MONOLOGUE PACKET We Know That You’Re Always on the Lookout for Monologues
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MONOLOGUE PACKET We know that you’re always on the lookout for monologues. We also know you’ve no time to search for monologues. Enjoy the material in this packet. Use them in your classes. Give them to your students for their next IE’s. The full scripts for all monologues can be found at theatrefolk.com. We hope you find them useful and a great timesaver! Drama Teacher ACADEMY © Drama Teacher Academy 2018 1 PLAY: Wait Wait Bo Bait by Lindsay Price GENRE TIME Comedy 1:55 Tamara has been waiting all day by the phone because a boy has said DESCRIPTION he was going to call her. The waiting has made her a little crazy. There‘s lots of room here for physical and vocal gymnastics. Take this monologue to the extreme. Lots of changes in volume and tone. It‘s ACTING HINTS better to think that the character has truly gone crazy because the boy didn‘t call, rather than to ‘act‘ crazy. How does she say the last line? With glee or with a little bit of menace? TAMARA is curled up in a ball behind a chair. From behind the chair, a hand emerges. The hand is held like a puppet, using the fingers and thumb as a mouth. The hand can be bare or covered by a sock, to make a sock puppet. TAMARA: Where‘s Tamara? Where‘s Tammy? How come she‘s not sitting by the phone anymore? What‘s the matter with Tammy? Could it be that‘s because she‘s lying on the floor in a pit of despair? (the puppet shakes back and forth) Oh no. Not our Tammy. She‘d never lie on the floor in a pit of despair just because she waited all day and all night for a boy to call and (yelling) HE NEVER DID. (the other hand comes up to clamp down on the puppet) Oh. Oh. Inside voice. No need to shout. (Suddenly her phone starts to ring. TAMARA stands up) What‘s that? Is that my phone? I do believe that‘s my phone. But who could it be? It couldn‘t be Dylan. Nooooooo. That would be too precious. Make a girl go absolutely crazy bonkers and then call. That would be a treat. (on phone) Hello? Loony Bin Incorporated. Who? Tammy? Hold on a sec I‘ll get her. (she stares into space humming for a second, then goes back to the phone.) Hello? Yes this is she. Why, Dylan! Dylan Blankers-Wallace. It‘s Dylan Blankers-Wallace I‘ve got on the phone. Isn‘t that a treat. Isn‘t that precious. Why no! There‘s nothing wrong with me. Nope. I‘m like fresh bread. Fresh bread rising in a pan, that‘s what I feel like Dylan Blankers-Wallace. I feel like a big ole loaf of fresh bread. Is there something you wanted? Is there a reason for this ever-so-timely call? A date. You want a date. Next weekend. 7:00. A movie! Isn‘t that precious. Oh I love movies. Well, Dylan Blankers-Wallace let me tell you something. (a little angry) Let me give it to you straight. Let me lay it on the line for you. I would... I would like to say... I just want to… (delighted) Yes! Yes! I would love to go on a date with you. I would love to see a movie with you. I would love to go out next weekend at seven o‘clock. Just one thing. (beat) Don‘t be late. I‘m a girl who doesn‘t like to be kept waiting! All monologues are from published plays and can be found at theatrefolk.com PLAY: Bottle Baby by Lindsay Price GENRE TIME Drama 2:00 Alice, a young teen, tells her older sister Beeb why she’s not DESCRIPTION the “good girl” everyone thinks she is. Beeb has been battling sobriety for a year after a car accident that seriously hurt Alice. Alice thinks she’s smart and calculated but she doesn’t have it ACTING HINTS all figured out. She’s making huge mistakes with her life. Think about that, especially with the end. How does Alice emotionally change throughout? ALICE: I have headaches. I have terrible headaches. Everyone knows. I was in this “little” car accident a year ago. No one ever questions that I have a big bottle of aspirin in my backpack. And no one ever shakes the bottle. No one’s ever wondered why there aren’t any pills. How come I don’t hear any pills? How come it sounds like liquid in there? How could that be? I had a cough syrup bottle for a while, liquid for liquid, but I thought, that’s too easy. This past year has been the most fascinating experiment. I should have documented the whole thing for posterity. “How far can an Invisible Good Girl go before anyone pays attention?” What the hell do I have to do to get noticed in this town? The funny thing is that no one notices. No one cares. They think they see a good girl and that’s what they believe. They think they see a bad girl and that’s what they believe. Good ole, hell raising, car smashing, money stealing, amount to nothing, take her little sister for a joy ride on a bottle of Jack so she almost killed her, bad girl Beeb. If I’m the good girl white hat coming in on my horse from the sunset to save everyone, life jackets for everyone, then I won’t be able to handle a pull from that bottle. (she holds out her hand) Give me the bottle. What are you afraid of? You’re right aren’t you? (ALICE wipes her mouth, tips up the bottle and takes a long pull. It’s obvious she’s done it before.) Who’s the bottle baby now, huh Bee Bee? Who wears the crown? Who’s the one who drinks her liquor straight from the bottle, no mix, no nothing and it’s smooth like butter. You think you’re the only one who sneaked drinks at Mom’s? You think you’re the only one who got Roger Thompson to buy you bottles? You think you’re the only person in this house? This world? This life? Aw Beeb don’t cry. You’re not supposed to cry. How can I feel good about being bad if you cry? All monologues are from published plays and can be found at theatrefolk.com PLAY: Neet Teen by Lindsay Price GENRE TIME Drama 1:30 Tyne has bullied a girl and that girl committed suicide. Tyne DESCRIPTION has been under media scrutiny over the event. She is holed up in her house. Tyne is trying to convince herself that she is right and that she ACTING HINTS speaks the truth. Where in the monologue does she doubt herself? How does she show this doubt physically? Who is Tyne talking to? Is this an interview? Is she talking to a relative? Define the listener for this monologue. TYNE: I didn’t kill her. She killed herself. She... It’s her own fault. That’s the truth. I’m good, a nice person. They keep calling the house. Surrounding the house. Flashes like lightning, over and over – get your side, tell us your side, tell us your side, killer... A shark feeding. Frenzy. The noise, the angry snapping. People foaming at the mouth, over me. They’re not supposed to be angry at me. I’m right, a good person. She should have known it wasn’t real. She should have had a tougher skin. I do. My parents taught me to be tough. You think they’re babying me over this? To get what you want you can’t be a baby. Stand up. I have four brothers. You want the turkey leg at Thanksgiving you better roll up your sleeves and fight. And if you have to bleed a little so be it. If you have to be a little mean, so be it. A little mean never... hurt anybody. Right? A little mean is all it was. That’s the truth. You can’t blame me, she should have stood up for herself. I do it all the time. My brother Jimmy calls me fat every day. “Hey fatso, pass the ketchup. Hey fatso, what do you want for breakfast?” It’s just a little mean. Right? I take it and I don’t crumble. She shouldn’t have crumbled like that, she shouldn’t have believed what we were saying if it wasn’t true. If it wasn’t true why did she... I’m not wrong. I’m not fat. My brothers do it to me all the time. I’m not wrong. I’m not. I can’t be. (she takes a breath) It’s her own fault she died. It was just a little... mean. All monologues are from published plays and can be found at theatrefolk.com PLAY: Skid Marks: A Play About Driving by Lindsay Price GENRE TIME Comedy 2:00 DESCRIPTION Jillian confronts her car. Keep the light tone. If Jillian gets too angry or manic the piece ACTING HINTS loses its comic edge. She’s frustrated and a little loopy as she perceives her car is rebelling against her. JILLIAN: Herman, I want you to listen up and listen good. We’re going for a drive and you’re not going to give me any grief.