Anyone have any ideas on some really great contemporary monologues, suitable for audition? I currently only have one in my repertoire that is any good, and it’s not contemporary (St. Joan by Shaw).
I need female monologues from contemporary playwrights. I tend to do serious stuff better than comedy, but would really love to find a good comedic piece as well. It would be especially cool if I could find something that not every other actor in town has done to death… something relatively obscure but really really good. Unfortunately at this point I’ve a dearth of ideas… I tend to be a hyper-literary type that leans towards more classic, older stuff.
GQ is for questions with factual answers. The responses you get will be a matter of opinion. Since this is about the stage, I’ll send this thread over to our arts forum, Cafe Society.
This is basically what you don’t want, but at least not everyone is doing it. It’s comedy, sorry.
The most effective audition piece I’ve ever seen was a performance of an essay. Peter David is a science fiction and comic book writer. He also used to write essays for “The Comics Buyers Guide.” His best/funniest essay was on “Why The Wizard of Oz is a Bad Movie” in which he points out the inconsistencies, etc. The guy performing it didn’t do the entire essay, but a trimmed version. Everyone loved it.
This is basically what you don’t want, but at least not everyone is doing it. It’s comedy, sorry.
The most effective audition piece I’ve ever seen was a performance of an essay. Peter David is a science fiction and comic book writer. He also used to write essays for “The Comics Buyers Guide.” His best/funniest essay was on “Why The Wizard of Oz is a Bad Movie” in which he points out the inconsistencies, etc. The guy performing it didn’t do the entire essay, but a trimmed version. Everyone loved it.
