Help!! First timer.

[ObsessedWithRent2]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 2:23am

I need a monolouge!!!

Something small, and powerful, I think I'm going to try out for my first play as an unexperienced actress. I know the likely of me getting a call back is slim, but if I'm going to pursue in this? I will never know if I don't try... If you have a good monolouge please please let me know.

The play I am trying out for is called 'Whose Life is it Anyways?'

But the director whose my drama professor didn't say we would need one.. Would that be a cold reading? I am VERY new at this, BUT VERY serious too.

Mandie

[AngActing]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 12:39pm

If you "don't need a monologue" . . .then it is a 'cold reading' or 'reading from sides'. You can and should read the play "Whose Life Is It Anyway". That will help you a great deal more than a quick monologue for this sort of audition.

As for working on monologues, yes, do it . . .still you have time to do that. Work with an acting school or coach in your area. Oftentimes, your teacher will give you monologues that fit your age range and type.

Updated On: 10/24/07 at 12:39 PM

[WOSQ]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 1:23pm

Bear in mind that the play is a hybrid--many types of play in one script. It is a serious issue drama with comedic and romantic and philosophical parts. Also a tear-jerker but with no tears. Boy, that sounds like a contradiction right there.

After you're done, ask yourself, "Does this play have a happy or a sad ending?"

Are you doing the male lead or the female lead version?

[AngActing]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 2:27pm

>> Bear in mind that the play is a hybrid--many types of play in
>> one script.

WOSQ, that's a great point . . .although, as a beginner, I am not sure that Mandie is quite ready for that philosophical view or needs to do that much interpretation at this point. If she can read the play and understand the dialogue, is, in my humble opinion, her only real concern at this point.

Thus, her reading will sound, conversational and real and she'll know who she is speaking to, character-wise, at an audition.

The drama, romantic and philosophical tone and interpretation is best for the rehearsal process. Although, I see your point if she does use a monologue.

For instance . . . "Slow Dance On The Killing Ground" by William Hanley is a drama, yet comedic and has a great monologue for a young girl of about 19 years old area. And is the same tone as "Whose Life".

I did "Whose Life" when I was in my early 20s (the male version) and played the young nurse tending to the lead. Great show!