20 Drama Monologues for All Ages

20 Drama Monologues for All Ages presents edgy monologue material for actors and creators to use for creative projects.

Our original monologues from play scripts have a running time of 1-2-3 minutes in length.

Topics include working hard and hardly working, murder, wrongfully accused, angels, intelligence, internet and much more.

20 Drama Monologues for All Ages

Four Summers Ago

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Evandra
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Two sisters trying to find a way to patch up their past and start fresh.

Dark Place

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Jeffrey
• 2 Minute Monologue
• Jeffrey receives visitation from a friend after he tried to kill someone.

Damaged Goods

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Edmund
• 2 Minute Monologue
• Avy is a fashion intern assisting a designer for a fashion show.  She meets a fashion reporter and the two embark on a friendship.

Every Position on the Chessboard

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Archie
• 1 Minute Monologue
• A father coping with a troubled daughter.

When the Cooking Is Done

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Marza
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Marza decides to change her life and stop playing maid to her family.

At the End of the Driveway

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Margaret
• 2 Minute Monologue
• Margret isn’t comfortable with her son seeing his father after he is fresh out of jail.

True Blue Boy

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Abilene
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Abilene please with Chip to not have her son killed before its too late.

Grain of Sand

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Sasha
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Sasha makes it very clear to Matthew to make sure he doesn’t bother her brother any longer.

Wind of Night

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Marcus
• 2 Minute Monologue
• Marcus shares a dream he had about being a warrior with his daughter which serves as a metaphor for his life.

Sacred Land

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Mr. Craggsdale
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Mr. Craggsdale is nearing death but explains what he has witnessed to a friend in order to have his life spared.

The Garden Maze

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Uncle Toby
• 2 Minute Monologue
• Uncle Toby tries to comfort his niece Anna by shedding light on the issues she is having with her mother.

The Arrangement

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Hardwicke
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Hardwicke emphatically explains to Carpenter the importance of separating the weeds from the flowers.

Cracks in Stone

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Bethany
• 2 Minute Monologue
• Bethany defends her integrity and honor by denying her husband’s claims that there child is illegitimate.

The Essence of Life

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Gina
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Gina talks to her brother about the life-changing moment she decided to leave her husband for good.

Spirit Forward

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Dasana
• 1-2 Minute Monologue
• Dasana finds the right words to help her boyfriend find the confidence within himself to follow his passions.

As if She Were Medusa

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Delilah
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Delilah confides in her friend about the difficulty she has with living with her sister.

House on the Left

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Sharon
• 2 Minute Monologue
• Sharon informs her husband that she is going on holiday without him in order to save their marriage.

Fall No Further

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Mel
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Mel tries to understand and cope with the fact that she ins’t going to be with her husband forever.

Soundness of Mind

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Martha
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Martha explains why she doesn’t get too emotional involved with her family.

Thick-Skinned Soldiers

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Jim
• 1 Minute Monologue
• Jim doesn’t fully understand his son’s situation, but tries his best to be there for him regardless.