Kids Monologue of the Month

Tips for preparing a monologue:

• Imagine the person you're speaking to. If you're supposed to be speaking to the audience, imagine who they are--friends? enemies? the doorman?
• Imagine where you are and the things that are around you.
• Create a set by using real objects that are handy--chairs, benches, fake tree, etc.
• You can use real objects for props, too--book, wallet, football, etc.
• Be expressive--get mad or happy or sad or just have some attitude as you perform your monologue.
• Movement & Gestures--use them. Don't just stand still while doing a monologue.

If there are stage directions—in parenthesis—in the monologue below, use them or come up with your own. They're just suggestions. If a monologue has ellipses (three dots in a row), act as if you’re listening to someone else responding or speaking to you.
Break a leg! (That's theater talk for "good luck." It's bad luck to say "good luck" in the theater so you say "Break a leg!")

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​Here is a monologue for Mar:

zoo

(enters finishing up popcorn) Lucky I found that ten-dollar bill on the ground. I was hungry! Especially after running around the zoo all day. I don’t think I missed a thing. I saw the tigers that never do anything but lie there. I saw the apes that never do anything but stare at you. The elephants were great! But I would hate to be the one to clean up their mess. Let’s see: hippos, bears, wolves, elk, birds, blah, blah, blah. Yep, I saw it all. Too bad I haven’t seen my grandparents for three hours. They should have kept up with me. (calling) Has anyone seen a couple wearing matching t-shirts and dorky hats? (to self) Guess not. I wonder what I can get at the gift shop for eight dollars. I’ll wait for my grandparents there.