Hey guys! Just wondering if there were any suggestions for a very funny female monologue for an audition I have. I've found a couple possible ones but I feel like there are better ones out there that I'm simply not thinking of. Any help would be great. Thank you!!!
There's one I am VERY fond of... Apparently, It's based on an old Gerard Hoffnung story. It's commonly known as "The Bricklayer's Lament"
Here's a fantastic version of it, by Terry Neason (who i has a pleasure to see, and meet, when she was in Gypsy, in Glasgow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNzYijcfa1U
Strictly speaking...It's not ONLY a female monologue...But this proves it CAN be one!
Hope this helps!
I've always loved Sally's monologue in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown:
"A "D"... a "D"... I got a "D" on my coat hanger sculpture. How could anyone get a "D" in coat hanger sculpture? May I ask a question? Was I being judged on the piece of sculpture itself? If so, is it not true that time alone can judge a work of art? Or was I being judged on my talent? If so, is it right that I be judged on a part of life over which I have no control? If I was judged on my effort then I was judged unfairly for I tried as hard as I could. Was I being judged on what I have learned about this project? If so, were then not you, my teacher, also being judged on your ability to transmit your knowledge to me? Are you willing to share my "D"? Well, perhaps I was being judged on the quality of the coat hanger itself, out of which my creation was made. Now is that not also unfair? Am I to be judged by the quality of the coat hangers that are used by our dry cleaning establishment to return our garments. Is this not the responsibility of my parents? Should they not share my "D"?"
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I HIGHLY recommend the books of original audition monologues co-authored by Jason Milligan, published by Samuel French, such as ENCORE and ACTORS WRITE FOR ACTORS. The latter has a hilarious piece called "Precarious Position," for instance. Also excellent are the annual anthologies of Best Stage Monologues published by Smith and Kraus. Though most of the monologues in these are "dramatic" (i.e., no laughs), there are still a lot of good comic pieces too.
Bananas's Times Square monologue from The House of Blue Leaves. Hilarious, zany, and when done right, also very touching.
Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
It's a one woman show which was performed by Lily Tomlin, written by Jane Wagner.
She plays a gaggle of different characters, so there is plenty to choose from.
Talking With by "Jane Martin" is also a monologue play, but the ones that are humorous are a bit darker and may not be what you are looking for.
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