Why shouldnt he talk to himself? They're so young and beautiful. Monologues on this site written by Gabriel Davis are royalty free for use in audition and competition; for other uses contact gabriel@alumni.cmu.edu. Or everyone pretends to want world peace. (Comedic, Teens 40s) The fight must go on. Forgive me for the terrible, sinful thing Im about to say but I happen to like the pure physical act of making love. The Younger familys heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration. If you want a copy of that speech, send fifty cents and self-addressed envelope . . A virtuous gentlewoman, mild, and beautiful I hope my master's suit will be but cold, Since she respects my mistress' love so much. 2 0 obj (Comedic, 30s) Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer (US/UK)(Comedy / 3f, 3m)Lettice Duffet, an expert on Elizabethan cuisine and medieval weaponry, is an indefatigable but daffy enthusiast of history and the theatre. It also offers Roberts character the chance to live out a fantasy that every woman has had: being able to tell off a guy whos hitting on you when you're really just trying to live your life in peace. THE MONSTER However, what Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite Nana in New York for the summer quickly turns into an experience shell never forget. Hes not the finest character that ever lived. She has hidden her positive pregnancy test from her husband because he is estranged from his family in a way that makes her hesitant to have children with him. You're a grandmother, Mama. Monologues from the play Goodbye Charles 1. Good-bye to clocks ticking? Kat Stratford's poem in 10 Things I Hate About You was notorious for making all '90s girls cry chances are most of us felt exactly like this at some point during high school. Beneatha dreams of medical school. 4 0 obj 27 ONE MINUTE MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN - Mighty Actor But when the dark nature of their quest breaks through the fantasy of these girls cos-playing - they find that no game can mask the deep loss theyve recently shared unless they truly discover who they are. endobj But as Sharon begins to uncover Robyns secrets, they encourage her own deep-seated desire to transform her life completely. The boys have been mostly in charge of the world for a long time now, and look at it. She has hidden her positive pregnancy test from her husband because he is estranged from his family in a way that makes her hesitant to have children with him. <> Worthing, I Confess ..". In this one moment, she explains why Wall Street guys who come into the strip club deserve to be conned. Bring these stories to your community start exploring below! in Literature, California State University Northridge, B.A. These secure guy monkeys do! Things are changing. You called him crazy, no, a lot of people think hes lost his balance. That's right. He is here to tell her this news but Jenny sees his urgency as a come on, and spells out her love for her husband and her recent change of heart for him. But you dont have to be very smart to know what his trouble is. The City of Conversation by Anthony Giardina (US/UK)(Drama / 4fm, 4m, 1 boy)In 1979, Washington D.C. was a place where people actually talked to each otherwhere adversaries fought it out on the Senate floor and then smoothed it out over drinks and hors d'oeuvres. What were women doing, feeling, thinking while the men were gathered with Jesus in the Upper Room? It opened on Broadway in 1983 with Victor Garber and Dorothy Loudon, and it was nominated for four Tony Awards the following year. In this heartbreaking monologue, Michelle Williams shows exactly why she was nominated for an Oscar for her turn in Manchester By The Sea. Why? Being a very spirited widow, she now decides to have a fine old time with her money, giving away "diamonds, paintings, and taxi-cabs with fierce abandon, and buying an oversize yacht as if it were a boat for the bathtub." Monologues from Plays - Daily Actor Because theres a simple way to get it. Jonathan, who generally lacks morals and has always been favored over his brother, has been enthusiastically at Jennys curtails. (This monologue contains adult language. No, boys have been putting other boys in charge for a long time now. Spoiler alert, you will absolutely need tissues to make your way down the list, though theyre not all sad; more humorous speeches have also been included, to ensure you don't start sobbing at your desk. You cant do that, can you? 35 Monologues for Teens: Dramatic, Comedic, and Shakespearean - Backstage Here are her picks for best teenage comedic monologues for girls and boys. But to score a rare meeting with their comic book idol, teenage outcasts Dayna and Honey will take on obsessive magic players, Jedis and elfs, cosplayers and convention guards - through all nine flights of Ohio's Dante's Fire-Con. Instead of resolving the situation, the couples begin to bicker about themselves and their views on race, sexuality, technology, and gender. (And bonus points for how it cements the movies brilliant inversion of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew.). Now he takes his valises out of the car and puts them back and takes them out again and hes exhausted. I didnt know that. I didnt know anything except I loved him unendurably but without being able to help him or help myself. When Liam stakes claim to their grandfather's Chai necklace, a vicious and hilarious brawl over family, faith, and legacy ensues. I married George Gibbs, Mama. Today, here and now. In this richly spare, wondrous new play, Jordan Harrison explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits if any of what technology can replace. He has an opportunity to buy some land down-home, but he has to come up with the money right quick. He works for a company thirty six years this March, opens up unheard-of territories to their trademark, and now in his old age they take his salary away. Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike) is enacting a plan to frame her husband Nick (Ben Affleck) for her murder, and she tells us exactly why. It was a force too strong for me. Lopez is a veteran actor, but here, she delivers a career-defining performance. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (US)(Drama / 1f) In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and griefa haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage), Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play. TREAT ME NICE The Roommate by Jen Silverman (US/UK)(Dark Comedy / 2f)Sharon, in her mid-fifties, is recently divorced and needs a roommate to share her Iowa home. This piece is from the shorter play, The Damsel in Distress within Your Swash is Unbuckled. A remarkably powerful and compassionate portrait of a contemporary American woman striving for grace. She goes through every emotion: anger, fear, sadness, and finally a tiny bit of acceIt's as heartbreaking as it is impressive. Lists for anyone trying to break into showbiz or hone their craft. It was like you suddenly turned a blinding light on something that had always been half in shadow, thats how it struck the world for me. I'm grown up. Wild baboons have proved that girls can do better. Can I have a bowl of your finest oysters. There are also several of the most popular American plays in the history of stage represented on this list of female monologues. Mary Jane by Amy Herzog (US/UK)(Drama / 5f)As Mary Jane navigates both the mundane and the unfathomable realities of caring for Alex, her chronically ill young son, she finds herself building a community of women from many walks of life. At forty-six and with new flame Mickey Deans at her side, she seems determined to carry it off and recapture her magic. This sweet Nancy Meyer rom-com embraces the middle-aged woman as a hot, sexual being. This piece is from the shorter play, The Damsel in Distress within Your Swash is Unbuckled. Fists fly, and teeth are knocked out. If everybody was like you a love-story would soon be over. But when a beloved computer science professor suddenly disappears, can Doreen trust her friends with her inner squirrel so she can save the day? It makes tomorrow all right, she says tearfully. We don't have time to look at one another. In the UK/Europe, click here. Livingstones questions force all three women to re-examine the meaning of faith and the power of love, leading to a dramatic, compelling climax. Broom ever in hand and hair amassed in curlers on her head, Maggie, a working class Londoner in her late thirties, sweeps her front yard and gossips with her neighbor. (Beatrice, a tomboy who goes by the nickname "Benny", is speaking to her guy friends about how she is "more man" than they are. They include a couple hidden theater gems as well asseveral famous female monologues, good for either Broadway or the local playhouse. Its audition time and youre looking for the perfect monologue. Goldas Balcony by William Gibson (US)(Drama / 1f)This tight-knit story of war and peace opens in 1973, on the eve of the Yom Kippur War, and uses flashbacks to let Golda tell the story of her life: her journey from her birthplace in Russia to the United States where she settled in Milwaukee, became a school teacher and married. 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood (US/UK)(Comedy / 5f)Its 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed in "Wild" (2014) "Here's some questions I've been asking myself. Unfortunately, because of copyright restrictions, we cannot sell to persons in your country. As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, who will stand for the vulnerable if not Robin? When a Tibetan lama and a monk come to their home unexpectedly, asking to take their child away for a life of spiritual training in India, the parents must make a life-altering choice that will test their strength, their marriage, and their hearts. While at first she presents the compelling case that Edward killed his abusive wife out of self-defense, she quickly backs out of that narrative to relay to the judge her disgust for Edward, her career and her life as a 37-year-old single woman who lives with her mother. You have successfully purchased store credit. Will her nana get arrested or worse evicted? Another tearjerker, Sally Field's devastated and furious monologue at the end of Steel Magnolias is as honest a representation of grief as one can find in a Hollywood production. There. