Merry Christmas, teachers!
In a pinch, I always struggle to find scenes for my students which are reasonably contemporary, free from jargon, require no romantic intimacy or sexual tension, and are totally free from dreaded cusses.
Click the button at the bottom of this page for a printable/downloadable PDF of nine short monologues I wrote for theatre training.
Depending on the structure of your curricula, these monologues are good for students from gifted 7-year-olds (with decent reading skills) all the way up to acting students in their first year of university. Each level in between should be able to find something for them within these pages.
The monologues are mostly non-gender-specific and, I think, not racialized. Hopefully, they can be assigned freely according to your pedagogical needs.
Each is structured to move from a challenge towards a solution with an emotional logic. That is not to say they're hysterically emotional, but the arch that drives the characters towards hope comes from internal character-driven motivations rather than external concrete changes.
If you are presenting these in front of a public audience, all I ask is that the author be credited.
If you would like to bring me into your classroom to read from or talk about these monologues you can compensate me without costing yourself or the school board a dime. Follow THIS LINK for information about bringing playwrights to your institution. CONTACT me directly to discuss further. Find other scripts I've written, HERE.
You will not be able to navigate to this page without the url.
Enjoy!
In a pinch, I always struggle to find scenes for my students which are reasonably contemporary, free from jargon, require no romantic intimacy or sexual tension, and are totally free from dreaded cusses.
Click the button at the bottom of this page for a printable/downloadable PDF of nine short monologues I wrote for theatre training.
Depending on the structure of your curricula, these monologues are good for students from gifted 7-year-olds (with decent reading skills) all the way up to acting students in their first year of university. Each level in between should be able to find something for them within these pages.
The monologues are mostly non-gender-specific and, I think, not racialized. Hopefully, they can be assigned freely according to your pedagogical needs.
Each is structured to move from a challenge towards a solution with an emotional logic. That is not to say they're hysterically emotional, but the arch that drives the characters towards hope comes from internal character-driven motivations rather than external concrete changes.
If you are presenting these in front of a public audience, all I ask is that the author be credited.
If you would like to bring me into your classroom to read from or talk about these monologues you can compensate me without costing yourself or the school board a dime. Follow THIS LINK for information about bringing playwrights to your institution. CONTACT me directly to discuss further. Find other scripts I've written, HERE.
You will not be able to navigate to this page without the url.
Enjoy!