100 Great Monologues

The unique format of this book will get students talking whether they’re actors or not!  Duologues are not scenes for two people; rather, they are a pair of monologues about the same subject but from different viewpoints.  Likewise, triologues offer three perspectives on the same topic, without the actors ever interacting.  These can be great tools for opening up subjects for discussion or debate.  Even the standard single monologues included in this creative collection touch on issues ripe for discussion for middle and high school students.  The subject material of all these monologues, ranging from one to three minutes maximum, is honest and true to life.  Best of all, you don’t have to worry about inappropriate language or situations.  These monologues don’t skirt important issues that teens face today, but each situation is handled in a way that allows the actor, not the language, to be center stage.  Monologues range from light-hearted topics — blind dates, babysitting blues, and fender benders — to more sensitive ones such as family problems, drunk driving, and suicide.