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Short Monologues

Our next list comes courtesy of Asher Wyndham, one of the most prolific users of the New Play Exchange, with dozens of plays in his profile and (at last count) more than 840 recommendations to his name. Asher offers the following introduction: "I happen to think monologues are under-rated. They create an instant relationship between speaker and audience. They can be highly dramatic, too, with surprising physicality and intimacy. My hope in curating this list is that more theaters will produce them, and that actors looking for audition pieces will consider them."

Faith by Matt Barbot
The Red Truck, a monologue by Rachel Bublitz
Ready Betty by Rob Dames
El Yunque in English by Nelson Diaz-Marcano
A Different Sense of Place by Jordan Elizabeth Henry
A Cry Headache and a Strong Taste for Bacon by Quinn Xavier Hernandez
Recognition by Steven G. Martin
I Don't Drink At Parties (a monologue) by Liv Matthews
Brandi Alexander by Tatiana Pavela
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The Cool Go Kart -- a monologue by Dominica Plummer
WHEN YOU'RE GONE by Alina Rios
Noise by Ricardo Soltero-Brown
Internet Intervention by Bectoria Stafford
The Woman and the Spoon (a monologue) by Matthew Weaver
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Kate Danley recommended The Great Fish & Jonah by Matthew Weaver
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Kate Danley recommended A Different Sense of Place by Jordan Elizabeth Henry
“ Haunting, poetic prose that reaches into the heart of parental love and fears. Beautiful piece for East Asian actresses. ”
Donna Gordon recommended Flying by Sheila Cowley
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The NPX Index

  • Scripts with a cast size of one: 1381