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BroadwayGangster
#0Comtemporary Monologues-
Posted: 8/8/06 at 7:09pm

Can someone help me find one online? I can only find Dramatic/ COmedy but how do i know if any of those are Contemporary as well?? Please Help!

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Kimmygonbefamous
#1re: Comtemporary Monologues-
Posted: 8/8/06 at 7:17pm

Just figure out what play they're from, and when the play was written. That should let you know whether or not it's contemporary.


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professor
#2re: Comtemporary Monologues-
Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:56pm

"Online" is the worst place to find monologues-- get thee to a bookstore or a library, find yourself a collection of contemporary monologues (one that I often suggest is called "Moving Parts: Monologues from Contemporary Plays"). That's the best place to start...


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The Distinctive Baritone
#3re: Comtemporary Monologues-
Posted: 8/8/06 at 10:23pm

Well, yes, if you need a monologue ASAP a monologue book is the way to go. However, for the long term, try to read/see as many plays as possible as part of your "theater education," and you will come to find monologues that work for you. Sometimes I'll see a play and buy the script just so I can use a particular monologue as an audition piece.

But yeah, don't go online for monologues. I've tried--there's nothing of worth on there (unless of course, you're buying a script).


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