Mrs. Dill S Female Monologue List! Rating System

Mrs. Dill S Female Monologue List! Rating System

Mrs. Dill’s Female Monologue List! Rating System

Comic: Of lighthearted subject matter; usually funnyAll on the list are recommended

(Period) A piece usually in verse usually written between the 1700’s—to the 1900’sunless restricted

Serious: Of serious subject matter; sometimes angry, sometimes sad, sometimes suspenseful

Serio-Comic: Both lighthearted and serious3 *= a highly recommended monologue

Romantic (Comedy or Serious): Of romantic subject matter, usually dreamy and often times involving kissing 5 *= one of the best monologues EVER!

Film Noir: In the style of black and white detective films

Character: Portraying a person of interest with unusual qualities, accents, etc. * monologues are better suited for competition!

Advanced Classes only: are Ensemble Theatre and Drama III

Type / Title/Playwright / Book / Page / Story / Class? Competition? Restrictions?
Serio-Comic / Mollie Bailey’s Traveling Family Circus: Featuring Scenes From the Life of Mother Jones by Megan Terry / Duo! The Best Scenes for the ‘90’s / 156 / An overdramatic girl tells how she fell in love with a violinist / Both
3*
Comic Character / The West Side Waltz by Ernest Thompson / Actor’s Scenebook / 309 / Robin applies for a housecleaning job and tells her life story to her interviewer / Class
Comic (Southern accent) / The Faculty Lounge by Michael Schulman / Actor’s Scenebook / 317 / Rhoda Bootin calls home to tell her mom about her bad day at work as a first-day teacher / Class
Comic / Love is a Time of Day by John Patrick / Actor’s Scenebook / 321 / Mac speaks to a mannequin, thinking it is her boyfriend’s lover / Both
ComicCharacter(Southern accent) / A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking by John Ford Noonan / Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors / 229 / Hannah tells her friend how she told her husband off for having an affair / Both
3*
Comedic
(Period) / An ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde / Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors / 235 / Mabel tells her sister-in-law how she’s been proposed to / Advanced Classes only or competition
Serious (period) / The Duel by Anton Chekhov / Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors / 237 / A woman describes a miserable relationship / Advanced classes only or competition
Serious (period) / Uncle Vanya by Anton Checkhov / Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors / 247 / Elena talks about the man she’s in love with, but shouldn’t be because she’s married / Advanced classes only or competition
Comedic / Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet / Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors / 253 / Joan tells her kindergarten students not to play “doctor” / Both
5*
Serious / Seascape with Sharks and Dancer by Don Nigro / Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors / 256 / Tracy, who‘s just had an abortion, tells her boyfriend why she had to do it. / Both
3*
Comedic Character / Eat Your Heart Out by Nick Hall / Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors / 258 / A very spiritual woman tells man at a bar her problems with being born on the cusp / Both 5*
Comedic / The Faculty Lounge by Michael Schulman / Great Scenes and Monologues for Actors / 261 / Linda tells her ex on the phone she wants him back, until she hears another woman in the background / Both 3*
Comedic / Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines by Don Nigro / Scenes and Monologues From the Best New Plays / 201 / An actress talks about playing Lady Macbeth in a production of Macbeth / Both 5*
Serious / Eulogy for a Small Time Thief by Miguel Pinero / The Scene Book for Actors / 22 / Elaine, a teen prostitute, confronts her father, who shows up to be a customer, until he learns the woman is his daughter / Both
Comedic / Hello, Bob by Robert Patrick / The Scenebook for Actors / 29 / A woman at home has a conversation with her friend and then with Bob / Class (long)
Comedic / Loose Ends by Michael Weller / The Scenebook for Actor / 37 / A woman tells her best friend about her new guy / Both
Comedic Character / The Towel Lady by Janet S. Tiger / The Scenebook for Actors / 45 / A woman tells how she was driven to kill her husband / Both 3* (Cut for competition)
Serious / And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson by Jim Leonard Jr / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 55 / Elizabeth, who’s in a wheelchair, talks to her best friend’s grave / Both 3*
Seriocomic / Ascension Day by Timothy Mason / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 59 / Mary Louis talks about how much summer camp means to her / Class
Serious / The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hachet / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 70 / Anne tries to cheer Peter up / Class
Seriocomic Character / Getting Out by Marsha Norman / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 77 / Artie, locked in a maximum security prison tells an officer about her fellow inmates / Both Edit language
Comic / Invisible Friends by Alan Ayckbourn / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 79 / Lucy introduces the audience to her invisible friend, Zara / Class, long
Comic / Invisible Friends by Alan Ayckbourn / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 82 / Lucy tells us of the day Zara materialized / Class, long
Comic / Quilters by Barbara Damashek and Molly newman / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 92 / Annie tells us of her annoyance with her sister’s hobby / Both 5*
Comic / Shavaree by William Mastrosimone / Great Monologues for Young Actors in Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues too / 98, 214 / A belly dancer tells about her life as a dancing godess / Both 3*
Serio-Comic / What I Did Last Summer by A.R. Gurney / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 100 / Bonnie waits in the woods at night to meet Charlie / Both
