Monologues – Broadway Play Publishing Inc

About Spontaneous Combustion — Aunt Emily

Sherry Kramer

Duration: 1 minute
Gender: Female
Age: Older Adult
Genre: Comedy

Context: Polishing the family silver, Emily remembers her days as a much-sought-after dance partner and the nightmares that came with it.

An Accident — Libby

Lydia Stryk

Duration: 3 to 5 minutes
Gender: Female
Age: Adult
Genre: Drama

Context: Libby wakes in a hospital after a traffic accident and slowly realizes she cannot move her body.

An Actor’s Carol — Young Man

Charles Evered

Duration: 2 minutes
Gender: Male
Age: Young Adult
Genre: Comedy

Context: Crouched backstage during the final moments of A Christmas Carol, a young actor has to take a call from his credit card company.

Adopt a Sailor — Sailor

Charles Evered

Duration: 1 minute
Gender: Male
Age: Young Adult
Genre: Dark Comedy

Context: At dinner with his well-heeled Upper West Side hosts, the Sailor cheerfully explains how he once fell out of a cargo plane.

Adoration of the Old Woman — Belen

José Rivera

Duration: 2 minutes
Gender: Female
Age: Older Adult
Genre: Drama

Context: Talking in her sleep, Belen relives her plea to her husband Toli to spare her another pregnancy after seven lost children.

Adult — Tara

Christina Masciotti

Duration: 1 minute
Gender: Female
Age: Teen
Genre: Comedy

Context: On the phone with her boyfriend, Tara teases him about his soccer game and invites him to visit her father's house.

Always Plenty of Light at the Starlight All Night Diner — Danni

Darcy Parker Bruce

Duration: 2 minutes
Gender: Nonbinary
Age: Young Adult
Genre: Dark Comedy

Context: On the night an asteroid is due to hit, Danni calls her parents. We hear only her side as the call turns painful.

Antigone — Guard

Sophocles, adapted by Gregory Mosher

Duration: 1 minute
Gender: Neutral
Age: Adult
Genre: Comedy

Context: The Guard describes how he and the others caught Antigone burying her brother in a sudden dust storm.

Aven’u Boys — Wendy

Frank Pugliese

Duration: 2 minutes
Gender: Female
Age: Adult
Genre: Drama

Context: Wendy sets the record straight about her past and the men who talked about her.

Aviators — Harry

Ruth Wolff

Duration: 3 to 5 minutes
Gender: Male
Age: Older Adult
Genre: Drama

Context: Harry worries because his wife Jan went for a walk on the beach two hours ago and hasn't come back.

Barbecue Apocalypse — John

Matt Lyle

Duration: 3 to 5 minutes
Gender: Male
Age: Adult
Genre: Dark Comedy

Context: A stranger approaches the porch and tells the survivors how he has stayed alive.

A Bright Room Called Day — Paulinka

Tony Kushner

Duration: 3 to 5 minutes
Gender: Female
Age: Adult
Genre: Comedy

Context: Paulinka, a German film actress, tells about the night she may have seen the Devil during a production of Faust.

The Christmas Tree Farm — J

Adam Szymkowicz

Duration: 1 minute
Gender: Neutral
Age: Teen
Genre: Comedy

Context: J can't understand why someone would date their older brother.

Electra in a One-Piece — Elle

Isaac Oliver

Duration: 1 minute
Gender: Female
Age: Teen
Genre: Dark Comedy

Context: Elle posts a video to let everyone know this isn't a joke.

The End of the World and Other Fables — Jogger

Greg Lam

Duration: 1 minute
Gender: Neutral
Age: Adult
Genre: Dark Comedy

Context: A jogger in the near future invites a stranger to join those who adapt.

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