19 Self-Tape Audition Monologues 1 Minute Each

Self-tape audition monologues help casting directors evaluate your acting skills, emotional range, on-camera presence, and character ability.

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Why Does the 1-Minute Limit for Self-Tapes Matter?

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Time is of the essence: It counts inside a casting room where casting directors, agents, producers, and directors see hundreds of actors audition in a given day. That one-minute time limit is your golden opportunity to stand out by finding the right monologue. Keeping your monologue one minute or less is respecting the process.

Taking on the challenge: Performing a one-minute monologue has its limits but that is where the significance lives. In just one minute you can reveal an entire world of character, atmosphere, risks, choices, and so much more.

The win of a shorter monologue: Less is more. Working with a one-minute monologue is an enormous advantage when it comes to how well you control pacing and rhythm, energy, beats, and movement. You can truly demonstrate your control of space in a short amount of time.

Less to learn: Memorizing a one-minute monologue is a helluva lot easier than learning a longer piece, so take the opportunity to learn your lines and explore deeply what exists behind the words as you know them.

Doll and the Dog

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Irene
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Irene confides in Gregory as a way to connect with him on a deeper level.
• Monologue Snippet: “This design, whoever designed it, wasn’t as smart as people think. The math isn’t as good as it performs.” ~Irene
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The Void

• Genre: Drama
• Character: George
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: George is unsatisfied with his doctor’s diagnosis and expresses his discomfort with a pretzel vendor.
• Monologue Snippet: “Went for my yearly checkup. Wasn’t expecting anything, the usual, sugar’s too low or too high, gain five pounds, get more vitamin D – these things fluctuate, right?” ~George
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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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Waiting In The Wings

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Wendy
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Wendy tries to justify her actions when reality hits her over the crime she has committed.
• Monologue Snippet: “I don’t know what came over me. When I entered this room to get my money, I was in some sort of trance.” ~Wendy
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Drenched To The Bone

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Miles
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Miles unexpectedly arrives at his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in order to see her because he misses her so much.
• Monologue Snippet: “I don’t think I’d be as good to me as you are to me if I were you looking at me…am I making sense?” ~Miles
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The Other Half of Madeline

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Madeline
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Madeline confesses the painful truth of how her daughter died.
• Monologue Snippet: “When his fist connected, it landed straight at the back of Lily’s head.” ~Madeline
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Final Curtain

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Rita
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Rita admits to Frank that she has no choice but to shutdown the theater she gave her entire life to.
• Monologue Snippet: “Started happening many years ago but you hang on, no one wants to ever let go of something that makes them so happy.” ~Rita
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Way Back When

• Genre: Serio-Comedy
• Character: Hank
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Hank tries to justify his reason for giving a different actor a part in a project.
• Monologue Snippet: “He’s sharp but dense enough to the point of squareness and honesty, and he’s harmless. I gave him the job ’cause I had to give him the job, I had to get rid of him.” ~Hank
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The Notes

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Lucas
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Lucas has been brought in by Mr. Chestnut to discuss if he had received and read through the notes,  and if he is willing to accept the necessary changes.
• Monologue Snippet: “The adjustments suggested will morph me into something less coherent, perhaps unrecognizable, in what I believe would be an absolute decline in my purpose.” ~Lucas
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Along With You

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Tilly
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Tilly has finally found the courage to leave town and while walking to the bus station she bumps into Gerard who desires to run away with her.
• Monologue Snippet: “I mean, I did dress up, like going away sort of dress up, I think. I mean, there’s a certain kind of clothing one wears when leaving town, right?” ~Tilly
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One Way Road

• Genre: Serio-Comedy
• Character: Pedro
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Pedro visits his local bar for a pint in order to cope with his problems.  While there, he has a conversation with his friend Babs who is also dealing with disturbing issues.
• Monologue Snippet: “You know, I’ve been dealing with enough sh’t in my life and now I gotta think about you killing yourself one day.” ~Pedro
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Recovery Room

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Ola
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: James realizes that he is trapped in strange place by force with a woman he’s never met.
• Monologue Snippet: “It fades. Today will fade. Tomorrow will too. Everything almost does…we all fade away into mist and ash and dung. Up, up and away we go to a place that no one knows.” ~Ola
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Chain of Heredity

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Gregory
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Gregory has come to the painful realization that he never did enough to build his relationship with his daughter.
• Monologue Snippet: “We can’t make up for lost time, can we? We can’t. Time is a cruel teacher and it always gets the last laugh.” ~Gregory
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Lost Against The Alley

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Buck
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Buck is trying to figure out a way to avoid his job interview because he feels that it’s pointless to even try going. His girlfriend Orla has a different point of view.
• Monologue Snippet: “I told you, there’s these scouts that hit you up on your profile, sending you a message, making you feel special, when all they’re doing is going through the motions to secure their own job.” ~Buck
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Steady Steel Blues

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Herschel
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Harla and Herschel are traveling thieves who get in over their head when Herschel commits a crime far beyond what they ever imagined possible.
• Monologue Snippet: “With time, you can change the past; you can make it whatever you want it to be; it doesn’t own you; you can change it, it isn’t constant.” ~Herschel
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Eleven Seconds

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Kelly
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Kelly visits Steve to talk about their son Henry and why it’s been months since he last spent time with him.
• Monologue Snippet: “What if he needs me? I mean, he needs me, make no mistake, but what if he needs me and I’m not there in time?” ~Kelly
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Rather Be A Man

• Genre: Comedy
• Character: Kim
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: A comedic one act play involving Kim and Pam, two friends who are sick of guys trying to pick them up. 
• Monologue Snippet: “All I want is to be left alone. I have a man, I love my man, and I do my best to be polite, but the irritation is getting too much.” ~Kim
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Isolated Romance

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Victor
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Victor is having a difficult time handling his newfound fame as a writer, which leads him into further turmoil with his best friend Samantha.
• Monologue Snippet: “I don’t want people pulling my arm for a photo and screaming my name. I just want to do my work.” ~Victor
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Roads and Trenches

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Ron
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Ron shows up unexpectedly at Dave and Sydney’s place in order to make up for his negative reaction to their engagement announcement the night before.
• Monologue Snippet: “Now, I know Dave, you already gave Sydney her engagement ring and all, and it’s pretty, but I have something – a favor – a meaningful favor to ask the both of you.” ~Ron
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