I need help finding GOOD monologues. My professor seems pretty interested in keeping roles designated with race... which has ended up with her suggesting that I take something thats either an old slave sounding monologue, or stuff that's just stereotypical and possibly trash...
What have u all found helpful?
2007-01-24 19:16:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Aida
Chorus line (Moralis' monologue-sorry I don't know how to spell her name)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (nora's monologues)
Raison in the sun.
2007-01-25 04:20:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are looking for something funny, you might want to check out the play The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. There is a monologue in there of Saint Monica (I'm not sure if that is the actual character, it's been a while since I read the play, but anyways, it is the saint that nags and tries to get judas to have a fair trial). You'll probably have to cut it down a little bit, but it is really fantastic, and shows a range of emotions.
2007-01-26 02:19:49 · answer #2 · answered by saber1002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roles designated with race? That's odd...
If you can find a script, do a monologue from Aida. There are some good ones in there, although it's a musical.
That's all I can think of. Good luck!
2007-01-25 03:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by red 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok based on your picture I assume you are black. So PLEASE tell me you have looked into plays by August Wilson (Fences is great), Ntozake Shange (For Colored Girls...) & Lorraine Hansberry (A Raisin in the Sun) these are well-known black playwrights and you should know their work. August Wilson won a Pultizer Prize for Fences. I cannot believe that August Wilson was not suggested to you!! I am also shocked that you are being limited to monologues that are racially specific and you are in a collegiate setting, what is that about?
2007-01-25 17:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by JT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/ensler/vm/excerpt.html
this is an interesting link every year my community does a womens day and this particular one has always been hugely successful
2007-01-24 19:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by wing23ca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on **** with me
2007-01-24 19:26:00 · answer #6 · answered by narendranak303 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