Serious / The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 103 / Rose describes a dream to her lover / Class
Serious / American Dreams: Lost and Found by Studs Terkee / Great Monologues for Young Actors / 169 / Linda, who lives in a bad neighborhood in Chicago tells how she wants to go to college / Both
Serious / A Bird of Prey by Jim Grimsley / Great Monologues for Young Actors Volume II / 19 / Donna tells about the last time she talked to her friend who she knows is dead / Both
Serious / A Bird of Prey by Jim Grimsley / Great Monologues for Young Actors Volume II / 20 / Marie tells how she loves school and wishes it were longer because then she wouldn’t have to be at home / Both 3*
Serious / Class Action by Brad Slaight / Great Monologues for Young Actors Volume II / 22 / Emma tells how she was sexually harassed at a concert / Both3*
Serious / Class Action by Brad Slaight / Great Monologues for Young Actors Volume II / 23 / Danielle reveals her pregnancy / Class
Seriou-comic / The Fantasticks by Tom Jones / Great Monologues for Young Actors Volume II / 34 / Luisa tells how she is special and reveals her hopes for the future / Both
Comedy / The Reincarnation of Jaime Brown by Lynne Alvarez / Great Monologues for Young Actors Volume II / 63 / A poet tries to sell her poems to bystanders in NYC / Both (cut version for competition)
Serious / The Tears of My Sister by Horton Foote / Great Monologues for Young Actors Volume II / 74 / Cecilia talks about her sister and how she laughs and cries / Class
Serious (Southern accent) / Vieux Carre by Tennessee Williams / Great Monologues for Young Actors Volume II / 79 / Jane explains to her landlord where she’s been / Both 5*
Serious Character / The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 25 / A blind woman talks about her world / Both
Serious / Night Luster by Laura Harringon / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 33 / A woman who feels invisible talks about her world / Both
Comedic / Stuck by Adele Edling Shank / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 36 / A woman attacks the man she had an affair with / Both3*
Serious / Abingdon Square by Maria Irene Fornes / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 38 / A woman who’s child has been taken away from her explains her sadness and need / Both 5*
Comedic (southern accent)
Character / Wetter Than Water by Deborah Pryer / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 39 / A whacky woman talks about how to survive in Louisiana / Both 3*
Comedic African American / The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 41 / Lou Bessie talks about her former husband who has followed her to Harlem, New York / Both 3*
Serious African American / Truth: The Testimonial of Sojourner Truth by Eric Coble / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 43 / A famous human rights activist talks about what it was like to be a slave / Both 5*
Serious / Sally’s Gone, She Left Her Name by Russell Davis / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 47 / Sallie talks about the thoughts that are going on in her head / Class
Serious / This One Thing I Do by Claire Braz-Valentine / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 51 / Susan B. Anthony challenges men on equal pay for women / Class
Serious / Blue Skies Forever by Claire Braz-Valentine / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 53 / Amelia Earhart talks about shy she loves to fly / Both 3* Cut version for competition
Serious Asian American / Cleveland Raining by Sung Rno / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 59 / Mari talks about her abandonment / Both
Serious Hispanic / The Boiler Room by Reuben Gonzalez / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 63 / Olivia talks about her dreams about her sad reality being a Puerto Rican immigrant / Both
Serious / Interborough Transit by Adam Kraar / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 65 / A young woman talks about her dream to have the perfect little girl / Class
Comedic / Lady Liberty by Adam kraar / Audition Monologue for Student Actors / 67 / Ellen tells a friend that she will lay down the law with her boyfriend tonight / Both
Serious / Grace Notes by Rachel Rubin Ladutke / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 17 / Catherine talks about the pain of giving up her daughter / Both 3*
Serious / Voices from the Shore by Max Bush / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 19 / Beth, a former druggie, tries to patch things up with her boyfriend / Both 3*
Serious / “A Genius,” from Fun House Mirror by Dori Appel / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 23 / Jill tells about a horrifying childhood experience / Both 3*
Serious / An Odious Damned Lie by Lewis W. heniford / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 25 / Loris tells her boyfriend about her final beating from her mother / Both 5*
Comedic / Playground by Sybil M. Odom / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 28 / Susie tries to entertain in detention / Class
Serious / Sisters of Sisters by Cynthia L. Cooper / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 39 / Ginny reaches out to her sister to help her like she did in the past when she received a very mean note / Class
Comedic (Hick accent) / Boontown and the Cinderella Cottonbrains by Lynne Elson / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 41 / A tomboy talks about getting ready for her first dance / Both 5*
Comedic / Duck Blind by Shirley Barrie / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 47 / Jenny, who’s clinging to a duck blind (buoy) after being accidentally bumped off her families boat tells how it happened / Both 5*
Comedic / Mother, Tree, Cat by Dori Appel / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 51 / Beth talks about her childhood as a prodigy painter / Class (Long)
