10 Practice Scripts for Actors
10 Practice Scripts for Actors for auditions, workshops, or scene work. Original published scripts curated by Monologue Blogger.
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Practice Scripts for Actors
When things seem to feel overdone, a drama teacher or casting director may suggest you find something different.
Monologue Blogger specializes in creating original scripts for actors in need of something different. An open resource packed with thousands of monologues and scenes all extracted from our very own published plays.
We know what it’s like to feel like you can never find anything you connect with. We provide for you a huge archive of scripted scenes you can search through.
The scripts selected here are scenes from plays covering some of the following subjects: abandonment, love, first dates, claustrophobia, partying, racism and identity.
We hope you find something you love.
“At least I won’t die alone.”
- Genre: Drama / Family Drama
- Characters: Ginger and Diane
- Scene from the one-act play Don’t Leave Me Without Muffin
- Ginger aims to runaway from home during the middle of the night, but her mother Diane catches her.
“How did you find me?”
- Genre: Drama / Family Drama
- Character: Rob and Billy
- Scene from the one-act play Checking In
- Bethany roars at her husband for accusing her of cheating and claiming that their daughter isn’t his biological offspring.
“You haven’t changed one bit.”
- Genre: Drama
- Characters: Ella and Ouzo
- Scene from the one-act play Scratching the Surface
- After years of not seeing one another Ouzo visits his ex-girlfriend Ellen’s art gallery.
“What do you do for a living?”
- Characters: Lucia and Arnold
- Genre: Comedy
- Scene from the one-act play Over The Moon
- Lucia and Arnold are on their first date and everything is going amazing but then things get strange when Arnold admits to Lucia that he’s from another time period in history.
“I’ll meet you halfway.”
- Character: Vance and Dono
- Genre: Comedy
- Scene from the one-act play Henry’s Done Enough
- Dono doesn’t want to see Vance’s creepy gargoyle statues all over their apartment.
“We’ve tried everything, haven’t we?”
- Character: Lyndon and Gertrude
- Genre: Drama / Family Drama
- Scene from the one-act play A Shade or Two Darker
- A great divide has taken place between Lion and his parents over the color of his skin, money and his chosen career path.
“I gave you what I promised.”
- Characters: Ronon and Paggie
- Genre: Seriocomedy
- Scene from the one-act play Night of the Party
- Ronon and Paggie ready themselves to attend another event they’ve been invited to but Ronon doesn’t want to go.
“Have you written anything else?”
- Character: Nicky and Max
- Genre: Dark humor
- Scene from the one-act play Fishin’ for Misery
- Max is a down on his luck indie filmmaker who is at the local dive bar with his friend trying to figure out a way forward in his life.
“I told you to leave.”
- Character: Mother and Johan
- Genre: Drama
- Scene from the one-act play Even The Color Blue
- Johan arrives at his parent’s home to visit them and come out for the first time but learns that his father is ill, stopping him in his tracks.
“You really think we gonna make it to France?”
- Character: Priscilla and Doug
- Genre: Drama
- Scene from the one-act play Single Happy Moment
- Priscilla and Doug are on the run for their life, trying to make it to France before it’s too late.
