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So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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You might want to look at the following plays: 
Pronoun by Evan Placey
Laramie Project by Moises Kauffman and Tectonic Theater Project 
Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey

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William Addis
Chair of Visual and Performing Arts
Westtown School
West Chester PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-01-2018 23:59
From: Lindsey Jones
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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I would consider something from the Laramie Project, there are many monologues in that incredibly powerful piece. Can the monologues be original works? If so, perhaps you explore writing one? Maybe you know someone who identifies on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum that would be willing to tell their story? 

Good luck with this.

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James Fry
Director of Student Life and the Malvern Theatre Society
Malvern, PA
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-01-2018 23:59
From: Lindsey Jones
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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Original Message------

So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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There is a play, Lost and Found by Marsha Sheiness based on interviews with LGTBQ teens. The play has 8 characters, all of whom are grappling with their sexual identities in a variety of ways. Each teen tells his or her story and the other actors participate in acting out the scenes. I'm sure you could find a monologue to extract there. I believe you can buy a downloadable PDF.

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Jean Klein
[Playwright/Founder HaveScripts/BlueMoonPlays]
Virginia Beach VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-01-2018 23:59
From: Lindsey Jones
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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If this is for debate, you can adapt a prose work.  I'd talk to your librarian about books with LGBTQ+ characters.

And you will probably score better if you have two or more characters in the piece.

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C. J. Breland
Asheville High School
Asheville NC
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-03-2018 09:32
From: Jean Klein
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

There is a play, Lost and Found by Marsha Sheiness based on interviews with LGTBQ teens. The play has 8 characters, all of whom are grappling with their sexual identities in a variety of ways. Each teen tells his or her story and the other actors participate in acting out the scenes. I'm sure you could find a monologue to extract there. I believe you can buy a downloadable PDF.

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Jean Klein
[Playwright/Founder HaveScripts/BlueMoonPlays]
Virginia Beach VA

Original Message:
Sent: 09-01-2018 23:59
From: Lindsey Jones
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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If it doesn't need to be a monologue taken from a full length play, then check out the anthologies Out and Allied Volumes one and two.  They have a mix of "performance pieces" including scenes/short plays, poems, monologues, and songs "contributed by youth from all over the United States.".  They are new to my bookshelf, but definitely seem to have multiple options.

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Kristin Hall
Drama Director
Lincoln Public Schools
Arlington MA
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-04-2018 10:50
From: C. J. Breland
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

If this is for debate, you can adapt a prose work.  I'd talk to your librarian about books with LGBTQ+ characters.

And you will probably score better if you have two or more characters in the piece.

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C. J. Breland
Asheville High School
Asheville NC

Original Message:
Sent: 09-03-2018 09:32
From: Jean Klein
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

There is a play, Lost and Found by Marsha Sheiness based on interviews with LGTBQ teens. The play has 8 characters, all of whom are grappling with their sexual identities in a variety of ways. Each teen tells his or her story and the other actors participate in acting out the scenes. I'm sure you could find a monologue to extract there. I believe you can buy a downloadable PDF.

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Jean Klein
[Playwright/Founder HaveScripts/BlueMoonPlays]
Virginia Beach VA

Original Message:
Sent: 09-01-2018 23:59
From: Lindsey Jones
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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Original Message------

So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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Hi there. You may consider reaching out to the conference team at the Pride Youth Theater Alliance. The participants may have devised monologues that could be available for actors. Additionally, the Alliance may have insights into the availability of other monologues by queer youth.

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Evan Plummer
Miami FL
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-06-2018 13:06
From: Mark Quinlan
Subject: LGBTQ Monologue

The "Broadway" version is the 2013 Broadway version.  We did it last year; so much better than the original or Enchanted versions.

 

Mark Quinlan

Theater Director, Head Speech Coach

Centennial High School

763-792-5099

finearts@isd12.org

 

Original Message------

So I am a high school student who competes in dramatic 10 minute monologues and this year I am adamant on finding an LGBTQ story to present. I was wondering if anyone knew of any sad or dramatic LGBTQ monologues I would be able to find the script for and perform.

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Lindsey Jones
Newcastle WA
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