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Additional Suggested Pieces for Auditions MONOLOGUES FOR MEN Picnic By William Inge BOMBER: Hi, Madge! I hope I didn’t wake you, Madge, or bother you or anything. Hey, Madge, a bunch of us guys are chippin’ in on a hotrod – radio and everything. I get it every Friday night. Lemme pick you up some night after Seymour brings you home. I seen you riding around in his Cadillac like you was a Duchess. Why do good looking girls have to be so stuck on themselves? Lemme pick you up some night! We’ll get some cans of beer… Aw, c’mon, Madge! Give a guy a break! Our Town By Thornton Wilder GEORGE: Hello, Emily! You made a fine speech in class. Gee, it’s funny, Emily. From my window up there I can just see your head nights when you’re doing your home work over in your room. You certainly do stick to it, Emily. I don’t see how you can sit still that long. Emily, what do think? We might work out a kinda telegraph from your window to mine; and once in a while you could give me a kinda hint or two about one of those Algebra problems. I don’t mean the answers, Emily, of course not – just some little hint. Well – I better be getting out to the baseball field. Thanks for the talk, Emily. Brighton Beach Memoirs By Neil Simon EUGENE: There are some things that grownups just won’t discuss… For example, my grandfather. He died from – (He whispers.) – Diptheria! ... Anyway, after Uncle Dave died, he left Aunt Blanche with no money. Not even insurance… and she couldn’t support herself because she has – (He whispers.) Asthma… So my big hearted mother insisted we take her and her kids in to live with us. My father thought it would just be temporary but it’s been three and a half years so far and I think because of Aunt Blanche’s situation, my father is developing – (He whispers) – High blood pressure!

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   Picnic    By  William  Inge    BOMBER:    Hi,  Madge!    I  hope  I  didn’t  wake  you,  Madge,  or  bother  you  or  anything.    Hey,  Madge,  a  bunch  of  us  guys  are  chippin’  in  on  a  hot-­‐rod  –  radio  and  everything.    I  get  it  every  Friday  night.    Lemme  pick  you  up  some  night  after  Seymour  brings  you  home.    I  seen  you  riding  around  in  his  Cadillac  like  you  was  a  Duchess.    Why  do  good  looking  girls  have  to  be  so  stuck  on  themselves?    Lemme  pick  you  up  some  night!    We’ll  get  some  cans  of  beer…  Aw,  c’mon,  Madge!    Give  a  guy  a  break!      Our  Town  By  Thornton  Wilder    GEORGE:    Hello,  Emily!    You  made  a  fine  speech  in  class.    Gee,  it’s  funny,  Emily.    From  my  window  up  there  I  can  just  see  your  head  nights  when  you’re  doing  your  home  work  over  in  your  room.    You  certainly  do  stick  to  it,  Emily.    I  don’t  see  how  you  can  sit  still  that  long.    Emily,  what  do  think?    We  might  work  out  a  kinda  telegraph  from  your  window  to  mine;  and  once  in  a  while  you  could  give  me  a  kinda  hint  or  two  about  one  of  those  Algebra  problems.    I  don’t  mean  the  answers,  Emily,  of  course  not  –  just  some  little  hint.    Well  –  I  better  be  getting  out  to  the  baseball  field.    Thanks  for  the  talk,  Emily.      Brighton  Beach  Memoirs  By  Neil  Simon    EUGENE:    There  are  some  things  that  grown-­‐ups  just  won’t  discuss…  For  example,  my  grandfather.    He  died  from  –  (He  whispers.)  –  Diptheria!  ...  Anyway,  after  Uncle  Dave  died,  he  left  Aunt  Blanche  with  no  money.    Not  even  insurance…  and  she  couldn’t  support  herself  because  she  has  –  (He  whispers.)  Asthma…  So  my  big-­‐hearted  mother  insisted  we  take  her  and  her  kids  in  to  live  with  us.    My  father  thought  it  would  just  be  temporary  but  it’s  been  three  and  a  half  years  so  far  and  I  think  because  of  Aunt  Blanche’s  situation,  my  father  is  developing  –  (He  whispers)  –  High  blood  pressure!                

