<p>So, depending upon how I do them, my monologues can run over a minute and a half. Fordham website has this warning:</p>
<p>"Please time your monologues! We will be adhering strictly to this time limit; running over the 1 1/2 minute time limit will result in someone from the faculty cutting you off and will not reflect favorably on your audition. "</p>
<p>But to make SURE you are under time your monologues would basically have to be completely different ones than the 2 min. pieces for other schools, because you just cannot speed up that much or just lop off to make it 25% shorter. </p>
<p>Will they REALLY cut you off? And if there are only two people in the room with you, does that mean that one of them is actually sitting there with a stopwatch? Can they be paying attention to you if they are watching a clock? </p>
<p>Yes, I know that there have to be time limits, yadda, yadda, yadda. No lectures, PLEASE. I just want to know if someone will actually stop me in mid sentence. Has this happened to anyone? Or do they threaten so no one will push the envelope TOO much?</p>
<p>modernmillie:</p>
<p>When a school uses this kind of language, you should take them seriously. There is no equivocation in this warning. They did not say a monologue of APPROXIMATELY 1-1/2 minutes or we MIGHT cut you off or it COULD reflect unfavorably. They said they want a 1-1/2 minute monologue otherwise it will count against you.</p>
<p>Even if you could find someone whose monologue went over, who was not stopped, and who was ultimately accepted to Fordham, I would not advise you to try it. You cannot account for all the variables: individual auditors, different students, or changes over time. And you will never know what the auditors were thinking. </p>
<p>I guess I am lecturing you, and I apologize for that, but it is not because I think Fordham is “right.” I think it is unfortunate that they are setting different limits than everyone else. I just don’t want you to be rejected on a technicality. If you cannot cut your monologue, use another.</p>
<p>Best.</p>
<p>Try to time your monologue so that the last phrases out of your mouth at the 90 second mark are “…so the only way to conclusively prove the existence of God & to cure cancer is…”.</p>
<p>Theater mom, thanks. (casts eyes downward) I know, you’re right. I guess I was just asking for somebody’s mom other than mine to say it. </p>
<p>Gifford, I actually have an audition coming up with a <strong>name</strong> school that has a rep for cutting people off and I have almost decided I won’t go there regardless (logistic reasons) and I MIGHT just try your suggestion. I am not having fun doing these auditions. I can’t believe anyone ever said that they were “fun.” Maybe if I injected some “fun” into the proceedings, giff, I’d like it better. (mischevious eyebrow lifting)</p>
<p>You probably know this but, make sure you are very prepared for the timer starting. You wouldn’t want to be cut off because you were cost some seconds at the beginning of your piece.</p>
<p>Hope your future auditions are more fun than the last ones!</p>