<p>I’m auditioning for Tisch late January, and I am having a horrible time trying to find a second monologue. I’m doing Sally Brown’s coat hanger sculpture monologue for my first one, so I need a dramatic one. Suggestions on specific monologues or places to look? Any advice would be much appreciated!!</p>
<p>I generally tell people to not be scrambling at the last minute to choose monologues; however, if your audition is in LATE January, and you have time over the holidays, I would strongly recommend choosing 2 monologues -- Charlie Brown monologues are notoriously overdone. My opinion is that it would be in your best interests to look for something that is more honest, and doesn't try so hard to be "cute."</p>
<p>I don't think you should do a monologue from a musical. Generally, one is better served by doing monologues from plays.</p>
<p>Good to know. Any suggestions on where to find them? I've been scouring the internet for months with no luck, and my Borders doesn't carry an monologue books. Can someone suggest a good monologue book I could order off of Amazon?</p>
<p>If you want to start on the Internet, I would use it to research plays who may have characters you could realistically play. (For most college prospects, that would probably put them in a 16-24 age range.) Look for plays who have characters that fit that range - then look for other aspects that might appeal to you - you like the author, you find the subject matter intriguing, etc.</p>
<p>Monologues should be from published plays, and you should read the entire play before you would consider using a mono for an audition, particularly college auditions. The best way is to just read every play on the shelf of your local library - however, in the interests of time, if you look for a monologue book, make sure that the monos are from actual plays, and not written just for mono books. Then, if you find a mono you like, then find the play and read the whole thing.</p>
<p>Although reading through a shelf of plays may seem daunting, if you first look at the cast page in the front, and see if there are any potential characters that meet your needs, then skim through, plays usually are fairly quick reads. I would also recommend reading passages that look promising out loud. I recently read an obscure little play because I had heard a mono from it; I must say, if I hadn't heard it as a mono first, I would have read right past it/through it, without realizing what a gem it was. I think reading aloud would focus me more on monologue potential. If you're scanning dozens of plays at a sitting, they can start to run together, with nothing really standing out. Depending on your learning style, saying them instead of just reading in your head might make much more of an impact on you.</p>
<p>sacredcow, MusThCC has some great suggestions. I will add one more: your high school probably has an English teacher or two who might be able to suggest some plays with characters in your age range that you can read, and your high school might even have a teacher who teaches drama/theater or maybe just directs the plays and musicals, and you could ask him or her. </p>
<p>I say to ask the English teacher because most English teachers have had at least some exposure to playwrights. For instance, your high school curriculum might include "The Crucible," and that play has characters within your age range that you might find intriguing and of interest. </p>
<p>If you peruse various threads on this list, you may also find the names of various plays from which other students in other years have taken their monologues. </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your suggestions! I will definitely do that.</p>
<p>In addition to all of the wonderful suggestions above. Monologue books can be a good resource for finding monologues. I suggest that if you find a monologue that you like in a book you then order the full play, (1) because you should always read the entire play before performing the monologue so that you know the context (2) You may find a different monologue from the same place that was not in the monologue book... plays in monologue books tend to be overdone.</p>
<p>If your local bookstore does not have monologue books try looking at one of the many on-line bookstores. Make sure that you are ordering a book that is a compilation of monologues from published plays, not a book of monologues that were written specifically for the monologue book.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>