Monologues Articles for Drama Teachers

I never enjoy looking for monologues. It’s sort of like a hunting expedition and I don’t like hunting. And don’t get me started on fishing… But – big BUT – I love when I actually find a great piece...

Do you notice any of these common issues when your middle school students perform monologues in competition? • They’re overcome with nerves. • They’re unable to grow their characters beyond...

Here’s a unit you can use that combines technology, drama, and cross-curricular learning. Talk about a multi-purpose activity! Since the unit involves speeches, it’s probably best-suited to...

If you want writing to become a tangible act, practice it with consistency. Consistency does not mean volume – there’s no need to start with a 400 page project. That will weaken your resolve almost...

As part of the Playworks Program at the International Thespian festival, students have the opportunity to audition and rehearse one of the plays being workshopped. The audition day was very...

In a previous Theatrefolk podcast I talked about celebrating the competition and got off on a little side tangent about what it must be like for athletes who not only must compete to excel in their...

Suppose you’re auditioning for a play. You choose the most dramatic monologue in your aresnal. Let’s say the character is at her father’s funeral. She never told him she loved him while he was...

Katie Dalrymple, theatre teacher at Florence High School helps Lindsay spread the love for Competition Monologues: Book Two. Recorded live at the Alabama State Thespian Festival.

This week on Spread the Love, Lindsay and Craig talk about Puzzle Pieces, a monologue-based drama for teenagers by Krista Boehnert.

This week on Spread the Love we talk about This Phone Will Explode at the Tone by Lindsay Price. Filmed live on location in a phone booth.

The stage can be a lonely place when you’re performing a monologue. It’s just you. Well, you and your wits. And your anxieties. Maybe your fears, too. Sure there’s an audience, or maybe a...

Choosing the right monologue can be an agonizing part of the process. How do you know it’s right? And right for you? And right for the situation? The wrong monologue can ruin everything… Monologues...

Lindsay and Craig spread the love for Have You Heard? by Krista Boehnert.