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Monologues

There is no substitute for practice. Learn your monologues well so that your audition is the best it can be.

Classical

JULIET: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

BENVOLIO: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

CHORUS: Henry V by William Shakespeare

BOY: Henry V by William Shakespeare

VIOLA: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

HAMLET: Hamlet by William Shakespeare

FERDINAND: The Tempest by William Shakespeare

EDMUND: King Lear by William Shakespeare

IAGO: Othello by William Shakespeare

PHOEBE: As you Like It by William Shakespeare

MACBETH: Macbeth by William Shakespeare

PORTIA: Julius Ceasar by William Shakespeare

ALICE: Arden of Faversham by Anonymous

GREENE: Arden of Faversham by Anonymous

MICHAEL: Arden of Faversham by Anonymous

ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE: The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

LUCIANA: The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

Classical Monologues for 2027 applicants (pdf, 160kb)

Contemporary

CREATURE: FRANKENSTEIN by Nick Dear (2011)

IRINA: THE THREE SISTERS (1901) by Anton Chekhov (Transl. R. Hingley.)

MARY WARREN: THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller (1953)

MEG: AWAY by Michael Gow (1986)

EVONNE: SUNSHINE SUPER GIRL by Andrea James (2020) (This monologue is for First Nations)

ZUZU: DANCE NATION by Clare Barron (2018)

NINA:THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov (1895) (Translation from the Russian by Elisaveta Fen)

RICHARD: WALKING INTO THE BIGNESS by Richard Frankland (2014) (This monologue is for First Nations)

TOM: BERLIN by Joanna Murray Smith (2021)

TROFIMOV: THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekhov (1904) (Adapted by Simon Stone.)

CHARLIE: YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN by Clark Gesner (1967)

CORNELIUS: THE MATCHMAKER by Thornton Wilder (1954)

ROY: THE SEASON AT SARSAPARILLA by Patrick White (1962)

SCORPIUS: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILDby JK Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne (2017)

SNAKE: THE KID by Michael Gow (1983)

Contemporary Monologues for 2027 applicants (pdf, 192kb)