Male Monologue

[Crharrington1]

Posted: 10/29/03 at 2:51pm

I am looking for a good comedic male monologue in which I can be either nerdy or somewhat crazy. It needs to be something where the character is very tense...like a nerd or crazy person would be. Any ideas? Thanks.

[DefyingGravity]

Posted: 10/29/03 at 2:53pm

i used this at an audition once...and i got the job!

The Dreaded Word
Galanty Miller
Serio-Comic

Dave:

Sometimes i think having a family would be nice. but sometimes i dont. Sometimes i think having a stead job for the rest of my life and making alot of money would be nice. but sometimes i dont. like you said. i dont know where the finish line is, i wish God would just come down and tell me what to do. I wish God would just come down and tell me what to do. I wish he would say "get married. that what success is. have two kids, not one, and not three but two." whether i like the results or not, i just wish i knew what i was supposed to do, what the ending was. you would think God would do that when you're like eighteen or something. He'd invited you up for a beer and tell you what your purpose is. "Okay Dave, heres what i want you to do. i want you to get your masters degree, but dont go any further in school. Then i want you to keep your first job after school for about a year. Then i want you to keep your second job for the rest of your life." Life would be so much easier if God was more social. (pause) Do you believe in God?

[King Stevos]

Posted: 10/29/03 at 10:56pm

Look into Bogosian stuff, he has written a ton of over the top performance one man shows, my favorite POUNDING NAILS INTO THE FLOOR WITH MY FOREHEAD

BEST BET TO FIND SOMETHING QUICK AND EASY.

STEVOS

Posted: 10/29/03 at 11:11pm

I'd recommend a portion of Valere's (lengthy) monologue from La Bete by David Hirson. If you're a very physical actor, it can be divinely comedic.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/30/03 at 9:25am

Depending on what you are auditioning for, you might want to pull something from one of Woody Allen's movies and bump it up a notch.

I also had a lot of success with Bobby's monologue in "A Chorus Line" (which if you can't find the script, is pretty much intact in the movie).

Posted: 10/31/03 at 8:49pm

Check out DEEP SLEEPERS by Charles Leipart, published by Dramatists Play Service. It's a one act, quite crazy. Two characters.

Cheers, Bulldog.

[BillyLawlor]

Posted: 10/31/03 at 9:00pm

A nerdy monologue is one from "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". It's extremely easy to find. He's very nerdy, and talks to himself, and I used it a few times. It's an excellent monologue.

[JakeB]

Posted: 11/1/03 at 9:06am

I love this crazy one, it's from the film Witches of Eastwick.

(Daryl wanders in slowly, bewildered, bitter, very angry, shouting at times)

DARRYL

Sorry. Just having a little trouble, a little trouble at home. A little domestic trouble. Nothing to be alarmed at, just a little...female problem. Hi! (vomits on the crowd) Don't pay any attention! It's a cheap trick! Anybody can do it, I taught it to them myself! Ungrateful little BITCHES aren't they? Can I ask you something? You're all church going folk. I really want to ask you something. Do you think God knew what He was doing when He created...woman? Huh? No ****! I really want to know. Or do you think it was another one of His...minor mistakes like Earthquakes. Tidal waves. (kicks something out of his way) Floods! (pause) Think women are like that? (vomits again and looks around) What's the matter? You don't think God makes mistakes? Course He does. We all make mistakes! (pounding his chest) Of course when we make mistakes they call it evil! (grand gesture with mocking reverence) When God makes mistakes they call it nature! So what do you think? Women. A mistake?! Or did He DO IT TO US, ON PURPOSE? (pause) Because I really want to know! Because if it's a mistake maybe we can do something about it! Find a cure! Invent a vaccine! Build up our immune system! (laughing) Get a little exercise! You know, (grandiose) twenty push-ups a day, and you never have to be afflicted with women, EVER AGAIN!