The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens, Volume 6. 111 One-Minute Monologues for Teens by Teens

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by  Debbie Lamedman

The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens Volume VI
111 One-Minute Monologues
FOR TEENS BY TEENS
THE ULTIMATE AUDITION BOOK FOR TEENS SERIES
Volume 1: 111 One-Minute Monologues
Volume 2: 111 One-Minute Monologues
Volume 3: 111 One-Minute Monologues
Volume 4: 111 One-Minute Monologues
Volume 5: 111 Shakespeare Monologues
Volume 6: 111 One-Minute Monologues for Teens by Teens Volume 7: 111 Monologues from Classical
Theater, 2 Minutes and Under Volume 8: 111 Monologues from Classical Literature, 2 Minutes and
Under Volume 9: 111 Monologues from Contemporary Literature, 2 Minutes and Under Volume 10: 111
One-Minute Monologues for Teens by Teens Volume 11: 111 One-Minute Monologues by Type
Volume 12: 111 One-Minute Monologues — Just Comedy!
Volume 13: 111 One-Minute Monologues — Active Voices WINNERS COMPETITION SERIES
Volume 1: Award-winning, 60-Second Comic Monologues Ages 4–12
Volume 2: Award-winning, 90-Second Comic Scenes Ages 4–12
Volume 3: Award-winning, 60-Second Comic Monologues Ages 13–18
Volume 4: Award-winning, 90-Second Comic Scenes Ages 13–18
SCENES FOR TEENS
Kiss or Kill: Contact Scenes of Love and Strife for Young Actors 60 Shakespeare Scenes for Teens
55 Short Scenes for Teens
Great Scenes for Young Actors, Volumes I, II, and III THE ULTIMATE MONOLOGUE SERIES,
MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTORS
Volume 1: 111 One-Minute Monologues by Kristen Dabrowski Volume 3: 111 One-Minute Monologues by
L. E. McCullough Volume 4: 111 One-Minute Monologues — The Rich, The Famous, The Historical
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The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens
VOLUME VI
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111 One-Minute Monologues
FOR TEENS BY TEENS
Debbie Lamedman
YOUNG ACTORS SERIES
A Smith and Kraus Book
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Publication Data Lamedman, Debbie.
The ultimate audition book for teens VI: 111 one-minute monologues for teens by teens / edited by Debbie
Lamedman —1st ed.
ISBN-10 1-57525-411-5 / ISBN-13 978-1-57525-441-1
Summary: A collection of 111 original monologues written by teens, all about one minute long, to be used
by male and female teenage actors in auditions.
[1. Monologues. 2. Acting—Auditions.] I. Title. II. Young actor series.
PN2080.L36 2003
812’.6—dc21
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank all the high school and college drama instructors who
encouraged their students to submit pieces for this book.
An extra special thanks to Carol J. Mathews and the drama students at Mira
Costa High School for their enormous contribution to this book. Thank you so
much for all those fabulous submissions.
Thanks to Eric Kraus and Marisa Smith for allowing me to take on this
project and having the patience to let me see it through to the end.
And finally, thanks so much to each and every writer who contributed to this
collection. Together, we have created yet another valuable resource for teen
actors, and this book would not exist if all of you hadn’t taken the time to write
these wonderfully creative and original monologues.
The Editor
Debbie Lamedman is an actress, writer, and teacher. In addition to editing The
Ultimate Audition Book for Teens by Teens, she has written several other books
for Smith and Kraus that include The Ultimate Audition Book for Teens 4: 111
One-Minute Monologues, The Ultimate Scene Study Series for Teens II: 55 Short
Scenes, and Twenty 10-Minute Plays for Teens, Volume 2. Her play, phat girls is
featured in the Smith and Kraus anthology New Playwrights: The Best Plays of
2003. Debbie welcomes comments and can be reached at [email protected].
Contents
Introduction
Female Monologues
Comedy
Drama
Male Monologues
Comedy
Drama
Introduction
I thought I had come up with a really great idea when I first decided to edit this
book. If teenaged actors were having such trouble finding material, then how
great would it be to have a book that teenagers had written for themselves.
For over a year, I have been gathering monologue material from teenagers
and I have read over 500 submissions. Some of the contributors are actors,
others aspiring something-or-others, but they all have one thing in common: the
teen experience. The pieces in this book run the gamut from comedic to
dramatic, fantasy to reality, surreal to science fiction. They are all unique,
original, and teen-written with the writers ranging in age from thirteen to
nineteen years old.
Actors, I have divided the book into four sections: Female
Monologues/Comedy, Female Monologues/Drama, Male Monologues/Comedy,
and Male Monologues/Drama. Many of these monologues are not gender-
specific, so I encourage you to read them all in order to find the one that’s just
right for you. I have also included the author’s name and age along with the city
or school that he or she is from.
My hope is that together we have provided student actors with yet another
resource that will challenge the acting skills of their peer group, at the same time
providing material that all teens can relate to. So, enjoy! And go forth and act!
Debbie Lamedman
Female Monologues
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COMEDY

CELL PHONES
(She starts the monologue talking on a cell phone.) Hi! Oh my gosh! I hate cell
phones so much. I normally don’t say hate, I just say dislike, but I truly hate
them! It is so annoying when you’re at a restaurant and there is that one person
who is talking on their phone, and they’re talking so loud it’s like they’re yelling.
It’s like … hello! Not everybody here wants to know about your IRS reports or
whatever! What really gets me are those jerks at the movie theaters who never
turn their phones off … assuming they won’t ring, but of course they do.
Especially when those people are talking on their phone during the previews. I
mean, yeah, it’s the previews, but they are just so inconsiderate. I love watching
the previews, that’s just as fun as watching the movie. What jerks people can be.
And did you know that like 78 percent of all driving accidents are caused by cell
phones? OK, well I just made that up, but it could be true. Yeah, next to a DUI,
it’s cell phones that cause the accidents. And the people who have phones talk
about the most pointless things. Have you ever heard those girls who think
they’re hot stuff and they’re talking all loud hoping everyone around them will
hear them and think that they’re cool because they have a cell phone? Oh, big
whoop … (Beat.) Oh, what? Hello? You’re cutting out. (Yelling.) Can you hear
me? (Beat.) No? OK, well that’s all I wanted to say anyway. I’ll talk to you later!
Bye! (Hangs up the cell phone.) ______________________
Author: Alese Lesser