Monologue Help Please

[jacobp]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 2:07pm

I am trying to get some great monologues in my "lineup" for auditions and such and was hoping I could get some help. I like monologues from known playwrites and plays ( I know its limiting but hey). I am a Male looking for a wide range comedy drama the works. Right now I am looking at Angels in AAmerica laramie Project and Glenngarry glen ross any help would be GREATLY appreciated thank youu
Updated On: 1/23/08 at 02:07 PM

[jacobp]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:08am

bump

[Copeman63]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:11am

Just a tip, but you might think of changing your subject line to "I need help with a monologue", because people are probably just annoyed with the all caps and extra letters... Just a thought, though.

[jacobp]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:14am

agreed

[moulin724rouge]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:50am

i think u should avoid angels in america....as much as i love the show...the monologues are super pverdone

[Dancin Thru Life]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 10:12am

There's good monologues from many great shows that I have used or seen used. Here are a couple:

* To Kill a Mockingbird (Atticus in the court room scene)
* Laramie Project (Rulan Stacey - this might be one you've already seen?)
* The Fantasticks (Gallo explaing Love)
* Death of a Salesman (Willy asking for a job in the Home Office)

Also, check out Neil Simon's "RUMORS" and "LOST IN YONKERS" for some.

Go to your local Library, or Barnes and Noble, or Borders. They have a whole section of these things.

Also, a quick search on your favorite internet search engine will yield countless THOUSANDS of free monologues from every genre you can think of.

P.S. Don't do comedy unless you are SURE you can pull it off. The only way to be sure is to try it out on some friends! Most people can't get away with it!

GOOD LUCK!

[WOSQ]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 10:49am

The title role in "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" by Lorraine Hansberry has many speeches that can be stitched together for monologues. Also David in Act III, Scene 1 has a double-edged monologue, sweet with under-lying hardness, and Alton in Act II, Scene 2 or 3 has a slightly drunken rant. All of these characters are very complex. They may say one thing while thinking another.

The play also has many scenes for acting classes (and many monologues for women too).

This play is my all-time favorite bad play. It doesn't work as a whole, but the parts are spectacular.

And very few people use these any more.