I allow movie monologues and scenes in class, but the students may not select anything that they have seen before. This allows them to make it their own. It also decreases the odds of other students having seen it, since they are more likely to have seen the same films, and, during critique sessions, someone saying "It's supposed to be like this."
I feel that by ignoring film, we rob the students of some rich, well written and chalenging material, both from classics and more contemporary films.
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Robert DiMartino
Theatre Teacher
Cumberland High School
West Warwick RI
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-27-2015 11:49
From: Jonathan Dorf
Subject: good young women's monologues
May I recommend that they be from a play and NOT a movie? The problem with monologues from films is that they are already fixed in a definitive form, and one can never quite get away from that. On the other hand, play monologues were created with plenty of room for interpretation, both by their nature and because there is no one version out there to which we all have access.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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Jonathan Dorf
Playwright/ Co-founder of YouthPLAYS/ Co-chair of The Alliance Of Los Angeles Playwrights
Los Angeles CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-27-2015 10:11
From: Kim Silverman
Subject: good young women's monologues
My first year acting class needs some dynamic monologues for their last project. They are all female and in mid teens. The monologue must be two minutes and from a play or a movie, not from a monologue book written for teens. Any ideas?
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Kim Silverman
Director of Theatre
The Grier School
Tyrone PA
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