I Stand Before You Naked
by Joyce Carol Oates

This extraordinary collection of dramatic monologues by one of America's foremost women of letters rivals Talking With in dramatic intensity, language and sheer weirdness.

The evening begins and ends with the title poem, a haunting evocation of woman on the edge of madness and vulnerability.

There is humor here, but mostly the monologues are gripping portraits of the pathetic, the strange, and the horrifying.

Though I Stand Before You Naked is a collageplay, it should be performed in the following sequence, with a dramatic high point at Darling I'm Telling You and a resolution of sorts at Pregnant .

The first and final pieces are performed by the entire cast.

I Stand Before You Naked Little Blood-Button The Boy Wife Of...

The Orange Nuclear Holocaust Darling I'm Telling You Wealthy Lady Good Morning!

Good Afternoon!

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