Monologues

This week have been working on creating stories, and we came up with a bunch of funny group stories. Now we will turn our attention to individual stories in the form of monologues.

A monologue is a solo performance (like a speech) given on stage. Unlike a speech, it is not simply recited but acted out. In class, we reviewed how to project and enunciate -- both important for monologues -- but we also discussed movement through the various part of the stage and through "levels" of acting.

It will be important to think about how to add deliberate movement and deliberate voice to your monologue performance.

Here is an example of a monologue that tells a story. This one is directed to an unseen listener (probably a parent?), so she speaks out to the audience as if speaking to the parent: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WIiFWTBsK4

Here is one that is not directed toward a speaker. It doesn't tell a single story but is more of an exploration of a theme or an aspect of her personality: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFU3ac9fysk

And one final one tells a story and incorporates a little movement (because you don't have to just stand there when delivering a monologue -- remember that it is still acting although it feels like a speech: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHnkZUAJfW8