<p>I have a question about monologues. Do most kids prepare 4? Does one have to be Shakespeare, or is any other classical monologue acceptable. How many do they do for their auditions? Do they run through all 4, or just 2?</p>
<p>I would say most do at least 4. My D had two comedic and two dramatic at the ready. Then she had her classical. It doesn’t have to be Shakespeare it can be another classical one. Sometimes they are feeling a different one or their time total needs to be shorter or longer and the other monologue worked better for the cut. </p>
<p>I had one comedic, one classical dramatic, one contemporary dramatic, one Shakespeare (dramatic), I also learned a backup comedic that I actually did end up having to use since I had so many dramatics on my forefront, and comedic is really more my type. Anyways, I’d also relearn the monologues from shows on your resume for a quick go-to. Don’t over-look Shakespeare… I did have to use mine about 3 times. I guess this is coming from a straight actor, and not MT, but it certainly doesn’t hurt to be prepared! It probably sounds like a lot, but trust me, if you start now, like I did last year, by the time audition season comes around you’ll be very confident in your performance!</p>
<p>For MT auditions, Carnegie Mellon requested to hear a classical as well as comedic and dramatic. Not sure any others did for MT, but its good to have prepared just in case. If auditioning for straight acting programs it may be requested more often.</p>
<p>BoCo MT requires a classical monologue too.</p>
<p>Honestly the more you have and the more diverse the better off you are however most schools post specifically what is expected and from our experience my S auditioned with exactly what was listed. </p>
<p>We are on the hunt for monologues… in my opinion, this is the hardest part of the preparation process. Bleh. </p>
<p>@MTmom2015 it was for my S as well. He hasn’t done a lot of straight acting and the plays he’s read are the same plays everyone has read and uses. So now we have a library of plays, we bought so many.</p>
<p>The one monologue he used he got from a monologue book. We couldn’t find the play anywhere, We emailed the writer, he sent it to S and wished him the best of luck. I thought that was great!</p>
<p>My former HS drama director offered to help. He has boxes of plays (circa 1960’s-1980’s) in his basement. We are hoping to find a hidden gem or two there. We just have to get through the last two days of school next week (we had to extend 5 extra days due to snow/cold days), then we can focus. </p>