You probably want me to get serious about our divorce. Youre good at it. Its my own fault. Meredith called me Shrinking Violet once during my freshman year and ever since then, everyone thinks my name is Violet. The scientist who studies them Dr. Sapolsky found these monkeys have none of the stress related issues of regular monkeys. Ana is a Hispanic woman whos living in California, where she works as a nanny. It was like you suddenly turned a blinding light on something that had always been half in shadow, thats how it struck the world for me. You cant do that. It was a girl. I was the mystery girl. He always backs away shocked when I figure him out. Did I feel that? No. After my mom died, my father took his five motherless children to Belfast, Northern Ireland. A monologue from the play by Tennessee Williams. The same speech Ive been hearing since he left. Hear them screaming? Did you hear that? I'll add more as more of my plays become available for purchase. You should have left me. I thought my heart was gonna pop out of my chest. But Mary, I open my eyes every morning and all I want is a pipe to smoke. Fairies and. And I find that reassuring. And food and coffee. She has been led on by boys, and had her heart broken more than once. . And she cried for her sisters in Chicago who, like her, their life has become one colored hell. So, hes returning to the French Quarter next weekend to ask people his heartfelt questions and show them her picture. I want to change my statement. I need you to know now, I cannot marry you. The first day theres something thrilling, and new, before the pain begins. She has been arrested for trying to buy heroin not for herself but for her addicted grandmother, and has been ordered by a judge to attend an encounter group for drug addicts. Ive lived next door to you all the days of my life. Go to your room if thats what you feel is best. I cant believe were actually going! Dont you understand? Continue with Recommended Cookies, Home | Uncategorized | 27 ONE MINUTE MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN, A monologue from the play by Eugene ONeill. Im listening to jazz, swing, jazz, swing, Im getting my posters framed. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. ), I dont know if it was a girl dressed like a guy or a guy dressed like a girl dressed like a guy. And were spending trillions, just to know that once there had been an organism there the tiniest packet of matter that was alive. Which is why this is so hard. Thats me and my sister-in-law and her friend. The last time I saw her, I mean before the accident, she was wearing this hat. No one cares about you. I miss you up to the sky! STILL LIFE 9. His knife was in my back as we carried our guns out into the bush. Nothing has been done. The Straw (dramatic) 2. Thats something to hope for, anyhow. (Pause. Id feel like an idiot. Clothes are just something I use for cover, leaving room for one electric blue memory. However, feel free to browse tips and download any public domain (free) monologues on our site. We live in two rooms and we sleep in sleeping bags. But instead I locked myself in my dorm room and refused to come out to greet them. On and on and on and on. Anger, which I guess is a variation of rage and sometimes it gives way to panic, which in my case is also a variation of rage. But this will ruin me. Just dont break your hearts over it, thats all! Death is all around me, death and pain and suffering. I wasnt always loaded. Its been fourteen years. Youve built this wind tunnel around you that celebrates your cult. (Beat.) An assortment of public domain monologues taken from classic plays organized by gender and type. . I have that now. . I think I spent so much of my early life thinking about whats to come, yknow, who would I marry, would he be a lawyer or a football player, would be dark haired and good looking and broad shouldered. CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES WOMEN Moving by Lee Kalcheim DIANA I went to a Quaker school. I am eighteen years old. When I first got off the boat, I felt like I was in a different world from everyone and every place Id ever known and loved. Mama and Papa. It was me. . he didnt drink, and kept his word as well as most, I guess, and paid his debts. Daddy and I came through the back door, and Nancy was hanging out of his arms like a set of broken bagpipes. Nothing changes. Sometimes she goes a whole week. 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I had no idea. She was a creature of regal beauty who in ancient times graced the temples of the Nile with her womanliness. A monologue from the screenplay/movie by Daniel Waters. . That almost happened to me once, Mary. Weve got a twelve-room house without a stick of furniture. I was the first person in the family to graduate from college. No one had. And I was right to be scared. - I cant look at everything hard enough. If it comes right down to it, Im going to save myself, and Fred. Hill-finger.. And when the person on the other end is not her I chat amiably, set the receiver down, and wait for it to ring again. 21 Best Contemporary Dramatic Monologues For Women From Published Plays 1. This was my mothers hat, kind of her lucky hat. The Importance of Being Earnest (comedic) 5. Paul was the one that made faces all the time. Home is a long way away for all of us. Id see a sale at the supermarket and think, Oh Ma should get down there for those pork chops. And then Id remember, Oh yeah, shes dead.. I would have gladly given my life for you, but it wouldnt have helped. It were a fire you walked me through, and all my ignorance was burned away. I dont say hes a great man. Thats my life now. You made up your mind and walked in, with the air of a god on a holiday. In these. I think its safe to say that I have explored the full range of rage. But I study his body. Who cares? A monologue from the play by George C. Wolfe. The Best 27 One Minute Monologues For Females 1. But sometimes. Get outrageous and have some fun at your next audition. Every member of the household and friends are devastated by the death. I know! Child Soldier 4. Classical texts are typically richer and more challenging: exactly what all actors require to improve their skills. She was this fireball for about three minutes, until she got tired again, and curled up beside the sink and went to sleep and died like it meant nothing. CIGARETTES AND CHOCOLATE (dramatic) 10. Dramatic Monologues for Women ONE by Terrence Mosley Age Range: 35 - 60 A single black mother tells her adult son about his absent