I'm in dire need of a monologue for an audition I have coming up in February. I want something that has a wide range of emotion, maybe even some action. Anyone got any ideas, or pieces that they've used before that would be a good idea? It's my first audition for something other than school, so help would be greatly appreciated.
My best friend wrote this It's a piece from her novel. It's been used before and won a some people some parts. "I won't go into detail about my therapy with any of the six million people I've seen. They all told me the same shit, textbook, ya know? You learn to predict what they're going to say to you before it even pops into their brains that thats what they want to tell you. People have to go and hang themselves before someone realizes that, hey maybe this person needs to talk to someone. We all need to talk to someone. We're all so fucking lonely, why doesn't anyone realize that?. People get jobs, and they just do it. They forget what it's like to feel desperate, hopeless, trapped. Instead, they live it. They follow scheduals and live by the clock. They drink three cups of coffee a day. They go home and they kiss their lovers or children, and pretend that they still know them. When there alone they find solace in a flickering box- a T.V., some porno, a bit of alcohol, a crossword. Anything that makes them forget that their still existing. And these are the stable ones."
wow, i love that monologue above... i think i might save it and use it sometime soon... this is a great site for monologues from movies and whatnot: http://www.whysanity.net/monos/ I got a part using the really short one Wednesday does in the Addams Family, hehe. It's on that site.
Find a monologue from a published play If you are auditioning for a contemporary play, find a monologue from a contemporary play. the play you get your monologue from should not be much older than the play you are auditioning for. If you are auditioning for an older play monologues from older plays are good. ALWAYS (even if you disreguard the rest of my advise) chose a monologue that is age race and sex appropriate. For example if you are a white female in her early 20's, don't do a monologue spoken by a man, don't do a monologue spoke by someone who is more than 5 years older or younger than you, and don't do a monologue that is spoken by someone who is a different race than you. it only makes you look stupid to a director if you are trying to play someone who you are radically different from. Hope that helps!
hmmmm, well, a monolauge that's always fun to do is smeegol and galum from lord of the rings. you can definatley impress if your good with the voices and characters. there is also some good action in there. But it may be inappropriate for what you have to do.
Do one that brings out your talents. For instance, if you can use different accents, such as British, Irish or French, you could find a monologue in which you mock someone in that accent or even speak in that accent. If you can make yourself cry on spot (which I think is a talent, I can't cry at all), you could do a really heart-breaking one. Make sure you try to get through to them all the things you can do as an actor or actress.
Don't "do accents" in auditions! every drama teacher I have ever had has told me that. It takes away from what the auditioner is really looking for: to see if you can act. also, if you haven't worked with dialect tapes, then you probably aren't as convincing as you think you are.
Have you checked out The Spoon River Anthlogies by Edgar Lee Masters???? AMAZING! It's actually a different type of a book, about this town called Spoon River, and the residents are dead, and each page is a bit of a story from each resident, and reading themyou can find how they somehow relate and whatnot, but you ahve to really dig deep to get their meaning, and most importantly, once you find that piece, your audition isn't based on the monologue with these, but on your actual acting SKILLS. So they ahve gotten me a few roles. Good luck!
