I need helping finding monologues for my theater class in september. Please help me !!?

Question

I need comedic and dramatic female monologues !!

Answer 1

Look at Lanford Wilson's Ludlow Fair.

Answer 2

All the answers here are decent but I agree with the first young man. Darling, if you want to become an actress take some initiative and find things yourself. Directors are more impressed with performers who have ambition and can do things on their own than those who expect to be spoon fed. Besides, by doing your own research you will find a monologue which is most suited to you. I rarely used anything easily found in general places as I did not want to have anyone else doing the same piece. You can even take pieces from a book that you like and create your own monologue. Be creative!

Good luck!

Answer 3

One of the best sources for terrific monologues is the collected works of Russian humorist and playwright Anton Checkov. I used his "The Harmfulness of Tobacco" to great effect - and most people don't know about it. He has other monlogues in his plays - try "The Cherry Orchard," "Uncle Vanya," and others. You'll have fun AND pick up great stuff.

Also consider American humorists of the 19th and 20th centuries - writers now almost entirely forgotten. Robert Benchley, father and grandfather of those fine fellows who did "Jaws" and other nifty movies, was one of the BEST. His collected stories are in libraries. His "Treasurer's Report" is hilarious. One, a tale you can't use but will love to read, is "Traveling on a Train with Children."

Dorothy Parker wrote some great material. So did Peter Finlay Dunne, and many more. How about Don Marquis, author of the "Archy and Mehitabel" tales? Toujours gai, toujours gai, there's life in the old girl yet ....

And you can discover some astonishingly good material in the first-person accounts of women from the Civil War era forward. There are many published journals from which you can assemble brilliant dramatic monologues.

Answer 4

First piece of advice: Don't us a monologue book. Everyone and their sister is doing the same one (i.e. the Tuna Fish monlogue). Go flip through plays and lots of them. My library has a big filing cabinate of plays.

Second piece of advice: If you ignore my first piece of advice at least find the play the monologue is from and read it. You MUST know the context of a monologue to understand it, much less do it well.

Third: Please don't do a TV/Film monolgue. People who do them end up trying to copy the actor they saw do it in the first place.

Answer 5

Most of my points of reference come from18th-century British literature, so be forewarned. You can find some juicy monologues in John Dryden's "All for Love" and Aphra Behn's "The Rover," and there are some fun comedic bits in Oliver Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer" and Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The School for Scandal."

Answer 6

If you want to be really bold and hilariously funny, try "The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy" from "The Vagina Monologues".

If you want a dark, psychotic piece with a tinge of black humor try the character Maureen's piece from "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" that begins "To Boston..."

Finally, if you are going for classical, Queen Gertrude's recollection of chancing upon the death of Ophelia.

Answer 7

You should be able to find books of monologues at the library. Ask a librarian.

Answer 8

Look in the library and look on the internet, make sure you are comfortable with the monolouge and the character you will be acting as.

Answer 9

go to:
www.whysanity.net

They have monolouges from movies and stuff not a lot of classic things like Romeo & Juilette. That is the BEST place for movie monolouges.HOPE IT HELPS!!!

Answer 10

oh, COME OOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!

Go to the library and ask a librarian to help you!!! You gotta try it sometime... it works!!!