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 Antigone  By  Jean  Anouilh    HAEMON:    That  giant  strength,  that  courage.    That  massive  god  who  used  to  pick  me  up  in  his  arms  and  shelter  me  from  shadows  and  monsters  –  was  that  you,  Father?  Was  that  man  you?    You  are  not  that  man  today.    For  if  you  were,  you’d  know  that  your  enemies  were  abroad  in  every  street.    You’d  know  that  the  people  revere  those  gods  that  you  despise.    You  cannot  put  Antigone  to  death.    She  will  not  have  been  dead  an  hour  before  shame  will  sit  on  every  Theban  forehead  and  horror  will  fill  every  Theban  heart.    Already  the  people  curse  you  because  you  do  not  bury  Polynices.    If  you  kill  Antigone,  they  will  hate  you!      The  Rainmaker  By  Richard  Nash    STARBUCK:    Dry?  I  tell  you,  those  people  didn’t  have  enough  damp  to  blink  their  eyes!    I  look  up  at  the  sky  and  pretty  soon  –  way  up  there  –  there’s  a  tiny  cloud  like  the  size  of  a  mare’s  tail  –  and  then  over  there  –  there’s  another  cloud.    And  then  I  look  up  and  all  of  a  sudden  there’s  a  herd  of  white  buffalo  stampedin’  across  the  sky!    And  then,  down  comes  the  rain!  Rain  in  buckets,  rain  in  barrels,  fillin’  the  lowlands,  floodin’  the  gullies!    And  when  I  rode  out  of  there,  I  looked  behind  me  and  I  see  the  prettiest  colors  in  the  sky  –  green,  blue,  purple,  gold  –  colors  to  make  you  cry!    And  me?    I’m  ridin’  right  through  the  rainbow!      Dark  at  the  Top  of  the  Stairs  By  William  Inge    SAMMY:    I  always  worry  that  maybe  people  aren't  going  to  like  me,  when  I  go  to  a  party.      Isn't  that  crazy?    Do  you  ever  get  kind  of  a  sick  feeling  in  the  pit  of  your  stomach  when  you  dread  things?    Gee,  I  wouldn't  want  to  miss  a  party  for  anything.  But  every  time  I  go  to  one,  I  have  to  reason  with  myself  to  keep  from  feeling  that  the  whole  world's  against  me.    See,  I've  spent  almost  my  whole  life  in  the  military  academies.    My  mother  doesn't  have  a  place  for  me,  where  she  lives.    She...she  just  doesn't  know  what  else  to  do  with  me.    But  you  mustn't  misunderstand  about  my  mother.    She's  really  a  very  lovely  person.                    

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MONOLOGUES  FOR  WOMEN      The  Effect  of  Gamma  Rays  On  Man-­‐In-­‐The-­‐Moon  Marigolds  By  Paul  Zindel    TILLIE:    Mr.  Goodman  said  I  should  tell  what  my  future  plans  are  and  how  this  experiment  has  helped  me  make  them.    For  one  thing,  The  Effect  of  Gamma  Rays  On  Man-­‐In-­‐The-­‐Moon  Marigolds  has  made  me  curious  abut  the  sun  and  the  stars,  for  the  universe  itself  must  be  like  a  world  of  great  atoms  –  and  I  want  to  know  more  about  it.    But  most  important,  I  suppose…  my  experiment  has  made  me  feel  important  –  every  atom  in  me,  in  everybody,  has  come  from  the  sun  –  from  places  beyond  our  dreams.    The  atoms  of  our  hands,  the  atoms  of  our  hearts…  Atom.    Atom.  What  a  beautiful  word.      Picnic  By  William  Inge    MADGE:    Mom,  please  don’t  get  mad.    I’m  not  doing  this  for  spite  but  …  I’m  going  to  Tulsa,  Mom.    I  know  how  you  feel,  but  I  don’t  know  what  else  to  do.    I  have  to  go.    My  bus  leaves  in  a  few  minutes.    