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person. The baboons stopped fighting amongst themselves, and spent more time socializing and grooming each other. By Janet Allard (US)(Comedy / 6f)In this breezy "NASComedy" the fast lane is stalled to a screeching halt by the arrival of a woman driver on the NASCAR scene, and egos get bruised as Holly "Legs" Nelson starts stealing the show, driving so fast some think she's cheating. 19 Monologues By Women In Movies That Will Bring You To Tears - Bustle This beautiful young woman is Wills greatest admirer and will stop at nothing (including breaking the law) to appear in his next play. The play is set at a Catskills resort in 1960, where the widowed Eva Adler is vacationing with her 20-year-old daughter, Lili. Short Monologues for Women Monologues for Women from Plays Movie Monologues for Women 'Better Call Saul' (Kim): "If we'd had a house, I never would have wanted to leave" 'Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven' (Annie): "Daddy, I know what I want to do with my life" Its because, well, she noticed that Rebecca is looking prettier, wearing better clothes, and she even made a boy laugh. "The American Plan" is a comedy by Richard Greenberg that premiered Off-Broadway in 1991 and had a brief Broadway run in 2009, starring Mercedes Ruehl and Lily Rabe. This play within a play follows the cast of "Nothing On," a touring comedy, as they rehearse, stage, and close the show during a 10-week run. Copyright 2023 PerformerStuff. Header image: Broadway production of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson (Julieta Cervantes). The ingenue has her time and place, but womens stories extend beyond tales of young innocents. Instead I found Frank. Mama, just for a moment we're happy. The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder (US/UK)(Comedy / 7f, 9m)Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in nineteenth-century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Big Daddy Pollitt Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 0 Start: All right. The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonergan (US/UK)(Comedy / 2f, 3m)Gladys, the elderly matriarch of the Green family, has run an art gallery in a small Greenwich Village hotel for many years. Unbearable Hotness, by Gabriel Davis, Beatrice monologue, 'Im more man than you.'. More goes down in the session than music in this riveting portrayal of rage, racism, the self-hate, and exploitation. THE MOONLIGHT ROOM 8. The tension and comedy grow as they struggle to take wing for the last time. Its getting late and I have to feed the lion at six.. Dont waste your time. During the sixth lesson, Lily reveals a closely guarded secret -- she is terminally ill -- and Michael shares his greatest gifts -- loyalty and compassion. 3 0 obj A play about selfishness and selflessness and love deferred and the fight. Through tears, she begs him to forgive her for her cruelty in blaming him. Westworld 3. The world is a mess. During the opening night performance, the murders continue. This riveting play is an epic tale told through an unexpected and remarkable perspective. All that was going on in life and we never noticed. Neither impressed or entertained by Lettices freewheeling history lessons, Schon fires her. Sister says His disappointment has come in the form of a message from home which says that Elizabeths grandmother, who came to live with her family in Elizabeths room, has passed away and she must pack her belongings and leave. Euphoria 4. But first: Wait! Has the Communist threat come to pass? He is here to tell her this news but Jenny sees his urgency as a come on, and spells out her love for her husband and her recent change of heart for him. So what idiot saw the average boys room and said, This looks good! Detroit 11. What if. They have her committed to a sanitarium, but miss a bet when they think that will hold the old gal. How long can that go on? He meets the widows while visiting his wifes grave. In the end Annies choices propel her onto an irreversible path in this story that combines wit, poetry, and hope. In this pivotal scene, Katherine (Henson), tired of being forced to live like a second class citizen at work, finally unloads on her boss about the struggles of working in a segregated office. (N.Y. Daily News). Everyone wants world peace. Antagonism between a gay man and the wife of a Southern Baptist minister gives way to profound compatibility as they swing dance, tango, foxtrot, and cha-cha while sharing barbs and intimacies along with the dance steps. She describes her role as a socialist Zionist, her emigration to Palestine in 1921, the birth of her two children and the breakup of her marriage. LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE 2. You may receive a verification email. In this scene, she comes to the Lapin Agile in search of the artist, who claims not to remember her. You need Joan Fontaine and I need a box of lozenges. Suzanne is a young woman who has a brief, bitter affair with Picasso. Stage Kiss by Sarah Ruhl (US/UK)(Comedy / 3f, 4m)Art imitates Life. stream Feb 25 Beyond the Ingenue: 30 Plays for Powerful Women Before her special night is over, however, Annie and her friends enter into a life altering pact. Grace, a feisty 90-year-old cancer patient, has checked herself out of the hospital and returned to her beloved homestead cottage to die alone. When a record-breaking blizzard blows into town and an elderly resident disappears into the storm, everyone