Youre Virtual Dad! I dont know. Your horrors effaced. When I was ten I started getting sharp pains in my side and had to be taken to the doctors. A monologue from the screenplay/tv-show by Peter Nowalk, Michael Russo, Abby Ajayi, and Erika Green Swafford. We felt just terrible about it - don't you remember? August 16, 2022 August 16, 2022 MB Team . O, I have sufferedWith those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel,Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her,Dashd all to pieces. (pause, a laugh). But the majority? It was I who fellheadlong, dizzy, blind. All the time. I think its safe to say that I have explored the full range of rage. They include a couple hidden theater gems as well as several famous female monologues, good for either Broadway or the local playhouse. Then make Charley your father, Biff. Once the owner of a successful P.R. Ive covered my wall with postcards, with posters, with postcards, with posters. . View Bargaining by Kellie Powell This is a list of great monologues for women. How is school? Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. The Straw (dramatic) 2. But it is all I can give. But I dont want you to. A monologue from the play by Mary Gallagher. If I had gone around telling everyone the end is near, and then the end doesnt end. And you! . I cant believe were actually going! I cant tell if youre coming or going. There is no box. We were afraid of losing our jobs if we stopped for five minutes. Why did they ever have to get old? I cant fit through but he can. HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (dramatic), The Top 5 Reasons Actors Should Move To Atlanta, 7 Best Modeling Agencies In Iowa (Up-to-date & Current Listings), 19 Dramatic Shakespeare Monologues For Women. (laughs) smell like them. Undine has really been through hell. In just a few seconds it will be a brand new century!! And the pain was humming off of her like I could hear it. Because this world doesnt belong to you. And the shirt? It was time to go out fighting again. Youre pretending to m*sturbate and Im wondering why? 1. No life. I snuck up here to the attic room so I could be by myself. I tell you I got so nervous at that table tonight. Willy Loman never made a lot of money. Black kids dont go into the cafeteria and shoot up everybody or stalk teachers and shoot them. Sometimes she goes a whole week. Popular Types: Women Men Teens Kids Comedic Contemporary Shakespeare Explore Great Monologues for Women We can't do this. SHADOWS OF MY MIND Mama, his appendix burst on a camping trip to North Conway. Then somebody figured out who I was. Its like they traveled all the time. He wants to believe shes alive, but darkness has always won with him. In The Daylight 5. Find a character or situation that you can relate too. There is scarcely a man connected with the theater who doesnt make use of us in that way some time or another. Nanette finds out Dianes romantic relationship with Maurice and says that she would have found a way to break up the affair. And how Irushed to the window to watch you jump the porch railing! No one at Westerburgs going to let you play their reindeer games. But working in the mills kills your hopes and dreams, and even your spirit. Things are changing. Aye, of course you do. . Its the only explanation for all the crazy stuff thats been happening. Daddy always said he was going to report him. I wanted to walk through the world engulfed in a nauseating aroma just because it reminded me of my mother. But I tell you what I do wish, Mrs Peters. I know its hard to leave her. They came and carried her out, and the boss told us just to keep working like nothing had happened. The black student would have been arrested and we wouldnt be here. There are also several of the most popular American plays in the history of stage represented on this list of female monologues. Why, he would never forgive me! Well, I want you to know. Thread flying through the air. Text Ensemble 101 Breakups 62 How old do you think that carpet is?. As though it couldnt be a world otherwise. No matter what Im doing, it always seems to draw my attention. Cuthart didnt even give her any water. Ohhh, nooooo! Take me back - up the hill - to my grave. I have this thing about not seeing people in the flesh. I guess Im feeling cold and unwelcoming. It swept me into your arms. Understand, Sharona had to die in a fire in order for Undine to live. Instead of walking he talks now. Society just wants to put everyone in a box. No, no, not for vacation youre going to come here to live! A monologue from the play by Tristine Skyler. (Peg clinches Nia.) But then the meteorites in the polar ice cap were found, and instantly the passion resumed ancient life, microscopic, eons ago. . The pain where you want to give up, where you can think of nothing else. Transfer to Washington. Youll miss me, too. Debbie is class president, shes on the debate team going to nationals! It'll Sound Silly What Could You Possibly Have to Tell Me? A monologue from the play by Tennessee Williams. Yeah, hes still livin with his Mama! Im trying to move beyond it, sometimes I even think I have, but mostly Im not a very good human being. This is about you. I would know what went with what, and everything I tried on would fit. MONOLOGUES FOR FEMALES CONTENTS I COMPLETELY BLACKED OUT (Chicago) LOOK AT ME KNOW (Gypsy) I'M A BAGEL (Funny Girl) THEY DONE HER IN (My Fair Lady) AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Oscar Wilde) EVE'S DIARY (Mark Twain) THE PRETENTIOUS YOUNG LADIES (Molire) BIND OUR LOVES UP IN A HOLD BAND (Much Ado About Nothing) HE WILL NOT KNOW WHAT ALL BUT HE DO KNOW (A Midsummer Night's Dream) You made up your mind and walked in, with the air of a god on a holiday. When I was fourteen they sent me to Emma Willard its a boarding school. There is neither rhyme nor reason, just tears, tears, peoples pain, peoples rage, their aggression. I was the mystery girl. You really should be in therapy, you know. Yes, it had begun that early. Wild baboons have proved that girls can do better. Youre going to come real soon, mijo. Euphoria 4. FABULATION 10. In my fantasy world, had my mother lived, I would be extremely well-dressed. My Fair Lady 11. Every Saturday night, Johnny and I meet in the basement of the church with the rest of you. But Mary, I open my eyes every morning and all I want is a pipe to smoke. I have to beat off my suitors with a tree. (pause, looking desperate because