((**please help**))?

Question

i have a really important audition coming up soon, and i need one or two monologues, but i have searched the internet and there are none that really interest me, its not for a school play or anything, so i need on that is quite difficult,
im a 13 year old girl, i am good at crying scenes and dramatic.. not so much comedy, i just always seem to laugh!
if you can help id really appreciate it!
thanks for ur time!
x

ok..
well i have done lots of monologues i havent enjoyed doing..
like.. sorry, i dont know the names of them,
but i went to the library and got a book, and there were none that really suited me in there, and none on the internet..
i dont like ones where i have to moan all the way through.. thats it baisically, but as i said, i like ones that i can cry in it because yes, i can stay in the moment and keep crying!. . . and dramatic ones!

Answer 1

Defying Gravity
written by Jane Anderson

("Defying Gravity" is a fictional account of the prologue and aftermath of the Challenger Space Shuttle Tragedy of 1986. This monologue is from the perspective of Christa McAuliffe's daughter. McAuliffe, a schoolteacher, would have been the first civilian in space)

Elizabeth: When I watched my mothers ship take off, I saw it go straight into the sky and dissapear. When my grandmother told me that my mother went to heaven, I thought that was a part of outer space. I was excited because I thought she'd come back with all kinds of neat presents like a plastic harp or a pair of angel wings. I went to the mailbox everyday looking for a postcard from her that would have clouds or a 3D picture of God. I waited for her to call long distance. When I didn't hear from her I got very angry. I told my father I hated her for being away so long. He told me she had perished in the rocket. I told him that wasn't true, that she was alive. That she had left us and found a family she liked better. He asked me why did I think she was still alive. And I said, because I never saw her dead. These are the reasons I gave myself for why my mother didn't come back. One: I hit my brother on the arm. Two: I wouldn't talk to the reporters. Three: I didn't say thank you to my grandmother for the coloring book. Four: I wouldn't let my father hold me. And five: I didn't get all the lint off the Lifesaver.

Answer 2

I think you should challenge yourself and find a good age appropriate comedic monologue. There are way too many serious dramatic audition monologues out there so I believe that you will definitely stand out if you can make the auditors laugh! Think about it, they listen to monologue after monologue of serious tear jerking stuff. Break their monotony and give them a smile and a laugh. Everyone knows that comedy is more difficult and a good well delivered funny monologue will earn you respect.
That being said...here is the secret to not laughing when speaking comedy...Funny people do NOT know they are funny!!!!! I heard this once in a master class with a very famous brilliant comic actor. Funny people do not play for laughs. They do not even realize that they are subjects of humor. A comic character is taking their situation very seriously! So approach a comic monologue as you would a dramatic one. No different.
Here's a pretty good example. Remember a few weeks back when Miss Teen South Carolina was all over YouTube and the news for giving a ridiculous nonsensical answer to a real question? This is a typical example of a comic monologue.(albeit in her case it was not intentional) She thought she was giving a serious intelligent answer when she actually sounded like an idiot. It was hysterical! But of course she didn't know or realize it. Maybe you can watch her, memorize her speech (it should be printed somewhere on the net right now) and deliver it as an audition. That's only one example of course. You may have other sources of a comic monologue.
Break a leg!

Answer 3

Try the monologue from Alice in Wonderland. The more you practice the less you will laugh. You can also take any song and read it straight (speak it, don't sing it) You can modify it if need be so that you're not repeating yourself with the chorus.

break a leg!

Answer 4

WELL DONT LAUGH A TRUE ACTRESS WILL KEEP HERSELF IN THE MOMENT AND KEEP CRYING...AS FAR AS WHAT MONOLOGUE YOU SHOULD PUT WHAT MONOLOGUES YOU DIDNT LIKE SO WE CAN GET MORE OR LESS A FEEL OF WHAT YOURE LOOKING FOR

Answer 5

You can probably borrow a book from your local library which has all different monologues in it. In our college library we had two books which were ' monologues for woman', and 'monologues for men'.

Answer 6

There's a fantastic monologue from 'one for the road' by Harold Pinter but it might be a bit old for you. (Plus the fact that it's a male part, but then theres no reason for that to be so static)
They won't be expecting it, thats for sure. :D