MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
#0MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:00pm
Hi!
I have receive tons of help by veiwing other messages on this site and have decided to finally post my own message! I am auditoning for a youth version of Les Miserables and am loking for a monologue. I am a 16 year old female and am looking for a drmatic monologue but am still not very good at picking them out! Also, I do not know whether to sing from the show or not. I was thinking about "I Dreamed a Dream" but do not know if they would want to hear that or not. I was also thinking about "Without You" from My Fair Lady, but was wondering if I should since I have already done the part of Eliza and will have that on my resume??!! Any help would e great since I don't have much time!! Thank you so much!
#1re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:03pm
first of all- do have to sing for the audition? did they say prepare a song? and if so, what is your range? for monolouges... let me think for a minute...
#2re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:07pm
heres one- dont know if its what you are looking for
Original Piece by Jennifer Godwin
Character: Jenn
Gender: Female
Age (range): 13-21
Style: Drama
Length: 2 minutes
Background Info: The teenage girl is chatting with her friend on the phone making fun of a school outcast just before tragedy strikes.
Did you see what Susan Benning was wearing last week? How Gothic can you get? (pause) Well, try being her neighbor! Last saturady she came by my house to ask if I wanted to see some new exhibit called " the Forgotten History Of Pilgrims" (pause) I know! Snore City! (pause) Of course I told her no! I can't risk my reputation by hanging out with that nut! I mean...she's nice and all but sometimes you have to draw a line (pause) Augh, hang on! Call waiting. (presses a button on the phone and puts it back to her ear) Hello? (pause) Oh... Hi,Mrs. Benning (pause). No, my mom isn't here can I take a mess (pause) What? (in shock) SS..Susan what? (trying to register what she has been told) Calm down, Mrs. Benning! What happened? (pause) Was she in an accident? (pause) (shock) SSS..SSuicide? Oh my god. (pause) Um, yeah. I'll tell my mom... bye. (presses a button on the phone and holds it to her ear) (talks softly on the verge of tears) Mindy? I..aa..have to call you back. (pause) I don't want to talk about it (pause) (sudden anger) I said I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!! (hangs up phone).
#3re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:17pm
I hoping that you might have access to a library so that you can look at some of these:
1. Nedda from Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? It's the one that starts "I'd like to ask Tommy if he loves me."
2. Sophie from The Star-Spangled Girl. It's the one that starts with "Mr. Cornell, Ah have tried to be neighborly"
3. Babe from Crimes Of The Heart. It starts with "And we were just standing around on the back porch playing with Dog."
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#4re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:26pmWould Roxie's monologue in Chicago be appropriate? I am not sure about that one.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#5re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:28pmThey did say to prepare 16 bars of singing. I am technically a mezzo soprano but d not have a belting voice. I do well with Scarlett Pimpernell/ Jekell and Hyde stuff. Range is F# below middle C to A# 2 octaves above midle C though I am most comfortable only up to F. Thanks for your help!
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#6re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:36pm
"I See a River" - Urinetown
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#7re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:42pm
To the person who suggested "Crimes of the Heart," you do know Babe is supposed to be in her mid 30s and was married? Right?
My suggestion is go to the library and just spend a few hours reading through monologue books and make copies of anything that appeals to you, but make sure it's age appropriate, because Babe from COTH is not really appropriate for a 16 year old considering she is a 30 year old woman who recently shot her husband. But, yeah, look @ some books and see what fancies you.
Updated On: 11/9/04 at 10:42 PM
BEKA531
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#9re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:44pmhmm...im trying to think of songs that arent over done...crap maybe " without you" from rent? i havent heard it in a while.
#10re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:46pm
is there any subject you would like to have a monolougue on? i have a good one but the earliest i could get it to you tomorrow- its about a persons invisible friend and she is in high school... its really sad. When is the audition?
