by Lee Moyer
- Piece for Memorial Day 2001 by Todd Ristau
- Professional Guitar Smashing Consultant by Sean Nitchmann
- The Putnam Parallelogram by Todd Ristau
- Rabbit by Todd Ristau
- Samurai Scott and the Wizard of SARS (with variable neutral extras) by Scott McGee
- Scott McGee's Profiles from the Front Line - Montana by Scott McGee
- A Seduction by Jesse Wozniak
- Shallow, Shallow Love by James Erwin
- Shipwrecked Person or Old Naufrago by Todd Ristau
- Ristau by Clinton A. Johnston
- The Steely Dan Piece by Clinton Johnston
- Strum It by Todd Ristau
- Subliminal Message by Joshua James
- Substitute Preacher by Lee Moyer
- Thinkerspeak (with 2 male and 1 female extras) by John Shirley
- "Time" (with male voiceover) by Brian Anderson
- To Serve by Joshua James
- Trick or Treat by Sean Nitchmann
- Unsafe at Any Cost (Another Archie Levine Piece) by Todd Ristau
- Unusual Suspects by Lee Moyer
- Valentine's Day Haiku (short) by Todd Ristau
- The Voice of Authority Part II by Sean Nitchmann
- Water Off My Back by Brian Anderson
- What Am I Saying? by Todd Ristau
- What Bill Johnson Taught Me by Sean Nitchmann
- Whipping Boy by John Shirley
- Why I Stopped Smoking Pot by Todd Ristau
- Willie the Wanker by Joshua James
- The Wm. S. Burroughs Puppet Show by Lee Moyer
- Young Adolf by Todd Ristau
Neutral Monologues:
- Cool Lesbians by Clinton A. Johnston
- The Dream Life of Frostie Cribbs by Shannon McCormick (based on material provided by Amy McCurdy)
- Happy Mother's Day, My Son by H.B. McGrew
- The Mall of the Afterlife (with 1 male and 1 female audience plants) by H.B. McGrew
- Mass Destruction by Todd Ristau
- No Shame Piece for Erin Quinn by Todd Ristau
- The People's Republic of Theatre, Part 1 or Erin Brown Took the Crown by Shannon McCormick (adapted from material supplied by Lee Eddy)
- See If I Care (with variable male extras) by Scott McGee
- Taking Sides by Clinton A. Johnston
- Ballad of Little Bear by Joshua James
- Coasting on Good Looks and Popularity (short) by James Erwin
- Delicious by Lee Moyer
- Four Cycle: pt6b - Family Reunion (short) by Drake Iowa
- Fuck All Y'all (with variable neutral extras) by Joshua James
- Fuck All Y'all Part TWo: The Entertainment Report (with variable neutral extras) by Joshua James
- God Bless America by Jesse Wozniak
- God Does Bless America by Jesse Wozniak
- Hail to the Thief by Jesse Wozniak
- Home Truths by Lee Moyer
- In Situ (with 1 male and 2 female background actors) by James Horak
- Legless Cheetah (short) by Shannon McCormick
- The Lights Came Up by Sean Nitchmann
- Live from No Shame Theatre by Jesse Wozniak
- An Ode to Beer and Other Life Affirming Substances by Jesse Wozniak
- Odious Words and Phrases by Todd Ristau
- The Party Programme by Jesse Wozniak
- Piece for February 17th 1989 by Todd Ristau
- Porno for Dada by Clinton A. Johnston
- A Selection of Quotations for These Troubled Times by Sean Nitchmann
- The Story of Krishna-mas by Clinton Johnston
- Table Tapping Sex Magicians or Just Say No to Ouija by Todd Ristau
- Time Lost by Clinton A. Johnston
- A Town Like Alice by Lee Moyer
- Toyotathon by Lee Moyer
- The Voice of Authority Part I by Sean Nitchmann
- Yanni by Clinton A. Johnston
1) Inclusion in the First Aid Kit implies permission to perform the piece ONLY at an AUTHORIZED No Shame franchise (i.e., one which has a presence at the www.noshame.org website).
2) Pieces MUST be given due authorship credit in the order for the evening in which the piece is included.
3) Performance of the piece must be as indicated by the stage directions and indications given in the original piece as posted in the library.
4) No changes or alterations may be made in the text, costuming, or blocking as originally given in the copyrighted text.
5) Notice must be sent to the the author during the following week that their script was performed at the franchise No Shame, by email directly to the author and/or through Jeff Goode at noshth@aol.com.
6) A "review" of the piece must appear on the host No Shame's message board during the week following the performance of the piece.