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The Main Event

Hey, I gotta a secret ...

... did you know you can "create" a monologue from scenes in a play?

Well you can, homie-slice. You can!

This is the super secret technique I use to make mo' betta' audition monologues.

I call it ...

The "Frankenstein" Monologue Method!

Here's what you do:

• Find a juicy scene
• Cut out the other person's lines
• Create a continuous monologue
• Choose a moment in the scene where there is a clear transformation:

1. The character has a beginning state (maybe they are fighting with their scene partner)
2. The character then has a realization in the scene (this will be the climax of your audition piece)
3. Ideally, the character should end the monologue in a different place then where they started energetically (instead of fighting, they are now soothing)

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Why you should build a monologue instead of extract it.

Audition Monologues need to be miniature plays that work by themselves outside of the context of the play.

The only way a monologue works if its extracted wholesale from the script is if the auditors are familiar with the play and you don't have to explain the circumstances and backstory.

Scenes are more dynamic. In a good scene your character is really trying to get something from the other person in the scene. By extracting the lines from a scene a piecing them together in a way that shows your character is going through a transformation is a really great way to get auditors to perk up when you audition.

In Conclusion:

1. Find a good scene
2. Extract the lines
3. Make them into a monologue
4. Think like a playwright, director, AND editor

This process can be a bit more involved than I've spelled out in this email.

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Respond to this if you'd like to learn more on how to pull this off and I'll consider making a more detailed YouTube video on the process.

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