How do you find good monologues for college auditions?
7 Ways to Find Your College Audition Monologues
- Try searching The Monologuer right at Backstage.com, which has a varied library including classical material.
- Subscribe to email lists of Samuel French and Dramatists Play Service.
- Bookmark the NY Times’ theater section and read reviews daily.
What makes a good college audition monologue?
An audition monologue should be active and in the moment, not a character telling a story or a memory. Meryl Shaw says, “Look for pieces where the action is going on right now, right here, and where the character has something at stake.
What are acting monologues?
A Monologue is a scene performed by one person. Although a monologue is not done with a scene partner, the actor should have an imaginary scene partner that they deliver the lines too or rather have someone in mind with whom he or she is talking. Each monologue should also fit your child’s acting type and their age.
What is the best monologue?
Here are some of the best movie monologues.
- American Psycho – “Morning Routine”
- Queen & Slim- “What Do You Want?”
- Star Wars Episode V – “I Am Your Father”
- Whiplash – “Break Up”
- It’s A Wonderful Life – “Lasso the Moon”
- The Big Lebowski – “I’m the Dude”
- Training Day- “King Kong”
- Rudy – Fortune’s Truth.
What is a monologue in acting auditions?
Most actors would define a monologue as a dramatic speech. But the actual definition is more specific than that… For your purposes, a monologue is a scene where only one character speaks. The other character listens.
How long should a college audition monologue be?
Most colleges and conservatories require applicants to present two contrasting, fully memorized monologues no longer than two minutes in length from plays of established playwrights. Each monologue should be under two minutes, preferably ranging from one minute to one and a half minutes.
What monologues should not do?
Overdone songs and monologues
- Nothing with excessive profanity.
- Nothing that puts yourself up on a pedestal/says look at me!
- Nothing with excessive sexual innuendo.
- Do not play a mentally challenged person.
- Do not ask rhetorical questions of a sexual nature to the audition panel.
- Nothing from a current hit Broadway show.
How do I write a Shakespeare Monologue for auditions?
It is always a great idea to have a few Shakespeare monologues up your sleeve for auditions. When working on a Shakespeare monologue you have to be a detective, there is so much to uncover and play with, so look up unfamiliar words, read the play, and try to understand the meaning and intentions behind the speech.
What are some of the best Shakespeare auditions?
Check out our favorites from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet and more! There are Shakespeare auditions, and then there are Reduced Shakespeare auditions.
What are the most important aspects of performing a Shakespeare Monologue?
Simplicity and clarity are the most important aspects of performing a Shakespeare monologue. Now go ahead and enjoy our list of Shakespeare monologues for women: Click the boxes below to reveal full monologue text.
Should I put a monologue on my resume?
Don’t lie on your resume. The theatre is a very small world and everybody knows everybody. I’ve compiled two lists of comic Shakespeare monologues, ten each for male and female characters. The lists are divided by gender but as far as we’re concerned, these monologues can be performed by anyone.