Need a Monologue?

• Monologue selection due Friday; perform from memory on Monday
  • Lowther must not have heard this previous monologue from you already
  • As close to one-minute as possible
  • Submit monologue on a piece of paper with the following:
    • Title of play and playwright
    • Written monologue text
    • A written summary, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, of CONTEXT:
      • Character (actual)
      • Motivation (internal and external)
      • Action (before, during, after)
    • A written response explaining why you chose this monologue (CONNECT)

• Theatrefolk has some good free resources:
  • Monologues for Girls
  • Monologues for Guys
  • Advice for CHOOSING a monologue (PDF file)
• 5 Alternative Classical Monologues for Men
• The Monologuer from Backstage.com (free but some annoying pop-ups--just click, "No, I don't want to audition")
  • Teen Monologues
  • General Monologues
• ​I have many more from Theatrefolk and others, including full scripts, printed in my classroom--you just have to ask and make time to come down and look!

• An Actor’s 5-Minute Exercise for Memorizing a Monologue
• The Backstage Guide to Delivering a Monologue