I am a non-traditional college student, in an acting class, and I'd like to perform a monologue that doesn't type cast me as the old woman in every performance we do this year.
2006-08-22 09:39:52 · 13 answers · asked by lysamariebetts 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Hey, don't worry about picking the right monologue. Just decide right now, that for those 300 seconds (or however long) that you're going to be the type of actress that COMPLETELY becomes the given character.
If you don't want to be typecast as the old lady, even better if your monologue is "supposed" to be for a man, or a girl.
One suggestion: increase your vocal volume a notch or two to demonstrate strength and virility, if that's the right word. Hope this helps! Have fun! And good lu-, er, ah, I mean, break a leg!
2006-08-22 09:52:57 · answer #1 · answered by norcalirish 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem with monologues is that all the good ones are done over and over, and everyone has seen them a million times.
Try picking a long speech from the dialogue in a favorite novel, particularly a classic. Even a character's internal monologue from a novel could work. I'm thinking, Madame Bovary, Anna Karenina, maybe Wuthering Heights? Really, anything can be a monologue.
2006-08-22 15:33:51 · answer #2 · answered by dark_phoenix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a chapter in the book "The Grapes of Wrath" where the Okies are in the process of leaving everything behind. The women are talking about having to leave the little things like earrings and stuff and wonder how they will know who they are anymore if they can't hold on to the things that have made them so. I think it would be so perfect for someone in their late 20s, 30s, or 40s because the sense I got while reading it was of these once vibrant women, mostly young mothers who were dealing with these changes.
2006-08-22 09:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by glitterprincess 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first come across a replica of the play John lennon to get a sense for it. Do a comedy monologue! If the monologue is from a play then examine the entire play to get a sense on your personality. good success!
2016-12-01 00:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by vecchione 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a monologue by a female prison guard in the play 'Coyote on a Fence,' or a name very similar. She's young and very weary. My vague answer is only because of my lack of theater experience.
2006-08-22 09:47:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jessica A 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know a great one it is actually for teenagers but it will do great! It is from the play bye bye birdie and ursala is talking to kim and yelling at her b/c kim is resigning from the conrad birdie fan club, it is very short! but reallly fun and you will most likely not be cast as an old woman if you can't find it email me
firebolt67@hotmail.com
2006-08-22 10:47:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the best ways to pick is to do one that is "not" you. Basiclly one that is opposite of who you are. You can go to the opposite-sex-way but to explore the whole premise of acting you need to do something that makes you explore the role that is new to your scape of knowldge. For instance...A house wife doing an armed robber with a hostage.
Good luck and Break a Leg!!!
2006-08-22 09:52:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do what actors do. Find a secret part of yourself that you can bring out in a role, and then find a role/monologue that resounds with that part of you.
2006-08-22 09:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by Johnny Tezca 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Order the play "Out of gas on lover's leap"....
Nice female monologues.
NIIIIICE female monologues.
A little younger than you, 17 or 18, but still good.
2006-08-22 10:34:46 · answer #9 · answered by Tasya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are some really great ones in the movie "Waiting for Guffman". We watched this movie in my advanced theatre class. Hilarious.
2006-08-22 13:53:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