college auditions

[waterlilychild]

Posted: 8/7/04 at 10:52pm

Help! I'm auditioning for colleges this fall and I have had a horrible time looking for monologues. I need something contemporary, for a female in her late teens/early 20's either comedic or dramatic, 1-2 minutes. I keep running into the same monologues I cannot relate to, or are too cliche...help!
Thanks!

[secret-soul]

Posted: 8/7/04 at 11:12pm

Read plays. Seriously, you have to read the play before understanding the monologue fully. I would suggest looking into all the Samuel French or Dramatists Inc. catelogues and looking for plays that way. A good contemporary female play is The Last Flapper (original title: Zelda) by William Luce. Also, Womanspeak is good, if your looking for a short play.

[VoiceofReason]

Posted: 8/7/04 at 11:15pm

Hi there! I have tons that I can recommend (I was recently at a summer program that focused on college auditions), but are there any basic stats about you that would influence what type of monologue. It's hard otherwise to narrow down. but just kind of basic physicality (in terms of how comfortable you would be getting physical with a monologue) and in addition to many 'color-blind' monologues, I also have a few that are excellent for certain races/ethinicities, etc.. Feel free to PM me or respond here. But otherwise, just start reading plays. Not only may they help you find monologues, but its good to have a steady stream of playwrights and plays running through your head, so that you become more knowledgeable in the area which you presumably want to be studying.
~m~

Updated On: 8/7/04 at 11:15 PM

[secret-soul]

Posted: 8/7/04 at 11:45pm

voice, i heart your icon.

[Coondiggitydogg]

Posted: 8/8/04 at 10:31am

IN THE SAME SHIP. I am a male getting ready for college auditions. I have "i hate hamlet" for a contemporary comedic monologue, but i have been reading and reading and nothing hits me for dramatic classical. i could u some help thanks. further info on myself. I am 6'4" 190. so not skinny, but not fat, if that makes sense

[PJ]

Posted: 8/8/04 at 11:34am

Where all are you applying, coon? I know some colleges ask you to not use anything from I Hate Hamlet in your artistic review due to it's being wayyy overdone. Just letting you know.