<p>for anyone who has auditioned with monologues for nfaa theatre disciplines.</p>
<p>any tips for choosing monologues? do they prefer to see really dramatic pieces or more subtle conversational ones?</p>
<p>i know they should be age appropriate, but any word on accents?</p>
<p>thanks so much!</p>
<p>They have a list posted of monologues that previously were done by the winners, so that should give you a hint. I would recommend that even if you are a singer, do two monologues. It seems there are more winners who do straight acting than MT. As always, chose contrasting pieces to show your range, so one comedic, one dramatic. Even better, chose one contemporary, one classical, and one of them is comedic and the other dramatic, though that would be less of a concern. You can stop camera between the two for a change of attire.</p>
<p>Get someone who knows what they are doing to videotape you.</p>
<p>Where can I find a list of the monolgues past kids have done, because i’ve searched the NFAA website high and low and can’t find a thing.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Generally accents are not used in auditions like NFAA.
Give them a call. You can buy dvds of the competition of prior years’ theatre finalists.</p>
<p>They don’t have it anymore, but here is one I found from the old days. This is a GREAT list of monologues in general for all of you out there needing some thoughts, so enjoy!</p>
<p>"Students chosen as ARTS Week National Finalists performed the following selections on their audition recordings:</p>
<p>This is for informational purposes only.
This is neither a required NOR a recommended list.
Participants should choose selections that display their particular strengths and talents.</p>
<p>Classical Monologues (published before 1910)
Amphitryon (Sosia) by Moliere
Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano) by Edmond Rostand
A Doll’s House (Nora) by Henrik Ibsen
The Jealous Husband (Scholar) by Moliere
The Libation Bearers (Orestes) by Aeschylus
Major Barbara (Bill Walker) by George Bernard Shaw
Medea (Medea) by Euripides
The Relapse (Lord Foppington) by Sir John Vanbrugh
Saint Joan (Joan) by George Bernard Shaw
The Seagull (Treplyev) by Anton Chekhov</p>
<p>By William Shakespeare
All’s Well That Ends Well (Helena)
As You Like It (Phebe)
A Comedy of Errors ( Dromio)
Hamlet (Hamlet)
Henry IV, Part One (Prince Hal)
Henry IV, Part One (Henry “Hotspur”)
Henry VI (Queen Margaret)
King John (Prince Arthur)
King John (Louis)
Macbeth (Lady MacDuff)
Macbeth (First Witch)
Measure for Measure (Angelo)
The Merchant of Venice (Lancelot Gobo)
The Merchant of Venice (Portia)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Ford)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia)
Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick)
Othello (Iago)
Richard III (Lady Anne)
Twelfth Night (Olivia)
Twelfth Night (Viola)
Two Gentlemen of Verona (Launce)
Two Noble Kinsmen (Jailer’s Daughter) by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher
The Winter’s Tale (Hermoine)</p>
<p>Contemporary Monologues (published after 1910)
21 A (Steve) by Kevin King
A … My Name Is Alice (Alice) by Richard LaGravenese
Angels in America Part One: Millenium Approaches (Harper) by Tony Kushner
Before It Hits Home (Wendel) by Cheryl West
Beggars in the House of Plenty (Tom) by John Patrick Shanley
A Bright Room Called Day (Zillah) by Tony Kushner
Broadway Melody of 1938 (Betty Clayton) by Joseph McCarthy
(monologue leading into You Made Me Love You)
The Children’s Hour (Karen) by Lillian Hellman
Death (Kleinman) by Woody Allen
A Death in Bethany (Henry) by Gary Williams
A Devil Inside (Gene) by David Lindsay-Abaire
Equus (Alan Strang) by Peter Shaffer
Eleemosynary (Echo) by Lee Blessing
Fences (Rose) by August Wilson
Fences (Troy) by August Wilson
The Florist Shop (Maude) by Winifred Hawkridge
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune (Johnny) by Terrence McNally
It Had to Be You (Theda) by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna
Jeffrey (Jeffrey) by Paul Rudnick
Julius and Portia Jones (Portia) by Brian Christopher Williams
The Laramie Project (Aaron Kreifels) by Moises Kaufman
Lazarus Laughed (Caligula) by Eugene O’Neill
The Loman Family Picnic (Mitchell) by Donald Margulies
Lost in Yonkers (Bella) by Neil Simon
Love! Valour! Compassion! (Buzz) by Terrence McNally
Lovers and Other Strangers (Man) by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna
Marisol (Lonny) by Jose Rivera
Night Luster (Roma) Laura Harrington
Only You (Bo) by Timothy Mason
Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Head (The Fan) by Eric Bogosian
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Rosencrantz) by Tom Stoppard
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (The Player) by Tom Stoppard
Search and Destroy (Marie) by Howard Korder
See Bob Run (Bob) by Daniel Macivor
Seven Guitars (Vera) by August Wilson
A Singular Kind of Guy (Mitch) by David Ives
Six Degrees of Separation (Rick) by John Guare
Suddenly Last Summer (Catherine) by Tennessee Williams
Sylvia (Sylvia) by AR Gurney
Too Direct (Kris) by Jeff Goode
Touch (Kyle) by Toni Press-Coffman
Waiting for Godot (Vladimir) by Samuel Beckett
The Warm Peninsula (Steve) by Joe Masteroff </p>
<p>Musical Theater Selections
Anthem (Chess) by Anderson, Ulvaeus & Rice
As Long As He Needs Me (Oliver) by Lionel Bart
Corner of the Sky (Pippin) by Stephen Schwartz
Creole Boy (Jelly’s Last Jam) by George C. Wolfe & Susan Birkenhead
The Funeral Sequence (Parade) by Jason Robert Brown
How Glory Goes (Floyd Collins) by Adam Guettel
I Can’t Stand Still (Footloose) by Dean Pitchford
I’m Not Afraid of Anything (Songs for a New World) by Jason Robert Brown
Lonely House (Street Scene) by Kurt Weill
Much More (Ther Fantasticks) by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Not for the Life of Me (Thoroughly Modern Millie) by Jeanne Tesori and Dick Scanlan
Now That I’ve Seen Her (Miss Saigon) by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg
A Part of That (The Last Five Years) by Jason Robert Brown
Private Conversations (Side Show) by Henry Kreiger
The Simple Joys of Maidenhood (Camelot) by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Song of Me (Starting Here, Starting Now) by Richard Maltby and David Shire
Summer in Ohio (The Last Five Years) by Jason Robert Brown
Surabaya Santa (Songs for a New World) by Jason Robert Brown
This Is What It Is (The Wild Party) by Michael John LaChuisa
Unexpected Song (Song and Dance) by Andrew Lloyd Weber
What Do I Need With Love (Thoroughly Modern Millie) by Dick Scanlan and Jeanine Tesori
What You’d Call a Dream (Diamonds) by Craig Carnelia
Your Daddy’s Son (Ragtime) by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens"</p>
<p>thanks so much! that is a general list!!</p>
<p>*great general list i meant.</p>
<p>also, it’s interesting that many of the monologues have been deemed “overdone”. i guess they’re popular for a reason.</p>
<p>You have to look at the lists of “do not do” when you audition for colleges and make sure what you pick is not on the list… Good point.</p>