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Monologues Articles for Drama Teachers

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Playwriting

Playwriting Exercise: A Month of Monologues

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...
Acting Technique

Audition tips: What can you do with 30 seconds?

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...
Playwriting

Playwriting Exercise: Be Number One!

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...
Acting Technique

On Taking Direction

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...
Featured Plays

Spread the Love: Competition Monologues Book Two

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.
Acting Technique

Do You Perform Monologues with a Secret Scene Partner?

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...
Acting Technique

Choosing A Monologue

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...