This unique anthology provides a wealth of material for actors and acting students, and a wonderful overview of the best recent plays for anyone interested in theatre. The more than 150 monologues ...

Actress Nina Millin had the genius idea to take lyrics to some of Beyonce’s most popular songs and convert them into a performance of dramatically spoken word. Her videos will have you wondering, “Why ...

Comedienne Lisa Gilroy decided to share an exercise her acting teacher tasked her with: to pick a dramatic monologue to perform from a film. The film she decided on was Austin Powers: International ...

A warning to casting directors from coast to coast: Don’t be surprised if you soon see an onslaught of actresses–and actors, too–forgoing more traditional monologue material for Beyoncélogues now that ...

Taylor Swift’s songs are confessional enough to be dramatic monologues–and now they are. Actress Nina Millin performs two of Taylor Swift’s songs—“Mean” and “Should’ve Said No”—in what she calls ...

As a casting director, I mainly have actors audition with scenes from the script. However, on certain occasions, we’ll have you perform a monologue. We do this if we’re meeting actors on generals or ...

Self-aware, self-conscious or self-deluding, it’s a form as old as theater itself. And it’s flourishing in a time of social isolation. By Ben Brantley You’ve been talking to yourself again, haven’t ...

Fuhai, protagonist of This Life of Mine, a 100-minute monologue adapted from Lao She's novella, is performed by actor-director Fang Xu. The play will be staged over July 27-28 at the Capital Theater ...