Calling all fellow Lesbians... I mean.. THESBIANS....need some help...

[Jade]

Sorry to post a "space user" thread.
This may not even get any replies but due to the huge wealth of people here I thought it was worth a shot.

Actors... do you know of any place online that has FREE monologues?
I want to audition for some shorts within the next few months, and thought I would get ahead of the game and get a few down and ready. Any ideas, suggestions, websight addresses would be MUCH helpful.

I will kiss you!

Thanks!

 

[KillerMuffin]

Can I add my free monologue request? Please?

I want the Independence Day speech by Bill Pullman right before they hop in some jets and kick ass.

I think that would be a fun speech to just suddenly pop out with at inapropriately apropriate moments.

Now, back to the regularly schedule thread.

 

[Jade]

Hmmmm that is a kick ass monologue... never considered changing the sex of the character though... but then again.. .women can be president!

I know it is cheesy, but I thought of doing the infamous "Emily" monologue from Our Town... the one where she says goodbye... always a tear jerker.

 

[ShyGuy68]

Muffin, is it this one:

Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it is fate that today is the fourth of July and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist! And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!"

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

What do you mean by "shorts"? Short films for cable or the net? Television? OR short skits for theatre. It all makes a HUGE difference in your choice of material.

One hint -- never do a monolgue from a film, even if you've done it in class or even if an acting teacher tells you it's okay, because it's not. No matter how well you recite Paddy Chaevsky's dialogue from "Network" no one is ever going to be able to get William Holden out of their mind, and why would you want to put that pressure on yourself. Even if the monologue was performed by a sucky actor, there's something so permanent about film that makes the scens stick in your brain.

Exceptions are films that were first plays -- for some reason they work just fine, even if Liz Taylor played Maggie the Cat, you can too.

Try the "I didn't ask for the anal probe" monologue from "Passion Fish". It's done to death in showcase, but it's good, short, funny and plays well.

I happen to have written about fifty kick ass monologues that have been used by actors for years in auditions and showcases. The bad news is they've ben written by the "real" me, and I can't let Dixon have them to pass on. BUT, I can tell you that most large bookstores now carry a large varitey of monolgue books, very cheaply (including a monolgue written by my wife, but, no, you can't have that either. I know, I know -- I'm a brat.) But, honestly, the books go for only about 3 bucks and you can sit in the store and read one until you find one you like.

I have looked for free monologues on line, and I've never found a good site. I once thought about putting my monolgues on line, but then I asked myself "Why?" There's a reason you don't find too many original screenplays and plays on line -- they're too easy to rip off, so most writers back away from the net. (Novels, on the other hand, are very hard to rip off -- too much proof of ownership in the way of drafts and research -- so writers don't seem to mind putting them on line. Poetry, too, because who the hell wants to rip off poetry.) So I don't think you're going to find anything decent on the net.

 

[Gus]

FYI LesBians. THESpIANS

I have The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God and similar English examples.

 

[Jade]

LOL... Yea Gus I know I know.
But ... it just fit ya know?


Won't ya forgive me darlin'? EVER?!!!



DCL: Damnnit... I suppose you are right... shoot!
But three bucks... just means no feta on my greek salad... hehe. ... Although.. if you change your mind about letting me have a look over of one of yours.. I won't mind.

 

[Sonora]

Damn, I thought Jade wanted me.....

 

[Jade]

Damn, I thought Jade wanted me.....

Wait wait... LESBIANS ... LESBIANNNNNSSSS!!!

 

[Never]

Jade, that was cruel; didn't you ever hear the story of 'The Girl who cried "Lesbians"'?
In the end, she was eaten by a bunch of wolves.

There may only be two lesbians on this board but we're not to be trifled with!
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Got all my hopes up and everything... Damnint, this board sucks sometimes.

 

[Jade]

Jade, that was cruel; didn't you ever hear the story of 'The Girl who cried "Lesbians"'?
In the end, she was eaten by a bunch of wolves.

There may only be two lesbians on this board but we're not to be trifled with!
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Got all my hopes up and everything... Damnint, this board sucks sometimes.

LMAO!!

#1 There are MORE than two lessies here

#2 Who said I was trifling?

 

[Never]

More than two? Prove it!

*Takes out my 'To Do' List*
I want names..

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For statistical purposes only, of course.

 

[Jade]

Oh girl; I don't have their names... but you oughtta come live here.. it is like HALF the female population!
I take it "bi" doesn't count right? But, even so!

 

[Never]

I meant 'here' as in the board. I think there are only two lesbians on this board, I'm serious.

Sooooooo, WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

 

[Jade]

I happen to live in Texas

TONS of lesbians I swear

And I think there are more than two lurking here... I feel confident to say that

And would it help if I admitted that I did have a yearlong period in my life where I "thought" I was a lesbian?

(I didn't just admit that did I?)

 

[Never]

Jade, it's nice to know there are tons of lesbians a couple thousand miles away from me. I would move down to Texas but you know all the lesbians would just move up here - just to play with Never's little mind.
Nope, there are only two on the board; I pay attention to these things you know.
So, were you in college when you thought you were a lesbian? Explain that to me, how can one think one is gay when one is not?

 

[Jade]

Never


It is probably a LOT more explaining than anyone would up for reading... but I honestly did think that I was and YES I was in college!

 

[Never]

College seems to be the favored spot of thinking you're gay and then deciding otherwise - it's not as uncommon as you'd think. In fact, I believe I'm allowed to treat you with distain now.
Wait, you're out of college now, aren't you?
Darn. I so need to catch up on my distain.

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[Svedish_Chef]

Never


It is probably a LOT more explaining than anyone would up for reading... but I honestly did think that I was and YES I was in college!

Sorry Jade but I really do want to hear about you thinking you were a lesbian.

And as for you never, you found 2? I am just so in the dark over here it aint funny.

Da chef