#11re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:51pmI like "Without You, but don't know if that would show my the range needed in a show like Les Mis. That monologue sounds great! Tomorrow is fine. The audition is on Saturday.
#12re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:55pmalright- ill get it from Kristin - i work with her, she is AMAZING- tomorrow. IF you really want, you could try putting it up an octive, but then it might be too high. I take it youa re going for cosette?
Jess1483
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/04
#13re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:57pmCheck your pm's.
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our fingers through the flame?
Why do we leave our hands on the stove, although we know we're in for some pain?
-tick...tick...BOOM!
#14re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 11:03pmcosette or fantine...actually i would really like fantine, but this is a prety ig theatre that I have never done anything at, so I am just trying to get my foot in the door.
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Posted: 11/9/04 at 11:05pmFantine-she has a lower range so "Without You" might be good- if you were going for Cosette i would say a higher. Break a Leg.
#16re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 11:17pm
"To the person who suggested "Crimes of the Heart," you do know Babe is supposed to be in her mid 30s and was married? Right?"
Only a part of that is right. Babe is NOT in her mid 30s, as a matter of fact she is the youngest of the three sisters who have come together for the 30th birthday of their oldest sister Lenny. Yes, Babe IS married but she is also very child like as one can see if they actually read the monologue that I suggested. It's a monologue that I've given to a number of young female students and it's one that you can find in many monologue books for young actors.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
grownupgroupie
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/04
#17re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 11:47pm
Please try to stay close to your age range--it makes it easier for everyone involved....and try to use something from a play vs. a monologue book.
There was a thread like this a few days ago (I think she was 17?) but I suggested:
How I Learned to Drive (Vogel)
Bash (LaBute)
Uncommon Women and Others (Wasserstein)
This is Our Youth (Lonergan)
...These are if they wanted a contemporary piece, of course.
If they want more period, I'd take a look at some Chekov. It's period but not verse, the historical time isn't too far off from Les Mis, and there are lots of young girl/teenage roles....Nina in The Seagull, Sonya in Uncle Vanya, Anya in Cherry Orchard....this would work for the pathos of Fantine or Cosette.
OH--and as long as I'm adding way more than my $.02, don't do something from Rent. I love the show, but the style's totally different. Scarlet Pimpernel or My Fair Lady (but a ballad, not Wouldn't it be Loverly!) might be better choices?
Break a leg!
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Posted: 11/9/04 at 11:52pm
"and try to use something from a play vs. a monologue book."
Um . . . . Monologues in monologue books come from plays.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
Jess1483
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/04
#19re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 11:54pmpab--not all of them
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our fingers through the flame?
Why do we leave our hands on the stove, although we know we're in for some pain?
-tick...tick...BOOM!
#20re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 11:57pmI think I would be correct if I said that 90% of them do. I'm looking at a particular monologue book for your actors right now and ALL of the monologues in that book are from plays.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
Jess1483
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/04
#21re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/9/04 at 11:59pmWell, there are specific books with monologues from shows (and there are plenty of them) and there are other books with monologues written as monologues. If you look at the right books, you can definitely find monologues from plays.
Why do we play with fire?
Why do we run our fingers through the flame?
Why do we leave our hands on the stove, although we know we're in for some pain?
-tick...tick...BOOM!
Belle-arina
Understudy Joined: 9/1/04
#22re: MONOLOGUE FOR 16 FEMALE??
Posted: 11/10/04 at 11:08am
I don't really have a monologue for you, but I was just wondering if anyone else was surprised that she had to prepare a monologue for Les Miz--it's on operetta, there isn't really any speaking in it.
Oh well, I was just wondering, because I've never had to prepare a monologue for an operetta before.
Break a leg!
And as for songs, I would stay away from anything from the show--but you might want to pick a song in a similar style (like Miss Saigon, or Jekyl and Hyde). Just a thought.
"No thoughts within her head, but thoughts of joy.....no dreams within her heart but dreams of love."
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