10 Monologues from Published Short Plays presents actors with free monologue topics covering deception, rejection, delusion and control.

10 Monologues from Short Plays

PROTECTIVE SHIELD
This short play explores feeling difficulty communicating in social settings.

SHADOWS OF MY MIND
Naomi needs to break out of herself and fight off her reoccurring depression.

BEAUTIFUL DAY
Linda has carried shame within herself for not being physically attractive.

TWO SHADES AWAY
Melanie feels like her life isn’t moving in the right direction…the problem is that she doesn’t know what the right direction should be.

INTO THE COLD NIGHT AIR WITH YOU
Linda discovers that her husband is having an affair.

I CAN’T WIN
A mother tries to come to terms with her daughter’s choice in men.

JASPER THE WHALE
A suicidal man who has decided that this may be the day he takes his own life.

BURDEN OF BEING TAKEN
The return of a son who has fought in a war and will never be the same.

TOAST OF BROADWAY
A writer is conflicted between the love for his girlfriend and the lust of his gambling and drinking.

TRUE CALLING
Charla does her best to convince her friend not to throw her talent away.