MONOLOGUES & SCENES
IF THE PIECE YOU CHOOSE IS FROM TV OR A FILM
DO NOT WATCH THE PERFORMANCE
WE NEEED TO SEE YOUR INTERPRETATION NOT THE STARS
Look for material that speaks to you and you would enjoy working on.
You are looking for scenes and monologs that are about 2 minutes. If it's too long, edit it down.
If the piece you choose is from a play, read the entire play so you know the background of the character.
Keene Studios
Has scenes for Adults, Teens, and Kids.
Rolls labeled for expected gender
Beverly Hills Playhouse
Scene from Films
(Remember DON'T to watch the films before you do the monologue! We want to see YOUR performance, not your interpretation of someone else's.)
Monologue Blogger
Monologues of all kinds, sorted in all different ways.
You will certainly find something that will fit what you need here, like these dark monologues for women,
or these Powerful Monologues for Mature Actors.
Monologue Genie
Has a lovely selection of royalty free monologues for men, women, and teens, as well as monologues form plays. It also has selections to brows by duration.
Ace-Your-Audition
The page has a lot of good information on what makes a good compelling monologue.
And, then a curated collection of monologues at the bottom, in different categories.
Stage Milk
Scenes and monologues from movie and tv shows.
They are just blocks of text, so a little formatting for readability will go a long way.
They are labeled by show, and apparent age of the character.
They also have monologues for Kids!
ACTING ACTING ACTING
It's a plane bare bones webpage, the scenes are mostly comedic, and photocopies of real scripts.
Film Site
The Best film Speeches and Monologues.
You can pick by year if you scroll down to the bottom.
Samuel French Book Store
A great place to buy plays. Plays are excellent plays to find monologs and scenes.
MY ACTING STUDIO!
Our own PDF list of SUPER short, monologs, really just a few sentences each.
Free Drama
A collection of over 50 short-ish funny monologues for men and women.
Each one has the approximate time listed.
Thought Co
Some excepts from famous plays