<p>I’ll be applying for some schools for acting.
I need two contemporary monologues,
I choose Luisa’s monologue from the fantasticks and monologue from “woman who cooked her husband”
what I’m concerned about is my luisa monologue.
can I perform a musical theatre play for an acting major? it says “contemporary published full lenght plays”</p>
<p>I would also be concerned about the Luisa monologue. Not only to many acting programs look down upon monologues from musicals, but the Luisa monologue is very over-done. While it is a piece that is VERY impressive if done well, it’s very difficult and will be seen a lot at auditions. If you have the time (which you are ahead of the curve- so you do!) I would suggest finding another piece.</p>
<p>Thank you alexa! Do you have any suggestions? I have hard time finding a monologue contrasting my dramatic one. Real hard time!
I am physically similar to Penelope Cruz and Keira Knightley, I think that too helps when choosing a monologue.
I had no luck on finding one though…</p>
<p>It definitely helps to pay attention to your physicality when choosing a monologue, because I think as an actor is very important to portray your character accurately when it comes to the way they look! It goes back to the very basic tip that you get when you first start auditioning that you shouldn’t play an 80 year old man if you’re a 15 year old girl… :]</p>
<p>Whenever I need to find plays for monologues I always look for shows that haven’t been performed recently on Broadway. For example, I look up shows that have been nominated for Tony awards, but five or ten years ago. That’s where I find the best scripts with the best characters in my opinion. Also, if your school has a thespian society, you can go to your state thespian society’s website and look up a list of plays that monologues have been performed from as an IE this past year, and sometimes even later!</p>
<p>A really good resource, in my opinion, is Dramatist Play Service ([Dramatists</a> Play Service, Inc.](<a href=“http://www.dramatists.com/]Dramatists”>http://www.dramatists.com/)). Unlike the above poster, who does give good advice, I try to avoid any plays that won Tony awards in the past 10 years or so, as they are often more overdone than not due to all of the publicity. Dramatist Play Service allows you to browse through thousands of plays. Each play that they offer the rights to has a page on the website with a description of the work, in which you can find some character descriptions. If one of the plays piques your interest and has characters that are age appropriate and you think physically appropriate (you are a lucky girl if you look like Penelope Cruz and Kiera Knightly!), then you can buy the play. I will also send you a quick PM with some plays I think you could specifically look at.</p>