Comedic / Memory Gland by Lynne Elson / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 54 / Tam tells about how to guard yourself from peeping toms in the bathroom / Both 5*
Serious / Visiting by Evan Guilford-Blake / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 56 / Zhen talks about visitng her grandmother’s grave / Both 3*
Serious / The Lesson by Lisa Rosenthal / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 63 / Teen talks about her experience losing both of her grandparents / Class
Seriocomic / When Fat Chicks Rule the World by Karen Mueller Bryson / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 67 / Noreen talks about what it is like being fat / Both 5*
Comic / Love the Water by Cathy Ryan and Kathrine Burkman / Audition Monologs for Student Actors II / 72 / Gloria tries to get her boyfriend to enjoy swimming / Both 5*
Serio-comic character (southern accent) / Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 45 / Babe tells her lawyer how she attempted to kill her husband / Both 3*
Serious (energetic) / The Days and Nights of Bee Bee Fenstermaker by William Snyder / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 62 / Beebee talks about how she is going to take on the world and not take the path of least resistance / Both 3*
Serious / The Death of a Miner by Paula Cizmar / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 66 / Mary Alice talks about how her father died in a mining accident and why she wants to work as a miner / Both 3*
Comedic Character / “dentity Crisisby Christopher Durang / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 68 / Jane talks about how a crazy production of Peter Pan scarred her for life / Both 3*
Seriocomic (Southern accent) / The Foreignerby Larry Shue / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 89 / Catherine talks to someone she thinks doesn’t speak English, however he understands every word she says / Both 3*
Comic Character / Getting Out by Marsha Norman / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 94 / Arlie, who was just released from prison tells a story about splatting frogs as a child / Both (Edit language)
Comic / Gloria and Esperanza by Julie Bovasso / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 99 / Gloria has a phone conversation with the IRS / Both 3*
Serious / The Great Nebula in Orion by Lanford Wilson / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 103 / Louise talks about how she and her mother were never close, but how it bothers her that her mother wasn’t there when she won an award / Both
Some editing
Comedic / The Mound Builders by Lanford Wilson / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 164 / Jean talks about how being the National Spelling Bee champ made her crazy / Both 3*
Comedic / The Lady and the Clarinet by Michael Cristofer / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 123 / Luba, who’;s husband is having an affair, confronts his secretary, and pukes all over her / Both 5*
Comedic / The Primary English Class by Israel Horovitz / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 193 / Debbie attempts to teach a class of non-English speakers / Both 3*
Serious / Reckless by Craig Lucas / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 197 / Rachel, who[‘s husband has hired a hitman to kill her, tries to get her husband to enjoy Christmas as much as she does / Class
Serious / The Sea Horse by Edward J. Moore / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 210 / Ger, a large woman, describes the night she saw someone stabbed. / Both
Serio-comic Character? / Still Life by Emily Mann / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 240 / Cheryl explains why she hates cooking / Both
5* (Cut version in II)
Comic Character? / Table Settings by James Lapine / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 251 / Wife talks about why she’s an optimist and how pessimists annoy her / Both 5*
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Serious / Taken in Marriage by Thomase Babe / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 255 / Annie describes living with a very controlling man with a mysterious handcuffs on his door / Advanced classes only
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Serious / Thieves by Herb Gardner / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 265 / Sally describes why she wants out of her marriage / Both 3*
Serious / The Wake of Jamey Foster by Beth Henley / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 282 / Marshael packs up her dead husband’s things as she talks to him for the last time / Class
Serious / The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone / The Actor’s Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues / 287 / Rose talks about the night she saw some rare birds stoned to death in the zoo / Both 3*
Serious / Little Murders by Jules Feiffer / Monologues: Women / 7 / Just married, a girl plans to change her husband / Both 5*
Comedic / Father’s Day by Oliver Hailey / Monologues: Women / 8 / Louise talks about how she got back at her husband with feminine apparatus / Both 5*
Seriocomic / Scuba Duba by Bruce Jay Friedman / Monologues: Women / 9 / Jean tries to explain to her white husband why she ran off with a black scuba diver / Both 3*
Comic Character? (mature) / The Killdeer by Jay Broad / Monologues: Women / 12 / Sparky describes the average day in the life of a housewife / Both 3*
Comic Character (Elderly, with a New York Accent) / Bye Bye Birdie by Michael Stewart / Monologues: Women / 16 / Mother is very unhappy when her son plans to marry / Both 3*
Serious / Loss of Roses by William Inge / Monologues: Women / 27 / A small-time actress remembers a moment from her childhood / Class
Serious (angry) / The Days Between by Robert Anderson / Monologues: Women / 30 / A wife who’s husband made her get an abortion is furious when her husband decides to leave her / Advanced Classes only and competition 5*