Acting Monologues Online

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Before you go to your next audition try out some new acting monologues online. Whether you prefer comedy or tragedy, there are plenty of free acting monologues available to budding actors online.

Where to Find Acting Monologues Online

If you are looking for a wide variety of monologues to choose from, you're in luck. There are many free sites that offer lots of acting monologues online. Most of these online sites offer options in choosing a monologue such as age range, type or genre, and length.

  • Actor Point offers lots of free monologues, along with acting advice and casting call information.
  • Acting Monologues Online lists a great variety of monologues in every genre, with teen, comedy, drama and more.
  • Monologues focuses on monologues for kids and teens.
  • PlayGroup offers free monologues for audition purposes.
  • Mobipocket sells ebook versions of works for the theater.
  • Script-O-Rama is a free site with full transcripts of popular movies and television shows.

Free Scripts and Screenplays Online

It is always helpful to have an entire script to read so you understand your character thoroughly. The Internet is a great place to find free scripts online to help you in this endeavor. The following sites offer a wide variety of complete scripts and screenplays online for free:

Monologues and Script Books

If downloading monologues and scripts is too expensive, or you simply hate reading things on a computer screen, there are many scripts, screenplays and monologue books that can be purchased online. Amazon, Borders and Waldenbooks all sell these items online. Some of the top monologue books among actors include:

  • Audition Monologues: Power Pieces for Women by Deborah Maddox
  • The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues by Nina Shengold
  • The Actor's Book of Movie Monologues by Marisa Smith
  • Audition Monologues: Power Pieces for Kids and Teens by Deborah Maddox
  • One on One: The Best Men's Monologues for the Nineties by Jack Temchin

Tips for Choosing Monologues

Choosing the right monologue can mean the difference between getting a job and continuing on with endless casting calls. Here are a few tips to help you decide which monologue to choose for your next audition:

  • When you choose a monologue online, make sure it is from a script you are familiar with. You need to know the context in which your character is reacting.
  • Choose a short monologue, two minutes or less, for your audition.
  • The character you choose should be one you can relate to in order for you to give a heartfelt performance.
  • Your age is crucial to the monologue you choose - make sure it is within your own age range.
  • Choose a character and monologue that is similar to the character you are trying out for.

Now that you have so many monologues to choose from, you have the fun of choosing the one that will land you that next big part. Go break a leg!

More Information

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Comments

Sorry to hear the resources in this article didn't help you out. Try our article Online Comedic Monologues for even more ideas. Thanks for the suggestion to add monologues to the site, but I can't see that happening in the near future because we want to avoid copyright issues.

-- Contributed by: Lorie Witkop

I like the cite, but i think tha tmaybe you should search for some mre links to monologues because i have already seen a lot of the nes that you have on your site. Maybe you could put some monologues strait on the site too

-- Contributed by: Ash

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