Acting Tips. Choosing a Monologue

Where do you find useable monologues? The most obvious and often over-looked place to find audition monologues is directly from the original source. Plays.

If you read all the plays you can get your hands on you'll be surprised how many potential monologues you'll come across. There are thousands of published plays with monologues that are virtually unused in auditions.

To get started, all you need to do is choose one playwright you admire. Get a copy of all the published plays and start reading. Set some goals for yourself, read a play every week or every month. As long as you are consistently reading plays, you'll come across plenty of audition monologues you can use. You'll also become a better, well-educated actor by familiarising yourself with the profession you want to pursue.

Choose a monologue that is "active" -- one that actively engages the other character. Inactive monologues are less engaging than active, they're more like speeches that simply recount a story.

OK, you found a monologue with a character around your age and one that you can relate to. Make sure you have read the entire play so you can properly grasp the surrounding circumstances and background of the monologue. If you feel freaked by auditions use this incredible book

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