Is Oleanna contemporary and realistic?

I am looking for a contemporary realistic play from which to get a monologue. Would Oleanna fit that category? I havent read the play but I know a monologue from it that I already have memorized. If not, can anyone give me ideas for a good monologue?

I didn't really like the play. Yes, its contemporary and real. I believe William H. Macy starred in the play's debut on Broadway.

Read the play. Don't ever do a monologue and not read the play it is from.

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I agree w/ capn...you MUST read the play to have even the slightest idea of a character, then you must develop it further.

aww I LOVED oleanna. Mamet, imo, is a literary genius.

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I love Oleanna. It was my through-line last year for school. There are some really great monologues in it. I know you already have it memorized, but just MAKE SURE that you ABSOLUTELY do it the way Mamet has written it to be done. I was being a reader at an audition awhile ago and the director knew a lot of Mamet and someone came in with a Carol monologue and the director afterwards just crossed her off his list because he could tell from hearing her that she had ignored every rhythmatic direction Mamet had laid down, and he thought if she couldn't take direction from the text itself, how could she take direction from an outside person? I don't know. Anyway, Oleanna is contemporary, realistic but you should definitely read the play before performing the piece.