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Howdy, I am searching for good material for my students to use for monologue auditions for college auditions. Both male and female...Please help!!!

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Derreck Reed
Theatre Arts Director
Kern High School District
Arvin CA
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Dearly Departed has some AMAZING monologues!

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Danysha Lamadieu
Covington GA
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Original Message:
Sent: 8/29/2014 4:21:46 PM
From: derreck_reed@kernhigh.org
Subject: Good Monlogues For College Auditions Both Male and Female

Howdy, I am searching for good material for my students to use for monologue auditions for college auditions. Both male and female...Please help!!! ------------------------------------------- Derreck Reed Theatre Arts Director Kern High School District Arvin CA -------------------------------------------

Hey! Jean Anouilh's Antigone has some excellent monologues for both male and female. ------------------------------------------- Nicole DePietro Drama Teacher Monroe NC -------------------------------------------
Original Message: Sent: 08-29-2014 21:31 From: Danysha Lamadieu Subject: Good Monlogues For College Auditions Both Male and Female Dearly Departed has some AMAZING monologues! ------------------------------------------- Danysha Lamadieu Covington GA ------------------------------------------- Sent via Higher Logic Mobile

Now with our great GOOGLE (lol) we can find many lists of overdone monologues. A list that the student wants to refer to during their search. Here are a few:

 http://www.mycollegeaudition.com (which also has a good check list of what to look for and avoid).

From Webster University: http://www.webster.edu

Also: http://auditioningforcollege.com
And there are many more. A lesson plan might be a web search and a report back on helpful information and sites. This is a involved process. I have around 20 students a year prepping for this worrisome project. Good Luck.

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Phillip Rayher
Director, Theatre Dept.
Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts
San Francisco CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-30-2014 08:09
From: Nicole DePietro
Subject: Good Monlogues For College Auditions Both Male and Female

Hey!
Jean Anouilh's Antigone has some excellent monologues for both male and female.

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Nicole DePietro
Drama Teacher
Monroe NC
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"The Big Book of Moliere Monologues" features 160 monologues from the plays of Moliere in rhymed iambic pentameter. It also includes biographical info, plot background and a running "ticker" to suggest how long each monologue should run in audition/performance. If you're having trouble finding a "comic classical" monologue that isn't done to death, this should be a good resource. (Available on Amazon)

Tim

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Tim Mooney
Prospect Heights IL
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Don't know if this is an 'over-used' resource, but I am certainly going to use it for the first time this year as I attempt to search for good monologues for my students: Gai Jones' 'Raising the Curtain' has at least 5 pages of female and male monologues. It's a list of plays that have good monologues in them. Personally I have reservations about pulling a monologue from a book of same, since there really are only so many monologue books to choose from, plus knowing the rest of the play is a must yadda yadda yadda. Hope this helps! ------------------------------------------- Phillip Goodchild Valrico FL -------------------------------------------
Original Message: Sent: 08-29-2014 16:21 From: Derreck Reed Subject: Good Monlogues For College Auditions Both Male and Female Howdy, I am searching for good material for my students to use for monologue auditions for college auditions. Both male and female...Please help!!! ------------------------------------------- Derreck Reed Theatre Arts Director Kern High School District Arvin CA -------------------------------------------

I like how Phillip mentioned to look at sources for overused monologues.  I always tell my kids to avoid monologue books and google searches for their more serious/supposed to be prepared auditions because they need to know as much as they can about the monologue and the writers intent with the character.

In my experiences and talking with professors about what they look for in the contrasting monologues for auditions, I'm told most look for three things.  1.  A strong moment of truth.  2.  A contrasted character.  3. A professional/prepared/confident approach.

After those three things it is a lot about finding the right material for the right kid, I encourage my kids to read as many plays as they can to find good material.

I would like to hear from other professors as to what they look for in auditions.
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Alan Strait
Teacher
CCSD
Henderson NV
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-01-2014 18:52
From: Phillip Goodchild
Subject: Good Monlogues For College Auditions Both Male and Female


Don't know if this is an 'over-used' resource, but I am certainly going to use it for the first time this year as I attempt to search for good monologues for my students: Gai Jones' 'Raising the Curtain' has at least 5 pages of female and male monologues. It's a list of plays that have good monologues in them. Personally I have reservations about pulling a monologue from a book of same, since there really are only so many monologue books to choose from, plus knowing the rest of the play is a must yadda yadda yadda.

Hope this helps!
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Phillip Goodchild
Valrico FL
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Although I allow students to use pieces from monologue books and internet searches I ALWAYS recommend using a full script. I like Chekov pieces and have them avoid Shakespeare unless it is specifically requested. I try to provide a variety of scripts for my kids to look through. 

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Shira Schwartz
Chandler Unified School District
Chandler AZ
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-01-2014 21:30
From: Alan Strait
Subject: Good Monlogues For College Auditions Both Male and Female

I like how Phillip mentioned to look at sources for overused monologues.  I always tell my kids to avoid monologue books and google searches for their more serious/supposed to be prepared auditions because they need to know as much as they can about the monologue and the writers intent with the character.

In my experiences and talking with professors about what they look for in the contrasting monologues for auditions, I'm told most look for three things.  1.  A strong moment of truth.  2.  A contrasted character.  3. A professional/prepared/confident approach.

After those three things it is a lot about finding the right material for the right kid, I encourage my kids to read as many plays as they can to find good material.

I would like to hear from other professors as to what they look for in auditions.
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Alan Strait
Teacher
CCSD
Henderson NV
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-01-2014 18:52
From: Phillip Goodchild
Subject: Good Monlogues For College Auditions Both Male and Female


Don't know if this is an 'over-used' resource, but I am certainly going to use it for the first time this year as I attempt to search for good monologues for my students: Gai Jones' 'Raising the Curtain' has at least 5 pages of female and male monologues. It's a list of plays that have good monologues in them. Personally I have reservations about pulling a monologue from a book of same, since there really are only so many monologue books to choose from, plus knowing the rest of the play is a must yadda yadda yadda.

Hope this helps!
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Phillip Goodchild
Valrico FL
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