7 Female Monologues from Published Plays

Here are 7 Female Monologues from Published Plays for actors looking for audition and classroom study material.

Monologue Blogger offers a reasonably sized archive of monologues from published plays. There you will find monologue play scripts for drama, comedy, and serio-comedy pieces.

Where can I find female monologues for auditioning?

Monologue Blogger has hundreds of female monologues from our archive of published plays. You are welcome to browse through our female comedy section or female drama section to find what you are looking for.

Below are seven female monologues to give you an idea of what we create here at MB.

Beautiful Day

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Linda
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Linda feels at an all time low point in her life.  Much of it has to do with her physical attributes and not feeling satisfied with her appearance.  She meets a random stranger at a park and through conversation, her situation turns more positive.
• Monologue Snippet: “Look at me.  Go on and take a good look.  Do you see me?  I’m a woman.  Not a man.  My whole life I’ve been told that I look like a man.  I don’t believe I ever received a compliment regarding my “looks” as a woman.” ~Linda
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Shadows of My Mind

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Naomi
• Duration: 2-minute monologue
• Description: Naomi opens up to her Aunt about a circle of depression she encounters in her life.  Sometimes the person you least expect to form a bond with suddenly comes out of nowhere and brings about a new understanding about life and a deeper way of thinking about your own story.
• Monologue Snippet: “I get so down about the direction of my life.  Am I making the right decisions?  Am I being who I am meant to be?” ~Naomi
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Four Summers Ago

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Evandra
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Evandra makes it clear to her sister that she is going to become successful with or without her support.
• Monologue Snippet: “You know, I don’t even care that you called me a failure, it was what was behind it that hurt me most. The way it sounded when it came out of your mouth.” ~Evandra
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Coffee Table

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Melanie
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Melanie sits in her room in the psycho ward facility, talking with Andrew about the possibility of hurting Nurse Stein, but all isn’t exactly as it seems in this one-act play.
• Monologue Snippet: “I stared directly at the table, it was a coffee table and…glass…glass coffee table, and the glass that sat on the legs of the table opened up and jaws, TEETH, teeth came out like a shark and it started biting the air and the legs became fully animated and it was a monster now and this monster table wanted to eat me.” ~Melanie
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The Bear

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Tiffany
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Tiffany talks with her teacher to try and gain clarity on the stresses she has in her creative work.
• Monologue Snippet: “I want to be rooted naturally within my inner self, if that makes any sense, without all the fuss and mental nonsense that clogs me up.” ~Tiffany
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Shoe Shine Diner

• Genre: Comedy
• Character: Betsy
• Duration: 2-minute monologue
• Description: Betsy ‘dutifully’ explains to her boss Hammer that the new girl he’s hired to work in the diner isn’t the best idea.
• Monologue Snippet: “She talks too fast, she’s too quick, makes me nervous and now you want her to stay here, work here, every day?” ~Betsy
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Dog Anxiety

• Genre: Comedy
• Character: Zara
• Duration: 1-2-minute monologue
• Description: Zara takes refuge in her neighbor’s apartment to tell her about the bad puppy she’s been dog-sitting.
• Monologue Snippet: “he tells me, like it’s noooooo big deal. She says, “Zara would you mind watching my puppy for me for three days?” I said, “Sure, no problem.” No problem!” ~Zara
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