father and their heritage. . And yeah, we girls get some middle management positions, a few leadership roles here and there. They hook me up to a machine and take turns running electrical currents through my stumps. there must have been a little spark left smouldering, which burst into flame when I came face to face with him again. I just want to be by myself. Its audition time and youre looking for the perfect monologue. I love it up here. Nobody could live here and not realize what an amazing, wonderful place it is. But more than that, Im mad! Jessicas husband was murdered when the couple stopped for gasoline in a black neighborhood. Thats what I came up here for and thats what you were expecting. . You could have thrown it in the dust. Its the only explanation for all the crazy stuff thats been happening. I only know the killer was black. Im protesting. Every single thing I ever made Painted All of it just torched to high hell. (Pause.) I mean doctors can kill a patient and keep their jobs but for a nurse? No life. and her teenaged daughter, Kimberly, who has a disease that causes premature aging. The Importance of Being Earnest (comedic), 7. I want to be able to remember when the twentieth century dawned. Just blind people. Get the book. It would be the end of us. A monologue from the play by Lisa dAmour. ), A couple of weeks ago some people were even saying I had something to do with it. Grow up, get a job, become a drone, thats it. Press Esc to cancel. The world is a mess. But first: Wait! Si? I know its just a date on the calendar . (Silence. I can't do this. I screamed and cried, but he held his knife to my throat and said hed kill me, too, if I made one more sound. 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. In Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream , Helena expresses her views on humanity and their condition of either happiness and/or sadness. I just followed directions blindly. 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) Gone. A Streetcar Named DesireSignet Books, 1951, pp.95-6. Cuthart didnt even give her any water. . His name was never in the paper. Well talk when youre ready. Cora is a British doctor, here talking to the mother of a nefarious African dictator who has come to her for treatment of her failing eyesight. I had to fight my way when I was your agebecause I was not pretty. It was time to go out fighting again. My parents dont believe thats going to happen and neither do I, so theyre having a party. You know what, youre right. They they take needles and poke at my hands. Im the one in the middle. I stood at a distance, halfway down the block. Are you lonely for your long lost family, the one you never really wanted, or do people want families before theyre formed and then freak out that they cant manage them once they get them? The selections include Its a little overkill. He works for a company thirty six years this March, opens up unheard-of territories to their trademark, and now in his old age they take his salary away. In case of emergency. Fingers on my lips. I try to get inside on him, close the distance. Then the second day, you feel wretched, the third delirious, and then suddenly theres no appetite, it shrinks. Isnt that right honey? Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Our Town, and A Streetcar Named Desire all contain some of the best female monologues ever. Tess is at a group therapy meeting, struggling to find a place where she belongs. My father sent me ten dollars every week, his lotto money. Just look at what its done to you. THE STORY 3. Mary, every day really is a new day. Do you know the campground is only twelve miles away from here? I can't do this. Im done. They include a couple hidden theater gems as well as several famous female monologues, good for either Broadway or the local playhouse. The baboons stopped fighting amongst themselves, and spent more time socializing and grooming each other. . . (children shriek downstairs) Hear them? Como estas? The doctors are my worst enemies. . Detroit 11. I loved life. That pillow was a better husband than any real man Id ever met: this parade of men fails to live up to your expectations, all of them so much less than Daddy or Bill (you know I always envied you for finding Bill). All her clothes were gone. Type above and press Enter to search. Aye, of course you do. (Laughs.) The rows with my friends, my lovers. So I can remember it. Or the people who came before. When does he get the medal for that? And in the middle of this burning I am supposed to envision my life, Mary. And when new boys come into the troupe, they teach them how to do it too. I didnt want to love you. She is talking on the phone to her young son, Tomas, who lives back home with his grandmother while Ana and her husband try to get established in America. For many years I blamed this on my moms death. When Orlando tells her that it pains him to see this while he is without his love, Rosalind, she. But I had resources to fall back upon that Eileen hasnt got- a family who loved me and understood- friends- so I pulled through. But it never worked. I should have said that my mother took an extra shift so I could have a new coat every year. But working in the mills kills your hopes and dreams, and even your spirit. Thats how its gonna be when Im gone. 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. It humiliated me, angered me. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Indefinable. Altagracia is a woman whose face is noticeably deformed and whose spirit is noticeably amazing. Are you getting a divorce? Elyot was the first love affair of my life, and in spite of all the suffering he caused me before. Youre pretending to m*sturbate and Im wondering why? Home | Uncategorized | 21 Contemporary Dramatic Monologues For Women From Published Plays, A monologue from the play by Nora and Delia Ephron. Its got nothing to do with anything, anyway. His socks. The following monologues for women are from published plays, and are free to use for class, competitions, or auditions. The pain where you want to give up, where you can think of nothing else. Bunny 10. I got in the middle of the dance floor with my arms spread out, taking up as much space as I could and started spinning around. "Beauty and Perfection" - Short Monologue from a play - Female (1 minute) from the play "Flowers in the Desert" (PDF) ISBN-13: 978-1530169085 "Black Friday Selfie" DUOLOGUE for 2 actors about shopping on the most dangerous day of the year. 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