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Karen kohlhaas monologues from plays

          An intensely practical 'how-to' book for actors, helping you meet the challenges of picking, preparing and performing audition monologues.

        1. She teaches her own NYC classes in The Monologue Audition; Fearless Cold Reading & Audition Technique; Advanced Acting; and Directing.
        2. How to Choose a Monologue for Any Audition and Other Thoughts for Actors.
        3. A founding member of Atlantic Theater Company and an inspiring and compassionate teacher, Kohlhaas' new book is a necessary and worthy addition to The Monologue.
        4. The 'This is Me' monologue is your base monologue.

          5. How to Choose a Monologue for Any Audition and Other Thoughts for Actors....

          Overdone Monologues – A Survey

          by Karen Kohlhaas

           

          September 2006

           

          THE RESULTS ARE IN!

          10 industry professionals rated 116 frequently-done contemporary monologues for their degree of ‘”overdoneness.”

           

          The male and female winners

          • The woman’s tunafish monologue from Laughing Wild (1987) by Christopher Durang
          • The man’s tunafish monologue from Laughing Wild (1987) by Christopher Durang

           

          DISCLAIMER

          It is not my intention to make actors abandon these overdone pieces only to do other pieces that are terrible, or terrible choices for them.

          As noted below, most of the pieces are done a lot because they are great, or good, or at least catchy in some way. But mainly they are done a lot because they are the most popular ones in the monologue books. Actors (especially ladies, especially ladies doing comedic), you are going to have to do a little more work to find lesser-known, good material from plays.

          I think that ultimately those who do thi