Beautiful in Hats is a collection of monologues for women, ages 20-85. The women are from all walks of life, ages and difficulties. One is an elderly Newport Matron considering selling her "cottage" which was her family home; another is a young woman who seeing "moon-men" in her back yard. She is afraid she is going mad but would still like to talk with them; A very wealthy woman wonders aloud to a friend what to do with the painting which was given to her husband by his ex-wife, because the colors are all wrong for their apartment; A stripper/dancer tries to explain how she looks beautiful in hats; A woman who is going blind is ashamed to tell anyone but confesses to her doctor; An elderly once-famous actress gives a lecture while slightly inebriated (3 martinis); A young woman dying of cancer would just like to drive across the country once more with her husband who is a trucker.