14 Monologues from Published Plays
14 Free Monologues from Published Plays brings together original pieces for actors, creators, and performers. These works explore themes like love, vulnerability, friendship, identity, and resilience. Each monologue can be used for auditions, drama practice, or performance prep.
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14 Monologues from Published Plays
Phone Calls
- Genre: Comedy
- Characters: Meagan
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Two friends at a café discuss dating games and the “three-day rule,” questioning why men avoid direct honesty.
No Comparison
- Genre: Drama
- Characters: Cordelia
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- A friendship is tested when one friend comes out, and they realize their paths may be diverging.
Protective Shield
- Genre: Drama
- Character: Rita
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Rita confides in a friend about her struggle to open up emotionally after years of keeping her guard up.
The Bear
- Genre: Drama
- Character: Tiffany
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Tiffany, a creative, wrestles with balancing her passion for craft against career ambitions and seeks guidance from her teacher.
Coffee Table
- Genre: Drama / Psychological
- Character: Melanie
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Melanie, a patient in a psychiatric ward, struggles to distinguish between reality and illusion.
Beautiful Day
- Genre: Drama
- Character: Linda
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Linda battles self-esteem issues until a chance encounter in a park inspires her to see her worth.
Two Shades Away
- Genre: Drama
- Character: Melanie
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Haunted by lost dreams of dance, Melanie’s friend urges her to fight for what still matters to her.
Shadows of My Mind
- Genre: Drama
- Character: Naomi
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Naomi receives meaningful advice from her aunt, who reflects on her own past choices in love.
Into the Cold Night Air With You
- Genre: Drama
- Character: Linda
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- After confirming her partner’s betrayal, Linda finds unexpected connection with a compassionate cab driver.
I Can’t Win
- Genre: Drama / Family
- Characters: Nella
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- A couple wrestles with how to guide their daughter, who is dating a man they disapprove of.
Jasper the Whale
- Genre: Drama
- Character: Charlie
- Length: 2–3 minutes
- A man on the edge of life reflects with his only companion, an ironclad whale statue.
Burden of Being Taken
- Genre: Drama / Surreal
- Characters: Baker
- Length: 2–3 minutes
- A returning soldier shares haunting war experiences, revealing the deep scars on his family.
Toast of Broadway
- Genre: Drama / Melodrama
- Characters: Charlie
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Two flawed lovers struggle to believe in one another while chasing their biggest dreams.
True Calling
- Genre: Drama
- Character: Charla
- Length: 1–2 minutes
- Charla fears her friend is giving up on her dreams, just as her own father once did, and tries to intervene.