is brought to face their own mortality. In Ronans brilliant hands, its not whining its a revelation about the world and her place in it. You soul-searching, finger-smelling, hypocritical son of a bitch! Here are her suggestions for dramatic monologues for women. It also gave way too many people the burning need to say "as God as my witness" a whole bunch. Good-by, Grover's Corners? Kelly tells Rebecca there is a really good reason she doesnt like her. A female brigand leaps up on a table with a rapier in one hand and a tankard of ale in the other. "A Midsummer Night in the OC" by D. Tupper McKnight "A modern interpretation of the jealous maiden, Helena's. As horrified as we are by her, we can totally relate. He was in the quicksands and clutching at mebut I wasnt holding him out, I was slipping in with him! Of course, there are a couple of intense dramatic monologues from Shakespeare. And, if Sylvia and Leatrice do agree to appear together, will Paul Newman sign on, too? Monologues for Women - Daily Actor As a tour guide at Fustian House, one of the least stately of Londons stately homes, she theatrically embellishes its historical past, ultimately coming up on the radar of Lotte Schon, an inspector from the Preservation Trust. Somewhere there is Willie, and Winnie wishes he would come out where she could see him. He drives seven hundred miles, and when he gets there no one knows him anymore, no one welcomes him. The best 27 one minute monologues for women from plays and movies. I Ate the Divorce Papers - Comedic Monologue, Female Excerpt: "I ate them. 30 Plays for Strong Leading Women Breaking Character 39 Monologues for Women: Comedic, Dramatic & More - Backstage But how can this be? The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella and her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers. Monologues Monologues from shows associated with Tennessee Williams Start: Brick, let me finish! A woman talks about falling in love and the bitterness that comes after it fails. In this scene, Eva Adler is telling her daughter about having dinner with Libby Khakstein, another resort guest. She is attractive, clever, adventurous, and a feminist. MADELON: Good heavens! Licensing, publishing, recording & producing company comprising R&H Theatricals, Samuel French, Tams-Witmark & The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection. Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (US/UK)(Dramatic Comedy / 2f, 5m)Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father and struggles to remember her lost love. As Jess advances farther in the game, she begins to restore her relationships, her life, and, slowly, herself. She has already rejected several offers because the antique piano is covered with incredible carvings detailing the familys rise from slavery. Modern concerns and romantic entanglements clash on the battlefield and on the ramparts of Nottingham Castle. Marriage Story is the story about a union thats ended, and it talks a lot about the roles that a husband and wife/dad and mom are supposed to take on. And for the sexism of these chauvinist drivers? CHERRY BLOSSOM - Dierdre is forced to end a relationship with a man she fell in love with because he doesn't love her back in the same way. Grace & Glorie by Tom Ziegler (US)(Comedy / 2f)Estelle Parsons and Lucie Arnaz starred on Broadway in this charmer set in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Jess soon realizes that things at home have changed even more than she has. From hair trends to relationship advice, our daily newsletter has everything you need to sound like a person whos on TikTok, even if you arent. (This monologue contains adult language and themes.). I know how pathetic that all sounds now, but it was innocent enough Then real life takes over because it always does and then things work out different then youd planned. Inside the confining walls of Mount Airy Nursing Home, the two plot an escape to Paris aboard the QE2. Suggested Classical Monologues - June 2018 Page 2 of 16 2. Looking for more? He has just berated her for wanting privacy and for selfishly considering an abortion which prompts this cathartic release of honesty from Siomara. The man who never worked a day but for your benefit? Many of the greatest actors of our time have had the chance to show their impressive chops with a well-placed speech and stuck the landing. That is just not cool. Why did they ever have to get old? Child Soldier 4. This bittersweet comedy of manners is a tribute to the grandeur of Southern style and a musing on what a smart woman might really want toward the end of her life. 1 0 obj Drop Dead! Not only will it be good for your individual health, it will be good for the entire world! Unfortunately, they hate each other. Whether they appear in emotional dramas, comedies, or even action films, they can be the defining moment of a characters arc especially when that character is a woman. But I was unlucky. B. Thompson (US/UK) (Dramatic Comedy / 2f) A two-woman show with rapid-fire comic vignettes that explore the lives of thirty-something African American middle-class women in urban America as they search for love, clothes, and dignity in a world that fails to recognize them amongst a parade of stereotypical images.
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