Please note -this is for my book - 30 Monologues Under 30 Seconds This monologue is - for female -- .
All the monologues for this book have been timed - but your performance will determine the length. Usually between 30 seconds and one minute is acceptable for auditions preferring shorter monologues. Use a stopwatch for good results - video for even better. Good luck!
Original post(below) is from May 20, 2014 Day #97
Tightrope
(from the play Ringmaster)
(from the play Ringmaster)
A 30-second monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(A woman comes out – she is dressed in tights, can be almost nude in appearance. She takes a magic marker and draws a line across the stage. Steps on one end, puts out both arms)
Each day……is like being on a tightrope.
(She takes a step, carefully.)
We open our eyes, and we are awake.
(The next step is gingerly taken)
We try not to look down…..
(She peers cautiously over the line)
…but we do anyhow…. it doesn’t help! If anything….
(She wobbles a bit, gets a hold, continues)
………looking makes it worse!
(She looks behind herself, shudders)
It is so much easier when we can’t see how far we’ve come……
(She now takes a bandanna from a pocket and ties it around her eyes)
Or how far we have to go…….
(She does another couple of steps, much more confident,)
And maybe this time you can get through the day….without falling off the line…..
(She reaches the other side of the stage, looks back at the line.)
So tomorrow, you can do it again – only tomorrow, you get to do it…..
(She steps back on the line, arms out, only in the opposite direction)
Backwards.
(She does one step back turns to look at how far she has to go. Blackout.)
End of scene
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Original post
May 20, 2014 Day #97 by Janet S. Tiger Tightrope Monologue Mania
Tightrope
(from the play Ringmaster)
by Janet S. Tiger c) May 20, 2014
all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(A woman comes out – she is dressed in tights, can be almost nude in appearance. She takes a magic marker and draws a line across the stage. Steps on one end, puts out both arms)
Each day……is like being on a tightrope.
(She takes a step, carefully.)
We open our eyes, and we are awake.
(She takes another step)
We feel all the aches and pains that have appeared and reappeared overnight.
(The next step is gingerly taken)
But we keep going.
We try not to look down…..
(She peers cautiously over the line)
…but we do anyhow….and it doesn’t help! If anything….
(She wobbles a bit, gets a hold, continues)
………looking makes it worse. We say we want to know what’s about to happen, we want to be in control, but the truth is…..we don’t!
(She looks behind herself, shudders)
It is so much easier when we can’t see how far we’ve come……
(She now takes a bandanna from a pocket and ties it around her eyes)
Or how far we have to go…….
(She does another couple of steps, much more confident)
There is a poetry in the motion of the unknown – we walk through life and we try to toe the line, be the good person…..only sometimes……
(She stumbles a bit, rips off the bandanna and jumps.)
….sometimes you just can’t do the right thing….you ….
(She is in free fall now)
….you end up choosing the story line that seems better at the time, like going out for that drink….or more fun, like telling a small lie so you can go away for a weekend, or less work, because life is so much work….….
(And then she lands……on the line again)
Only to find you are back right where you started.
(She starts to put the bandanna on, then stops)
But this time, maybe it’s best with your eyes wide open….
(She ties the bandanna around her neck, starts to inch across the line)
And maybe this time you can get through the day….without falling off the line…..
(She reaches the other side of the stage, looks back at the line.)
So tomorrow, you can do it again – only tomorrow, you get to do it…..
(She steps back on the line, arms out, only in the opposite direction)
Backwards.
(She does one step back turns to look at how far she has to go. Blackout.)
End of scene
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* Note: A few words about 'free' - all these monologues are protected under copyright law and are free to read, free to perform and video as long as no money is charged. Once you charge admission or a donation, or include my work in an anthology, you need to contact me for royalty info.
Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
JanetSTigerMonologueMania.blogspot.com
JanetSTigerMonologueMania.blogspot.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8--------------------------------------------------------------
* Note: A few words about 'free' - all these monologues are protected under copyright law and are free to read, free to perform and video as long as no money is charged. Once you charge admission or a donation, or include my work in an anthology, you need to contact me for royalty info.
1 comment:
Cool monologue, very visual!
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