<p>Wow, feels like I made so many threads... anyway, I would appreciate if someone could help me in this situation.</p>
<p>I have to prepare monlogues for my college auditions, but I am bamboozled on what to do. I had a monologue prepared that I thought was perfect, becuase It represented who I was; however, my teacher told me to never do storytelling monologues. </p>
<p>What do you guys feel about storytelling monologues?
Also, do colleges hate it if you use overdone monologues: Brighton Beach Memoirs? Thanks!</p>
<p>Colleges generally have guidelines regarding monologues. Check their web sites. All of the ones I've seen require that the monologues are from published plays. Do not make one up. And yes, they most definitely hate overdone monologues. They've heard it 10,000 times and can't stand it. BBM is one. No Neil Simon, no Chris Durang. Try to find monologues from plays that are less than ten years old, or even five years old (but nothing that's been on Broadway.) Those monologues will sound refreshing and the auditioner will appreciate it. If you live near a city with a good theatre, check what they put on. Check a university library for newer plays. You can "thread" together a monologue by stringing parts together with a few tweaks.</p>
<p>This web site mentions musical theater auditions, but the list it provides of "overdone monologues" is helpful nonetheless. </p>
<p>Overdone</a> Monologues @ MusicalTheatreAudition.com</p>
<p>This doesn't mean you should waste hundreds of hours trying to find the most obscure monologue that the auditors have never heard, but it does mean making some effort to find a monologue that best shows off your skill and which the auditors won't be seeing a dozen times a day. (The tunafish monologue from Durang's Laughing Wild is apparently an example of this.)</p>
<p>Re: storytelling monologues. They aren't ideal for a college audition simply because they don't allow the actor to be as engaged in what he or she is talking about as a more active monologue, if that makes sense.</p>