Of course, having a monologue from Shakespeare can be a great vechicle... but they leave the audience out... they are only performed for performance sake...
Agent 24 Casting will, over time, introduce you to some resources of alternative monologues that you can use. So be sure to regularly return to our blog pages to check the postings.
Finding good monologues for women can be difficult. Here is one from a woman who was wronged and died without ever being able to get that important information out. It's a 'messages from the grave' so to speak.
It is not a self-absorbed monologue that is just spoken to the air. It directly addresses the people you are performing in front of, or auditioning for.
When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me
I went to Springfield.
There I met a lush, whose father just deceased left him a fortune.
He married me when drunk. My life was wretched.
A year passed and one day they found him dead.
That made me rich. I moved on to Chicago.
After a time met Tyler Rountree, villain.
I moved on to New York. A gray-haired magnate
went mad about me - so another fortune.
He died one night right in my arms, you know.
I saw his purple face for years thereafter.
There was almost a scandal.
I moved on, this time to Paris.
I was now a woman, insidious,
subtle, versed in the world and rich.
My sweet apartment near the Champs Elysees
became a center for all sorts of people.
Musicians, poets, dandies, artists, nobles,
where we spoke French and German, Italian, English.
I wed Count Navigato, native of Genoa.
We went to Rome. He poisoned me, I think.
Now in the Campo Santo overlooking the sea
where you Columbus dreamed new worlds,
see what they chiseled: "Contessa Navigato Implora Eterna Quiete." ****
****translated means "Countess Navigato Asks For Enternal Peace."
This is great for your audition, because now you are connected to your audience. You are speaking directly to them. Because your 'audience' (the casting people) are already there to watch you perform, your direct engagement of them gives you command over them.And, who hasn't heard the term a "commanding performance?"
Powerful stuff. If you find that you would like to explore monologues such as that one futher, as welll as get more insight into the way they should be approached, be sure to check back.
Tomorrow: The Four Weddings and A Funeral Monologue
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