dramatic contemporary plays to read

Summer at the Lake by Tennessee Williams is fantastic! It's a One Act Play, and is definitely on the more obscure side of the spectrum! Which is good if you are doing college auditions, and want a good monologue that isn't overdone. The character's name is Donald and the piece he's basically telling his mother he wants to be free and for her to stop controlling his life. It's a great monologue. You'll find the show/and the monologue in a book called Mister Paradise and Other One Acts...which is by Williams. This monologue is GREAT if you need monologues that are a minute or under! It's got punch without being to much or too long!

I'm actual quite terrible at finding audition monologues. Especially ones I connect with. This one particular one just happened to be a Gem that I found. It has undertones of Williams struggle with homosexuality even though the character isn't gay if that makes sense

Read The Normal Heart.

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