Top Rated College Audition Monologues

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We’ve compiled a good list of university audition monologues for thespians looking for material that isn’t common and differentiates itself from what gets overdone.

Beautiful Day

• Genre: Drama
• Character: Linda
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Linda speaks with Jack about her appearance and how she believes her life would be better if she were better looking.
• 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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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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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 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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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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Waking Hours

• Genre: Serio-Comedy
• Character: Willis
• Duration: 2-minute monologue
• Description: Willis recounts the story to his girlfriend about witnessing two birds on two different days, fly into a high-rise building.
• Monologue Snippet: “I have one of those damn personalities. You know the one. The kind of guy that flares up over stupid nonsense. That’s me. I don’t want to be. Just by nature. I work at it. I work at keeping calm, but I see things that bother me.” ~Willis
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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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String of False Starts

• Genre: Serio-Comedy
• Character: Henry
• Duration: 1-2-minute monologue
• Description: Henry has a go at his brother for always being lazy and never taking action.
• Monologue Snippet: “A year goes by, five, ten and it’s a life of nothing but a long string of false starts. (sarcastically) A giant circle jerk of genius concepts that never see the light of day, if only this, if only that, but if I had this but if I had that…EXCUSES!” ~Henry
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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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Catching Summer

• Genre: Comedy
• Character: Pam
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Pam has a go at her boyfriend Teddy for becoming faint whenever he’s around turtles.
• Monologue Snippet: “Gonna spend your life being afraid of turtles, all on account of one measly bite. So, what?” ~Pam
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Transitions

• Genre: Serio-Comedy
• Character: Orton
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Colby gets to work late, which triggers his best friend and boss Orton into a rage causing him to be removed from a major project and possibly fired.
• Monologue Snippet: “Nothing moves around us but time. The projects are getting harder, and I’m getting older. I’m getting tired, and I don’t know if we’re going to walk away from all of this, having accomplished our bigger dreams.” ~Orton
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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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Blue Skies, Golden Sunshine

• Genre: Serio-Comedy
• Character: Norman
• Duration: 1-2-minute monologue
• Description: Norman is confused and upset over having the absolute perfect day.
• Monologue Snippet: “When I arrived at work, Louie called me into his office and offered me a surprise promotion, which would help us invest in the pool we’ve always wanted, or perhaps that trip to Tahiti. Upon driving back home in rush hour traffic, the highway was clear, the sun was out, and it was Blue Skies, Golden Sunshine, like David Lynch describes.” ~Norman
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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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Over The Moon

• Genre: Serio-Comedy
• Character: Lucia
• Duration: 1-minute monologue
• Description: Lucia talks about her love of flowers as a metaphor for her growing feelings for Arnold.
• Monologue Snippet: “Like, how there are billions of us spread out over the Earth and most of us don’t really know one another? I find that scary. I sound like a real tulip, don’t I?” ~Lucia
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