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- From: pattisan@midiline.la.ca.us (Patti Hayes)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre
- Subject: Re: monlogues wanted
- Message-ID: <BHJiuB3w165w@midiline.la.ca.us>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 17:03:58 PST
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- Organization: MIDILine BBS - Altadena, CA - (818) 797-3285
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- pattisan@midiline.la.ca.us (Patti Hayes) writes:
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- > croth@scott.skidmore.edu (catherine roth) writes:
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- > > well, it's november. that time of year that every theatre major on
- > > every college campus worldwide dreads: time to find an audition piece
- > > for next semester. that is where you, the avid readers of
- > > recarts.theatre, come in. i am searching high and low for a monologue
- > > to audition with for next semester. i'm looking for something
- > > contemporary and fun, something powerful yet not too flashy.
- > > something for a female, but not too frail and frilly (i hate playing
- > > frail and frilly). any suggestions? i need you!
- > > cathy
- >
- > May I suggest something from a novel....be different aand unique!
- > There are many fine monologues (thoughts) in many of the novels and bio-
- > graphies...certainly they would not be real familiar with the material and
- > so would not have anything to compare your preformance to and so judge you
- > on your ability....even the arias from the operas tell a story. I once
- > did the aria from Salome as a Monologue,with some added writing and changing
- > the one where she askes for the head of John the Baptist. It was very effect-
- > ive and got me an a part I wanted very badly because no one had ever thought
- > of me for drama. Ayn Rand has strong women with very lengthy monologues. But
- > as a challenge you you should have a frail piece in your repitoire!
- > Be unique and do the something from a novel BEFORE it is sold to tv or
- > the movies....Ask your friends that read novels a lot to jot down the titles
- > of some that have the kind of women you like to play....I can't think of any
- > others off hand but there have been quite of few that might suit your taste.
- > Even the librarian might help.
- > Just don't bore them with the same old material!
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- just thought about Studs Turkel....WORKING....Now they took a few of
- the monologues by the people he wrote about and made it into a play. But he
- has several books that are on the same style as well as many from Working that
- were not included in the play. These are real people that he has met ...blue
- collar,white collar, sec'ys,etc. Those works alone should keep you in mon0-
- logues till you graduate!
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