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Making the Most of the SAG-AFTRA Strike: A Guide for Actors

Ilana Rapp — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:34:07 +0000

Since July 14, 2023, the American actors’ union Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has been on strike over an ongoing labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Negotiations. You can read the details HERE and see an update below. While not working in the business, it’s […]

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Behind the Curtain: What Families of Child Actors Go Through

Ilana Rapp — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:50:33 +0000

Behind the curtain — the real lowdown of what show biz families go through — is a topic rarely discussed. From the early days of Hollywood to the present, child actors have always been a significant part of the entertainment industry. They’re often cast in movies, television shows, commercials and plays because of their natural […]

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WILD HONEY – Adult Female – Dramedy

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:02:31 +0000

WILD HONEY – Anna Petrovna confronts her husband about his deceit. 1-2 min. ANNA PETROVNA – How can you say that? How can you lie to me, on such a night as this, beneath such a sky? Tell your lies in autumn, if you must, in the gloom and the mud, but not now, not here. […]

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FENCES – Adult Female – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:44:44 +0000

FENCES – Rose finally tells Troy how she feels. Dramatic monologue for adult female. 1-2 min. ROSE: I been standing with you! I been right here with you, Troy. I got a life too. I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot with you. Don’t you think I ever wanted other things? […]

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SNAKEBIT – Adult Male – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:29:24 +0000

SNAKEBIT – Jonathan reassures Michael that everything will be okay. 1-2 min. JONATHAN: I can’t believe you never told me you slept with my wife three months before I was married. Don’t say anything. I don’t want you to say anything. I just think there’s been too many secrets at the table, that’s all. I don’t […]

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SPIKE HEELS – Adult Female – Dramedy

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 17:03:21 +0000

SPIKE HEELS – Georgie tells off Lydia. 1-2 min. GEORGIE – I understand you all right. This part, I think I got down solid. But what I don’t have, you know- what I want to know is- if you’re so fucking real, Lydia, then what the hell are you doing here? I mean, if you’re so […]

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PROOF – Adult Female – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:49:25 +0000

PROOF – Catherine gave up her life and schooling to take care of her father until his recent death. 1-2 min. CATHERINE: I lived with him. I spent my life with him. I fed him. Talked to him. Tried to listen when he talked. Talked to people who weren’t there . . . Watched him shuffling around […]

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CRIMES OF THE HEART – Adult Female – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:38:11 +0000

CRIMES OF THE HEART: Babe tells the court what happened after shooting her husband. 2-3 min. BABE: After I shot Zackery, I put the gun down on the piano bench, and then I went out into the kitchen and made up a pitcher of lemonade. I was dying of thirst. My mouth was just as dry […]

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LAUNDRY AND BOURBON – Adult Female – Comedic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:31:44 +0000

LAUNDRY AND BOURBON – Hattie talks on the phone with her children. 1-2 min. HATTIE: Say mind if I use your phone? Figure I better check on the kids. No telling what devilment they’ve gotten up to. (Dialing.) Everything gonna turn out fine you’ll see. (On the phone.) Hello? Cheryl? Cheryl dear, this is Mommy. . . Mommy. . . […]

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RECENT TRAGIC EVENTS – Adult Female – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:16:59 +0000

RECENT TRAGIC EVENTS – Waverly tries to explain to Andrew what it’s like having a twin. 2-3 min. WAVERLY: Do you know what it’s like to have a twin? No you don’t. Because it’s really different from not having one. It’s so much different and better, you can’t even imagine! And if something’s happened to her … […]

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THIS IS OUR YOUTH – Young Adult Female – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:12:48 +0000

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? Well…OK…It’s just – This is getting a little weird now, because when I talked to […]

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IT’S ONLY A PLAY – Adult Female – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:01:38 +0000

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 as your last picture.” My agent told me. “Bullshit,” I told him. “Nothing’s as bad […]

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A DOLL’S HOUSE – Adult Female – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:53:48 +0000

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 had the same opinions; and if I differed from him I concealed the fact, because […]

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IN THE NEXT ROOM – Adult female – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:15:57 +0000

IN THE NEXT ROOM – Elizabeth says goodbye to Mrs. Givings. Dramatic monologue for adult female. 2 min. ELIZABETH: My mother told me to pray each day since I was a little girl, to pray that you borrow everything, everyone you love, from God. That way your heart doesn’t ‘break when you have to give […]

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Fall in Love with Monologues

Kelly Calabrese — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:01:00 +0000

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 at monologues that can make you actually “fall in love,” according to Karen Kohlhaas, monologue […]

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RED – Young Adult Male – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:43:38 +0000

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 the man! You stand there trying to look so deep when you’re nothing but a […]

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PTERODACTYLS – Adult Female – Comedic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:56:07 +0000

PTERODACTYLS – Emma Duncan, a hypochondriac with memory problems. Comedic monologue for adult females. 2-3 min. EMMA: Hello everybody. I’m dead. How are you? I’m glad I killed myself. I’m not recommending it for others, mind you—no Dr. Kevorkian am I. But it’s worked out for me. Looking back, I don’t think I was every supposed to […]

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THE GLASS MENAGERIE – Adult Male – Dramatic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:47:25 +0000

THE GLASS MENAGERIE – Tom works at a shoe warehouse to support his family but is frustrated by his job and aspires to be a poet. 1-2 min. TOM: What do you think I’m at? Aren’t I supposed to have any patience to reach the end of, Mother? You think I’m crazy about the warehouse? You think […]

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LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN – Adult Female – Comedic

DirectSubmit Monologue Database — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:32:02 +0000

LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN – Lady Windermere is getting ready for her birthday’s ball when the Duchess of Berwick pays her a visit, suggesting that her husband is seeing another woman. Comedic Monologue for Adult Female. 2-3 min. DUCHESS OF BERWICK: “Ah, what indeed, dear? That is the point. He goes to see her continually, and stops for […]

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The Bard on the Bay: Stratford-upon-Avon Meets Silicon Valley With the Shakespeare Pro App

Kurtis Bright — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:47:23 +0000

A Conversation With Actor and App Developer Ron Severdia If anyone might have legit reasons to get frustrated with the modern world’s total enchantment with cell phones, it’s actors. For starters, how about when someone’s phone rings in the theater while you’re in the middle of your big monologue? Or the annoying glow of […]

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