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MONOLOGUE: POOR JOHN by Gregorio Martinez Sierra (Male, comedy, contemp)

JOHN: How can you expect a man to be brave when he meets with nothing in life but misfortune? Everything has gone wrong with me since the day I was born. Whatever I put my hand to fails utterly. You know it better than I do. I was brought up to be rich, and I [...]

MONOLOGUE: BUNNY’S LAST NIGHT IN LIMBO by Peter Petralia (Female, contemp)

SISTER, barely a pubescent, hungry for affection, and in the midst of discovering masturbation, is obsessed with beauty products. SHE reverently spells the word of her favorite cosmetic…

MONOLOGUE:THE BACHELOR’S SOLILOQUY by Anonymous (male, classic, comedy)

BACHELOR: To wed, or not to wed;–that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in a man to suffer
The slings and sorrows of that blind young archer;
Or fly to arms against a host of troubles,
And at the altar end them. To woo–to wed–
No more; and by this step to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand hopes [...]

MONOLOGUE: ELEPHANT by Margie Stokley (Female, Teen, 1980)

At 17, MICHELLE is bright and direct in her group therapy session. Applying lipstick, SHE addresses the audience as the group…

MONOLOGUE: BAD DATES by Theresa Rebeck (Female, Contemporary)

HALEY, a successful restaurateur and single mom- in her late 30s early 40s, thinks shes finally met Mr Right. In the monologue she calls her brother for advice and then the date.

(She reaches for the phone and dials)

HALEY: Hey, its me. No, not yet, he’s coming over tonight. B.J. stop it! I’m too nervous right now you cant make fun of me. Yes. Ha ha. Yes of course I got rid of her, she’s spending the night at Emily’s. No, honey, he more than assumes, its been stated specifically, the plan is that he comes over, we order Chinese take-out and then actually do the deed on the living room floor before the food even gets here. (she laughs)What? I guess…

MONOLOGUE: DRIFT by Jon Tuttle (Male, Contemporary, Comedic)

LEE is a wisecracking, cynical, private investigator. In this monologue, he’s talking to some other guys in a bar about his views on marriage.

LEE: I don’t know.

Being married… Its like…Its like chewing the same damn gum over and over and over for the rest of your life. Sometimes, sometimes you need some new gum!…