she has received no answer. Its audition time and youre looking for the perfect monologue. I dont know, mijo, they like to put their name on everything, quien sabe . But you dont have to be very smart to know what his trouble is. . A collection of the all-time best monologues for females from published plays: A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare. I boost Johnny to the window. My skirt. When I was sixteen, I made the discoverylove. Ive never heard anyone say Im happy and actually feel it. No one had. Why did I fail? Like it was all some elaborate scheme I thought up. Total bust. All her clothes were gone. When he brought them business, when he was young, they were glad to see him. Yep, theyre no-neck monsters, all no-neck people are monsters? . I always go here when I want to be alone. The monologue database serves the singular purpose of organizing monologues on the web and . This list comprises mainly of classical texts. I dont know if I have ever seen a finer night than this. You were only a few months old. Being adopted . (Pause. . Are you still happy? Youre selfish, do you know that? We wait until everyone starts dancing close then we sneak away. This is the moment when you swing by to tell me youre leaving again, on a longer trip with a bigger grant to study something even stranger than before, before Im even used to having you around? I can see now Not having children makes less work. ), A couple of weeks ago some people were even saying I had something to do with it. There was something different about the boy, anervousness, a softness and tenderness which wasnt like a mans, although he wasnt the least biteffeminate lookingstillthat thing was there. Thats something to hope for, anyhow. I was alone with Mary. No judgment. A monologue from the play by Rachel Rubin Ladutke. Then I found out. Nobody could live here and not realize what an amazing, wonderful place it is. Do you love this country as much as I do? Yes those. Good luck. . But more than that, Im mad! I would have stopped it then out of pity for her, if I could have, if I didnt know that any interference would only make matters worse. Have you ever had to set foot in one of those hellholes? My Fair Lady 11. Here, he has come home for a while, and she tells him what she thinks of his being an absentee father. Bunny 10. . It happens to every actress who is moderately pretty and successful. Ill be forced onto some sexual predator registry. I mean feeling like I dont belong anywhere. . Its been fourteen years. You're a grandmother, Mama. And it was good for the boys! And theyll stay that way! Thats my life now. Making them less mean and more clean! Unfortunately, because of copyright restrictions, we cannot sell to persons in your country. . Socks, shoes. And everything would have been different. Enigma (dramatic) 6. Well talk when youre ready. And she cried for her sisters in Detroit Who knew, as she, that their souls belonged on the Nile. . I loved you as long ago as the time I asked you to read the stone angels with your fingers. The only one who doesnt get phone calls? (She hangs up. I dont knowhe never looked at me and I neverVirginia, did you ever have a feeling in your heart, Something that you feel is going to happen and it doesntthats the way my heart was(she touches her heart). Did you hear that? Go on. Poor souls, they perishd.Had I been any god of power, I wouldHave sunk the sea within the earth or ereIt should the good ship so have swallowd andThe fraughting souls within her. but still its a new century . The talks about . My name is not Violet. Absolutely uncompetitive. I told everyone my family died in a fire, and I came to accept it as true. She became like a woman possessed. It became my prom, all mine. Free Monologues for Auditions: Men, Women, and Kids Too. Its my name. firm, she lost everything when her husband absconded with all her money. I am giving you a gift, can you understand? What are you eating? Like I had been caught trying to pull something off. Lets talk about what youre feeling. . So I feel that perhaps I have a right to speak for Eileen who has no one else. STILL LIFE 9. His rough hands rub Vaseline on my face. You are selfish and you are oblivious and you are all terrible people. I for one understand that. You were playing Barbies with Betty Finn! I said to our charming sister-in-law, Mae, honey, couldnt you feed those precious little things at a separate table with an oilcloth cover? And new-ironed dresses and hot baths? I stare dreamily, until her car, blurry, creeps alongside the front garden, and her face, tired but glorious, catches the porch light as she climbs out and walks toward the house. 21 Best Contemporary Dramatic Monologues For Women From Published Plays 1. Disclaimer: Daily Actor at times uses affiliate links to sites like Amazon.com, streaming services, and others. I dont know what we were going to do: put a leash round its neck, give it a name? They give me balls to squeeze, and fine motor tasks to practice. Out them. In these. When I was a mere slip of a girl I went to my high school prom. That was his way of exhausting all possibilities. And you know what? Just to pass the time of day with himLike a raw wind that gets to the bone. Ive never felt so alone in my life. And all of a sudden Nancy stood up, like it was a new day, and she started running around the kitchen like she wasnt half-dead, barking and clicking her nails against the floor tiles. His touch felt like love or as close to it as I could imagine. . Fairies and. I wait for it to ring. I refuse to accept the arbitrariness of a violent world. Written in 1930, this lovely and slightly sentimental play, is about young love in a small Midwestern town. Like when you move a lamp, and you keep going to the same place to turn it on in the dark, even though you moved it across the room weeks ago. My mom barely goes out. . Ever since I came to Lawrence I work six days a week in the mill. Mama, fourteen years have gone by. About degrees of progress . 1-minute monologues for women from published plays for auditions and acting practice. (Laughs.) Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you. My father sent me ten dollars every week, his lotto money. We should put this guy in charge of the entire world! But already such a bright little girl! And when new boys come into the troupe, they teach them how to do it too. Im good at being broke. 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