| Cursing in of itself is not going to cause auditors at UArts to look askew at you. However, if you are choosing a monologue with cursing as opposed to one without, make sure you have good reasons for your choice. Keep in mind that you are not auditioning for a specific role in which a scene with cursing adds to the evaluation of whether you are appropriate for that role. What you don't want is for the cursing to end up as a distraction, for either you or the auditors, from the rest of your performance.
Remember that a 1 or 2 minute monologue is a very brief moment in the span of the play from which it comes. It is an isolated snapshot. With that in mind, ask yourself: is the cursing contextually appropriate, does it add to understanding the character, does it add an important element to understanding what is happening in the scene and to conveying the slice of the story you are telling at that moment, is the monologue such a small slice of the story and your character that the cursing appears out of context of the bigger "picture" and therefore could appear gratuitous and finally, are you comfortable enough with it that it doesn't become something that you fixate on but instead can perform naturally as part of the character. If after thinking through these kinds of things you feel the monologue is a good one for you and enables you to demonstrate your abilities well, then go for it. But think about these things; you may be asked why you chose that monologue or to discuss what is going on with your character. |