Waverly, you’ve gotta be kidding me? I didn’t paint your house because I wanted to be paid. Waverly hands over a key) What’s this? (Beat) A key for what? (Confused) The car inside the garage? (Beat) You’re giving it to me? (Amazed) Oh, Mrs. Besides, I still have one more week of summer before school starts. I mean, I learned how to paint, how to do all the prep work, plus my arms got a good workout. I mean it’s summer! I just wanted to hang out with my friends and swim and stuff. Can I be honest with you? When you asked me to paint your house this summer, I didn’t want to do it. Not a color I would have chosen, but it looks good on your house. I cleaned up all the supplies and put them on the side of the garage like you asked. If you are the brother I claim you to be (beat) then I know you will join me.ĭescription: A teen paints an old woman’s house and is surprised with a special gift
The time has come for you to decide dear brother, are you the ember that is stamped out by the heel of oppression or are you the blaze that will burn the vines of Persia? Tomorrow, I will ride to Athens for their support in the war. We are that future! And if you will not join this crusade then I will be that flame. But they fought back! From Leonidas and his Spartans at Thermopylae to the Athenians in the Aegean Sea, to our father, and now us! The names Alexander and Arrhidaeus will ring throughout history as the men who took down Darius III! This is our opportunity (beat) for revenge! Brother, I am- we are the fire that will burn out the old and create a new future. For too long they have raided our coastline and enslaved our people, not to mention the Greeks. (Beat) Why do you weep? Do you know what this means for us? (Beat) It means the war we’ve been dreaming of! A chance for us to strike back at that crumbling empire! Yes Father’s death, it hurts, but we all knew this was coming, he spoke out against those marauders for his entire life. The people of Macedonia do not know yet, we (beat) we have to break the news to them. It seems he was killed in his sleep, and a knife was found, a Persian knife. We will let you know if we add your performance to the monologue listing!īy: Patrick Treybal, Age 18, South Carolina, USAĭescription: Alexander the Great speaks to his brother after the death of their father.Īrrhidaeus, (beat) Father is dead. Fill out and attach this Monologue Performance Release Form. Send the link or the MP4 file to us here.Ģ. If you are interested in participating, choose any monologue from the collection, rehearse it, and then create a video of your performance and upload it to YouTube or send us the MP4 file. We would like to add videos of student performers and actors, and even professional actors performing some of these fantastic pieces. The performer must cite the author AND Drama Notebook in his/her recitation, and if possible, add a link to the Drama Notebook Monologues on a web page where the performance is shared.įor commercial rights and other inquiries, please contact us. They may be used for auditions, performed in educational settings, used in school and community theatre performances, and video-taped without asking permission. They may not be reproduced in written form and published elsewhere. While the monologues in this collection are FREE, they are copyright protected. Winners are chosen monthly and featured on this page. We are building a collection of fantastic original monologues for kids and teens entirely written by students.
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