Because there are more women’s roles in contemporary films and plays, you might have a better chance of finding one that you like. Contemporary films can also offer some great new choices in monologues for women. Unless the casting call specifically asks for it, you don’t have to stick to a monologue from a play. The casting director is not looking for just someone who can identify similar pieces of work he or she would rather see a well-performed piece that doesn’t relate as well to the audition character than a monologue that relates but is not performed well. It’s important to choose a suitable monologue for the audition, but also realize that you can make almost all monologues for women work for many auditions if you have practiced it well and can truly become that character. To combat this, do your research and go beyond just the surface of works that seem similar to the piece for which you are auditioning. Realize that other actresses might be taking the same approach and might choose the same monologue because it related so well to the character that everyone is auditioning for. Search for films or plays that have the same theme, or one where the characters are struggling with a similar problem.
Is the character you are auditioning for struggling with racial tension? Try one of Celie’s or Sofia’s scenes from The Color Purple or a part from the newer The Help. Think about your potential character’s main goals and how the relate to female characters in other plays or films. If you take time to look through a list, you’re bound to find a suitable choice. Does it relate to both yourself and to the character audition? There are many styles of monologues for women, each with unique characters with their own problems.
Take a careful look at each of the monologues for women that you consider. You wouldn’t want to pick something from a comedy or an uplifting segment of a play because that won’t show the casting director that you can do the job for which you are auditioning. If you are auditioning for the role of Blanche Dubois, you will probably want to pick a very dramatic monologue that shows some sort of sadness.
When sorting through your choices of monologues for women, pick something with a lot of emotion that both relates to you as a person and the character that you are auditioning to play. Imagine yourself here! It’s gonna take some work.
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