<p>I'm applying as a drama major, and the requirement states that each applicant must have a monologue that is Contemporary 1900+, Near your age, and from a published play. I've been looking for hours and I still haven't found one. Do you have any reccomendations for a teenage male? If there are any current students reading this, could you mention which mononlogue you used?
Thank You Very Much</p>
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<p>Finding monologues is one of the hardest parts of the college audition process. The best thing to do is read plays, read play, read plays!! Our local library did not have a great selection. I would drive an hour to Milwaukee and my son would hole up for a few hours skimming plays for appropriate characters. When he found one, he would read the play and make copies of possible monologues. That is an important element, when you do find a monologue, you must make sure you read the entire play.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you will get many replies with specific monologues suggestions but if you go over to the Musical Theatre forum there are MANY threads regarding monologues that have occured over the years. Some may be helpful. </p>
<p>The monologue search can be very time consuming; good luck!</p>
<p>In my experience they do not literally mean that a 16-18 year old must do a piece within that age specific range. Mostly because they are few and far between. I think anything (that you feel a connection to and believe will best showcase your talent) in the “young man” category would do. For instance for my son’s auditions one of the monologues he did was a character in his early thirties, and no one seemed to bat an eye at that. Hope that makes your search a little easier.</p>
<p>I usually just go online and find some Scooby Doo episodes.</p>
<p>I agree with AZKMom that finding and preparing your monologues is the hardest part of the audition process. This is especially true if you are auditioning for a large number of schools - all of which have different requirements. My D ended up preparing about 10 monologues to meet all of the variations (1 minute, 2 minute, comedic, dramatic, contemporary, classic, Shakespeare, age-appropriate, etc. etc.) I just looked back at it again though and found something pretty interesting. She auditioned for 10 schools I think – she was accepted to three BFA programs. She used the same combination of two monologues for all three of those auditions. She didn’t use them for any of the other auditions because of different requirements. . . I need to think more about what it might have been about those two monologues that were successful . . . or maybe it was just coincidence?</p>