THIS IS OUR YOUTH – Jessica Goldman, an “anxiously insightful” fashion student, comes over and Warren hopes that he can use the money to entice her into bed. 2-3 min. JESSICA: Don’t you guys get into like, comparing notes and stuff? ...
IT’S ONLY A PLAY – Virginia, the star of the fictional play, complains about her agent. Dramatic Monologue for adult female. 1-2 min. VIRGINIA: They ain’t doing anything. They tried that number on me out in Hollywood. “You’re only as good ...
A DOLL’S HOUSE – Nora finally opens up to her husband, Torvald. Dramatic monologue for adult women. 2-3 min. NORA: It is perfectly true, Torvald. When I was at home with papa, he told me his opinion about everything, and so I ...
“Can of Vegetables” from the film “Wet Hot American Summer.” Gene introduces the camp to a new friend. 1-2 minutes. GENE: I wanna thank all of you for a terrific summer. Cooking for all you nice people has really helped me ...
“I pretended to be asleep from the film “Hall Pass.” Maggie explains why she’s giving her husband a hall pass. 1-2 min. MAGGIE: Remember last week when we went to Lucy’s award thing? That night when we got home, Rick and ...
THE BOOK OF MORMON – Elder Price has finally had it with… well, everything! 1 min. ELDER PRICE: Well, well… If it isn’t the SUPER MORMON. Spreading “the word”?! Making more – BRAIN WASHED ZOMBIES?! How is it YOU converted all those ...
“Poor little rabbit” from the film “Gangs of New York.” The Butcher asks the cop to find who’s responsible for the rabbit’s death. 1 min. THE BUTCHER: That’s a sorry looking pelt…and it’s been so nice and quiet for the last ...
“You can’t handle the truth” from the film “A Few Good Men.” Jessup is in court and confronts Kaffee about the reasons and facts that he can’t understand regarding what is necessary to keep the country safe. 1-2 min. JESSUP: You can’t ...
“It’s called the carousel,” from the TV Show “Mad Men”. While delivering a presentation, Don misses his family. 3-4 Min. DON: Well, technology is a glittering lure. But, uh, there is the rare occasion when the public can be engaged on a ...
Drilling through a monologue can often feel as nerve-racking as a trip to the dentist’s office. It can make your jaw bolt shut and mind race to do something, anything else! Yet there is another approach. A way to look ...
“Every girl is afraid of you” From the Film “Mean Girls.” Ms. Norbury tells the class how their lives will turn out if things don’t change. 1-2 min. Written by: Tina Fey MS. NORBURY: Regina George. Every girl here is afraid ...
“I want to read you all something” From the Film “Captain Fantastic.” Ben brings his kids to their mother’s funeral. 2-3 min. Written by: Matt Ross BEN: I’ll take that as my cue, if I may. First off, Leslie practiced Buddhism. Which, ...
A RAISIN IN THE SUN – 20-year old Beneatha is currently going to college and some of her personal beliefs and views have distanced her from conservative family. She dreams of being a doctor and struggles to determine her identity as ...
RED – Ken angrily addresses the numerous issues he has with Rothko. From the play Red by John Logan. 3-4 min. KEN: (Explodes.) Bores you?! Bores you?! – Christ almighty trying working for you for a living! – The talking-talking-talking-jesus-christ-won’t-he-ever-shut-up titanic self-absorption of ...
“A star does not compete with other stars around it; it just shines.” – author Matshona Dhliwayo Anyone who has been in the acting game for more than five minutes realizes that it’s a crowded industry. Who among us hasn’t ...
My head is exploding from speaking with Larry Silverberg, one of the leading authorities on the Meisner acting technique. What makes Larry an authority? Well, Mr. Sanford Meisner was Larry’s acting coach. ‘Nuff said! Larry, who has been teaching acting for ...
As actors we spend a lot of time obsessing about auditions – with good reason, of course. We are in the only profession that I know of that requires workers to go to job interview after job interview for much ...
The audition, and specifically the monologue audition is probably the most discussed–and stressed-about–aspect of being an actor. And with good reason. No matter how long you’ve been in the game the monologue audition remains a challenge. But here’s the good ...
We spend a lot of time talking about–and let’s be honest, stressing about–monologue auditions. It makes sense that our focus would be there of course; after all, generally speaking the monologue audition is the first step. It’s the initial test ...
As actors we all have our personal strengths. Like a baseball power hitter, we all have our wheelhouse–in other words our favorite type of role to play: that sweet spot where we’re confident we can hit it out of the ...