Newsletter: The Monologue Edition
You can check out a few updates from my October 2018 Newsletter, The Monologue Edition. Enjoy!
17 Compelling Monologues About Bullying
Part of the beauty and magic of theatre is that we can use drama to give voice to an emotion, challenge or experience we might not otherwise express. Below are eight monologues that center around the idea of bullying in some capacity. Whether it is covering your ears in the shower, imagining you’re a shark, or instructing teddy bears to jump out a window, these dramatic, comedic or darkly comedic monologues show different ways people cope with the effects of bullying. ..
Read MoreChildren/teen comedic Halloween monologue: My Missing Skittles
Okay, kids, we’re a month away from Halloween and a 9-year-old just told me he read 90% of parents steal some of their kids’ Halloween candy! Do you think your parents are in that majority? Or is your mom or dad in that elite angelic 10%? And parents, do you think it causes no harm to skim a little Reeses Pieces from the tip? …
Read MoreNew comedic teen / YA monologue: Not Just Derivatives and Functions or Whatever
Check out my new comedic 2-minute monologue for teen or young adult female actors called Not Just Derivatives and Functions or Whatever. In this “mean-girl” type monologue, Angelina makes her case why Dawson’s prom date choice is wrong. It’s all about that brain…
Read MoreNew dramatic/comedic monologue, The Statistics Aren't Real
The Statistics Aren’t Real monologue comes from Jumping The Wind, a 10-minute comedic/dramatic play perfect for competitions, classrooms, festivals and productions. There are 2 great roles with a flexible gender and age cast, and very minimal set. Two pieces of pollen (yes, pollen!) must make the treacherous jump from a dying flower to a fresh flower - before the cat comes around that night to destroy what is left of the flower these pollen have always called home…
Read MoreNew Period Dramatic Monologue: Growing Up Treacherously
Check out my new period dramatic monologue set in 1800s, Growing Up Treacherously, for a female actor in her 30s-40s. In the home of her dying young child, a mother speaks to her older daughter about how growing up involves the almost inseparable pair: love and tragedy.
Read MoreNew teen/preteen dramatic monologue: A Life Spurred into Meaningful Adventure
Check out my new dramatic teen/young adult monologue, excerpted from the play A Life Spurred into Meaningful Adventure. Goldilocks and Little Bear have set off, away from the bears' home, to start an adventure of their own. But as they realize they don't know where they are going or even how to make a shelter, Goldilocks wonders if she did the right thing in pulling Little Bear away from his loving family.
Read MoreNew Children's/Preteen Monologue: If I Were A Kind of Flower
Check out my new comedic/dramatic children's monologue, If I Were A Kind of Flower. Anibel expresses concern over her daffodils covered in snow, and imagines how she would live, if she were a daffodil herself.
Read MoreNew Dark Comedy Teen Monologue: Tiramisu Vaping
Check out Tiramisu Vaping, my new dark comedy teen monologue for a female (or male) actor. This runs 1.5-2 minutes, on average. In the monologue, Emma makes a case to her mother of why vaping is actually a far less selfish habit than previous generations, and how her generation has taken serious steps to think of others, as well as the whole planet.
Read MoreNew Comedic Children's monologue: Written by 8-year-old guest playwright
Let me tell you about a talented little boy. He's a member of the Chess Club and Computer Club at his school, participates in Engineering and Swim classes, researches the mysteries of outer space, loves to ride his bike, do gross food dares during school Lunch, read like a fiend, go on hikes, and has a blast writing and illustrating his own comic book series called "Tommy Tom Tom, Mike and Joe."...
Read MoreNew Dramatic Monologue for Male (or female) actors: "Abhay and the Banana," from For My Silent Sisters
Check out my newly released free dramatic monologue for a male (or female) actor, "Abhay and the Banana," excerpted from my full-length play, For My Silent Sisters.
Read MoreDecember Newsletter →
Has anyone else watched a "Hallmark Holiday" movie this season yet? Okay, they're cheesy and predictable, but there's kind of nothing like wrapping presents at midnight, while watching a feel-good Christmas movie where a jaded journalist travels to a snowy land and either meets Santa--or a prince! Snacking on chocolate-covered peppermint "jo-jos" helps too.
Read MorePoppy: The Success of a Youtube Persona-life
So she's been around a couple of years, but when NPR interviews her, you know she's made it to some sort of new level. I'm talking about Poppy. That 20-something, eerie, but empathetic blonde who occasionally resembles a slightly southern Marilyn Monroe, but, like her eyebrows, has a darker undertone, and a satiric bite about the very idea of fame which has made her famous. So who is Poppy and why do I want to take the time and space to write about her?...
Read More"She's So Ugly" - A New Dark Comedy Teen Monologue for Females
Check out my new dark comedy, teen monologue, "She's So Ugly," when Skyler solicits her pretty friends from dance class to "help out" a less fortunate member of the class....
Read MoreNew dramatic/comedic monologue for male actors, "A Nice Night Together"
Check out my new free dramatic, romantic-comedic monologue, A Nice Night Together. SAMUEL, a married man, is standing outside of a hotel bedroom, speaking to his recent fling, Brigit. He explains the difference in her expressing things that will make them have a nice night together and expressing things that will make them have a bad night. He’ll stick around if it’s the former. He’ll leave if it’s the latter.
Read MoreTeen/Children's/Comedic Monologue: Iowa Is Gonna Be So Jealous
Check out my newly released comedic monologue for teens or children, Iowa is Gonna Be So Jealous, written especially for the 2015 monologue winner, the very talented, Ryan Henzi. If you've ever wanted to perform a scene where you were almost mauled by a rhinoceros (and found it kind of exciting!), then here is your chance!...
Read MorePlaywriting Fellowship for Young Writers of Color
The Lark, an always impressive NYC theatre championing new work, recently announced The Van Lier New Voices Fellowship application process. This fellowship is for NYC playwrights of color under the age of 30....
Read MoreNew Free Dramatic Monologue for Female or Male actor: No Release
Check out my new dramatic monologue, "No Release," about a woman and her failed attempts at a cleansing cry.
MELINDA: Everyone keeps telling me to cry like it’s some kind of, some kind of miracle cure or something. I’ll feel better, I’ll feel this, I don’t know, this release, and—I don’t even know what a release feels like. What—suddenly I’ll have no tightness in my chest? Cause you know, I’m wearing this tightness inside of me like some kind of old fashioned girdle, you know? And, it’s like...
Read MoreThe question all founding artistic directors must ask: Theatre? Or Theater?
Yes, it's the age-old, not-really-that-important, but fascinating nonetheless, question of how to spell Theatre. Or Theater. And what does your spelling choice say about who you are? Hm...
Read MoreMotherhood in Theatre Forums 2017: Breaking the Silence
If you're a parent in theatre, and have encountered some challenges or figured out some solutions to this ever-present balancing act of art and children, check out this important new advocacy group touching on this not-talked-about-enough subject...
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