Monologue Help

[SeanInTheSpotlight]

Posted: 2/17/10 at 7:52pm

As a Senior at my high school, we can do a small performance at our banquet. There are about four Seniors in Backstage Crew, and we want to do a small performance. I want to do a monologue and split it up between us. I would like it to have some sort of technical theater reference or backstage crew reference. I would like to hear some ideas, because I can not find anything. It does not have to be too long, but like I said I want to split it between about four people. It can be funny.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 2/17/10 at 9:03pm

Then you probably don't actually want a monologue...do you? Once you split it up it won't be nearly as coherent.

While I can't think of any specific "techie type" monologues or scenes, here's an idea that some of my techies did one year at our banquet:

They took a scene from some play with truly atrocious language. Then they changed all the swear words consistently with truly clean and goofy "acceptable" words. (ie. f-bomb was always "fornicate") THEN, they played the scene totally straight...with all the intensity it should of have with the more colorful language. It was hysterical.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 2/17/10 at 9:32pm

Likewise, no monologues come to mind, but Kiss Me Kate (particularly Another Openin', Another Show), Noises Off!, Curtains, and Putting It Together all had references to backstage goings-on. I'll try to think of a few more and some specifics.