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Victoria E

Posts: 70

West Hartford, Connecticut, US

I've got an audition in the Mission for an indie movie on June 29th.  Before I read a sample from the movie script, I have to perform a 2-minute classical or modern monologue.

Oh dear.

It's been over 3 years since I've done any acting and I don't remember any of my old monologues, let alone what they were from.  Any suggestions for good monologue pieces?

Jun 13 06 09:07 pm Link

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Josie Nutter

Posts: 5865

Seattle, Washington, US

You could browse through some of these:
http://www.actorpoint.com/free_monologues/0a.html

Jun 13 06 10:03 pm Link

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Victoria E

Posts: 70

West Hartford, Connecticut, US

Thanks Josie smile You rock

Jun 14 06 12:06 pm Link

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Visur Fine Art Photo

Posts: 27

Carmel Valley Village, California, US

Two words:  Wendy Wasserstein

Jun 14 06 05:33 pm Link

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Sophistocles

Posts: 21320

Seattle, Washington, US

Anything from Much Ado About Nothing works for me :-)

Jun 14 06 05:37 pm Link

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PK Digital Imaging

Posts: 3084

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The beginning of the final gun fight in Scarface wink

Jun 16 06 02:47 am Link

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Lydia Chen

Posts: 146

Oakland, California, US

Christopher Ambler wrote:
Anything from Much Ado About Nothing works for me :-)

I think the general consensus from audition guides is NOT to do a Shakespeare monologue unless you're auditioning for a Shakespeare play or similar sort of production  smile

Jun 16 06 04:22 am Link

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Danica Lee

Posts: 881

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Try and pick something that opposes the script you have to read to show your range.

If you want to do something emotional I can suggest you steal the 'monologue' from Silence of the Lambs where Starling confesses to Lecter about her fathers murder and why she ran away from her Uncles farm. I think that goes for a few minutes and swings from tentative to emotional.

Hardest part of that is - can you cry on cue? It's really embarrassing when you can't cry wink

Most people I know pick the 'out damn spot' monologue for Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. But I think that one goes on for quite a while. Could prove to be problematic if you dont have much time to rehearse.

EDIT: Oh, and did they specifiy if it has to be a monologue from a play or if you have the flexibility to choose something from a movie?

Jun 16 06 06:32 am Link