He  needs  me,  Mom.    I  guess  you  don’t  love  someone  because  he’s  perfect.    Mrs.  Potts,  take  care  of  Mom  for  me,  will  you?    I’ll  write,  Mom.    Mom,  don’t  worry.    I’ve  got  some  money  I’ve  been  saving  and  there  are  lots  of  jobs  in  Tulsa.    I  can  always  work.    Oh,  Mother!    Tell  Millie  I  never  meant  it  all  those  times  I  said  I  hated  her.    Tell  her  I’ve  always  been  very  proud  that  I  had  such  a  smart  sister.        Antigone  By  Jean  Anouilh    ANTIGONE:    It  was  beautiful.    The  whole  world  was  grey  when  I  went  out.    And  now  –  you  wouldn’t  recognize  it.    It’s  like  a  post  card:  all  pink,  and  green  and  yellow.    You’ll  have  to  get  up  earlier,  Nurse  if  you  want  to  see  a  world  without  color.    The  garden  was  lovely.    It  was  still  asleep.    The  fields  were  wet.    They  were  waiting  for  something  to  happen.    The  whole  world  was  breathless,  waiting.    I  took  off  my  sandals  and  slipped  into  a  field.    Do  you  think  that  if  I  got  up  every  morning  like  this,  it  would  be  just  as  thrilling  every  morning  to  be  the  first  person  out-­‐of  doors?                

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Brighton  Beach  Memoirs  By  Neil  Simon    NORA:    I’m  going  to  be  in  a  Broadway  show!    It’s  a  musical  called  Abracadabra…    This  man,  Mr.  Beckman,  he’s  a  producer,  came  to  our  dancing  class  this  afternoon  and  he  picked  out  three  girls.    We  have  to  be  at  the  Hudson  Theater  on  Monday  morning  at  ten  o’clock  to  audition  for  the  dance  director.    But  on  the  way  out  he  took  me  aside  and  said  the  job  was  good  as  mine.    They  start  rehearsing  a  week  from  Monday  and  then  it  goes  to  Philadelphia,  Wilmington  and  Washington…  and  then  it  comes  to  New  York  the  second  week  in  December…    I  mean,  can  you  believe  it?    I’m  going  to  be  in  a  Broadway  show,  Momma!      The  Member  of  the  Wedding  By  Carson  McCullers    FRANKIE:    I  think  something  is  wrong.    It  is  too  quiet.    I  have  a  peculiar  warning  in  my  bones.    I  bet  you  a  hundred  dollars  it's  going  to  storm.    A  terrible,  terrible  dog-­‐day  storm.    Or  maybe  even  a  cyclone.    Everything's  been  so  sudden  today.    I  never  believed  before  about  the  fact  that  the  earth  turns  at  a  rate  of  about  a  thousand  miles  a  day.    I  didn't  understand  why  it  was  that  if  you  jumped  up  in  the  air  you  wouldn't  land  in  Selma  or  Fairview  or  somewhere  else  instead  of  the  same  backyard.    But  now  it  seems  to  me  I  feel  the  world  going  around  very  fast.      Fifth  of  July  By  Lanford  Wilson    SHIRLEY:    I’m  going  to  be  the  greatest  artist  Missouri  has  ever  produced.    I  am  going  to  be  so  great!    Unqualified!    The  greatest  single  artist  the  Midwest  has  ever  known.    Doing  something  astonishing!    Just  astonishing!    A  painter.    Or  a  sculptor.    Or  a  dancer!    A  writer.    A  conductor!    A  composer!    An  actress!    One  of  the  arts!    People  will  die.    Certain  people  will  literally  have  cardiac  arrests  at  the  magnitude  of  my  achievements.    I  will  have  you  know  that  I  intend  to  study  for  ten  years,  and  then  I  will  burst  forth  on  the  world.    And  people  will  be  abashed!    Amazed!    Astonished!    At  my  magnitude.