<p>I’m going through several plays a day, searching for some monologues that are perfect for me, but I’m having no luck. I’m using “playscripts.com” and my school’s library. I know my age range and “type” and what I should NOT pick for a monologue, but I’m not finding ANY monologues for young men that aren’t overdone. Is there something I’m missing? Is there a certain way a person should go about looking for a monologue? Is it okay to piece the dialogue of one character together and call it done? I’m getting nervous because pre-screens need to be happening NOW if I’m going to be competitive.</p>
<p>I’m a transfer student (at a community college), I’m 20, but I look about 15-16, so it’s probably better that I play younger.</p>
<p>It’s ok to turn a dialogue into a monologue by dropping the other character in the dialogue. Trim carefully.
My short cut when you have no time is to find a play based on a book that you love that has a character similar to your age/type. Best wishes!</p>
<p>Thanks! That leads me to my next monologue-related question. I was thinking about doing Jonathon Harker from “Dracula”, adapted by William McNulty (based on Bram Stoker’s version). Would this still be considered classical because of the subject matter or would be contemporary because it’s a recent adaption?</p>
<p>(I have ONE contemporary comedic monologue, (“The Altruist” but I’d like to find at least one more.) Because I have the one comedic, I’m focusing on contemporary dramatics for now and if I have time after I find and work all my contemporary ones, I’ll look into classical and I’m better-read in the latter, so it shouldn’t be as much of an issue.</p>
<p>I have a monologue from “Dog Sees God” that’s actually Beethoven’s dialogue cut together. I know it and I’m good at it. During my free consultation with an audition coach, she said that monologues from “Dog Sees God” are really overdone, but if Beethoven’s “monologue” is a monologue I put together myself, would it be a strong monologue choice, even for pre-screens?</p>
<p>My daughter asked one school if a recent adaptation of a 19th century novel counted as contemporary or classical and she was told by this one university, it was contemporary. According to this school, you go by the date of the play, not the date of the book it was based on. This is sort of odd to me, because the language of the play was certainly not contemporary sounding; I’d give a ring to the schools on your list that have particular date requirements for monologues.</p>
<p>Re: classification of a monologue, each school has different criteria (e.g. dates very school to school based on what is contemporary), so you might want to check with where you’re applying to. And yes, feel free to piece dialogue together, but as classicalbk says, carefully!</p>
<p>Also, I like to check productions from recent seasons at various universities for ideas of plays to read. Similarly for a search tool, stageagent.com offers the advanced search that you might find helpful - I’m not sure how different it is from the one you referenced. All best to you!</p>