1. Monologues

2. What are monologues?
Have you heard the term before?
What do you know?

3. What are monologues?
Monologues come from the Latin words Monos meaning one, single, or alone and Logos meaning speech.
Monologues are one actor/actress speaking without any other characters talking.
Commonly used in dramatic plays, first became popularized by William Shakespeare

4. What are monologues?
Used to delve into the deepest parts of a character- Giving the audience a chance to experience the character in a way dialogue does not.

5. The silent partner
Can I have two volunteers please?

6. The silent partner
Dialogue, as we have just seen, contains two people speaking to each others.
In a monologue, only one character is talking, but there is another imaginary character on stage – The Silent Partner
The Silent Partner is there to help direct monologue and can be anyone: Parent, Friend, Sibling, Teacher, an object, an animal, or even your own self

7. A Couple examples of Monologues
The Job Interview:
I Kissed a Boy Once:
It wasn’t my fault:
Workplace Rant:

8. The three c’s of monologues
Over the next 3-4 weeks we will develop monologues according in three ways:
Confidence
Character
Character Driven Movement
BUT FIRST! YOU NEED MONOLOGUES!
Your monologues should be between 1-3 minutes