Women on Fire

by Irene O'Garden

This evening of twelve emotionally charged monologues starred Judith Ivey Off Broadway, where its run was extended twice. From ad exec to Midwest mom to care-giver to construction worker, each character is on fire in her own way - with passion, fear, self-discovery, even shopping Exploring the breadth of women's issues with humor and wisdom, the monologues offer excellent roles for one or more mature actresses. Women on Fire earned the highest rating for audience satisfaction from the Wall Street Journal/Zagat Theatre Survey.

Genres: Plays

56 pages, Paperback

First published November 24, 2010

About the author

Irene O’Garden has won or been nominated for prizes in nearly every writing category from stage to e-screen, hardcovers, as well as literary magazines and anthologies. Her critically-acclaimed play Women On Fire, (Samuel French) played sold-out houses at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award.

O’Garden won a Pushcart Prize for her lyric essay “Glad To Be Human,” (Untreed Reads.) Harper published her first memoir Fat Girl; her second, Risking the Rapids: How My Wilderness Adventure Healed My Childhood is forthcoming from Mango (January 31, 2019)
O’Garden’s poems and essays have been featured in dozens of literary journals and award-winning anthologies. Fulcrum (Nirala, 2017) is her first poetry collection.

Irene is also a Poetry Educator with the Hudson Highlands chapter of the national River Of Words program, connecting children to nature via poetry and art. Her latest children's book, Forest What Would You Like (Holiday House) grew out of this work.

Harper published her other two children's books. Maybe My Baby sold over 90,000 copies, and The Scrubbly Bubbly Car Wash won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award.

She and her husband writer John Pielmeier have lived joyfully together for over 40 years.

Irene loves words, those who craft them and those who give time to reading them. Which would be you. Thanks.

Reviews

[Gail Griffith · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't really get the concept. It's a series of monologues and most of the characters are over forty, so it might be a good resource for audition pieces.

[Tati Arias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting writing tbh

[Justin Melter · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Goodreads First Reads Winner! I just did not like this one. It didn't flow, many times I was left wondering what exactly I had just read. I get the overall idea of the book and some of the monologues were ok but I just didn't seem to be an overly big fan of the entire compilation. Thanks for sending this out! 2/5

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very strong characters! Makes me proud to be a woman!

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This to me was like a good variety appetizer plate. But without an entree. Very interesting characters and I think a full novel could be separately written on each and every one of these ladies.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of power packed into a few pages. Great book to have.