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palewithyellowhair

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Unique Audition Monologue? - 2008/03/01 09:26 I want a unique audition monologue most preferably from an actual play and not from a book.It has to be a minute to a minute and a half,I don't want something is that is so overdone that at everyone at theatre camp will being doing it.Any suggestions?

I have been looking through oodles of play and nothing...fits. Upcoming Things-Youth Sing Praise 2008,Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Theatre Program,
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chimchar45

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Re:Unique Audition Monologue? - 2008/03/01 12:49 The Mamalogue from Once upon a mattress is hilarious. It isn't overdone either. You can look it up its on this site.

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Re:Unique Audition Monologue? - 2008/03/07 15:19 Some of the very best Monolgues I have seen are taken from movie scripts. It's a unique approach that won't work everywhere but they are easy to find ( google movie monologues ) and fun to work on. Some very serious monologues are down right hysterical when done comedically. Check out the "The Nature of the Spirits" monolgue for Tangina from "Poltergiest" written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais & Mark Victor. Taken as a comedy it will leave 'em howling.

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broadway bound

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Re:Unique Audition Monologue? - 2008/03/13 17:15 I recently auditioned for a summer program and used Nina's monologue from The Seagull by Chekov. Its definitely a challenge but a challenge can be fun! I thinks its in the first or second scene...
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! I find out if I got in in less than a week...I'm so excited! Is that the smell of sulfur?
Oh its a stage effect!

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Re:Unique Audition Monologue? - 2008/03/13 22:53 There is a book called "Gig - Americans Talk About Their Jobs" Edited by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, and Sabin Streeter. It is not exactly a book of monologues - it is a book of interviews of different people talking about their jobs. You can make a monologue out of almost every story! We use this book in my acting class all the time! You really have to cut and paste, but you can use the dialog in the book as your lines. Some of the stories are sad and others are funny. Nobody else will have a monologue like yours - trust me.

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