What's a good Monologue for my audition?

Don't do the Diary of wimpy kid or Ella Enchanted. Go in a different direction. My daughter is an actress and they often use her monologues as examples for the new students. A monologue doesn't really have to be like the narrator of a story telling a story in third person (as you might find in the diary of a wimpy kid reference), it should just be like you say, a paragraph or two but something that you can demonstrate your speaking and acting skills. It is less about the term "monologue" and more about you telling your character's thoughts or feelings. So think about a line (paragraph or two) from any play or movie where you like and identify with the character and that character is speaking alone as opposed to dialogue back and forth with another character. So,not sure how old you are or what your tastes are but here is my suggestion...Who are some of your favorite characters from a book you like or a movie you liked? They should be about the same age as you (don't do the 80 year old lady monologue or Clint Eastwood as "Dirty Harry"monologue), find some character that you like and can somewhat closely identify with. They find some of their lines and go with it. As an example, when my daughter was 8 she auditioned for a part in a play. She had read the Junie B Jones 1st Grader books when she was younger. She grabbed one of the books, and took a paragraph of the main character's words, learned them and put some inflection and interpretation behind the words and had a lot of success. It is hard without knowing you or what you like to give you a link or some words.....getting the words should not be your immediate goal. I am sure you have some books laying around the house that have numerous lines together of a character's "voice" that you can identify with. Ultimately this will be less about the words and more about your ability to connect with the character and relay that to the audience. So find someone you like and make it your own. Good luck.

Pick a monologue from theatre they wont be as impressed if its from a film, theatre has a different style and is often more emotive depending on the monologue. Dont do a film or tv monologue it would be a mistake.

I wouldn't go with just one monologue. I would recommend that you have two monologues at least. One contemporary, one classic, one dramatic, and one comedic monologue (like one contemporary comedic and one classic dramatic or vice versa). Then you will be more prepared and if they want you to perform another one you will be able to easily. Now if they only want to see one, then just do the one you feel you can do best and shows off your skills. The best way to select a monologue is to sit down and skim a few plays, reading a few of their monologues, then picking one that is gender/age appropriate. Then read the play to get a feel for the character, and if you still like it, then there you have a monologue. Also avoid using monologue books because most of the monologues in them have been done to death, and more than likely the directors you are auditioning for will have seen it before, and they won't be able to help comparing you to the previous performance of it. To further avoid this also try to avoid the cliché and over done monologues (To be or not to be...)

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Pick a monologue from theatre they wont be as impressed if its from a film, theatre has a different style and is often more emotive depending on the monologue. Dont do a film or tv monologue it would be a mistake.

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