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As you perform a monologue, think about the following: To whom you are speaking, movements around the stage, gestures. You may not have real set pieces but you can imagine where they are so as you speak, you might look or walk towards the area that you imagined something to be. Try your monologue with a single chair, not to sit on the entire time but there might be places in your monologue where you could sit or even stand on the chair (make sure it's sturdy first). For gestures, make them big — unless that totally doesn’t work for the scene; you could also pantomime some of the things you’re talking about (not the whole time though). Most importantly, fill your voice and body with expression. Are you excited? Angry? Sad? Maybe you’ll have several expressions as you go through the monologue. Practice so that your voice and body reflect those feelings. Another little tip: write your ideas on your monologue. They can be as easy as smiley (or sad or angry) faces drawn on the paper.
If there are stage directions—in parenthesis—on the monologue below, you can use them or come up with your own. They are only suggestions. If a monologue has ellipses (three dots in a row), act as if you’re listening to someone else speaking to you.
One more thing: Have fun!Oral Book Report
(You may use it for free only once, then throw away your copy.)
(to someone offstage) Nobody disturb me! I have to practice my oral book report. (as though to self or in a mirror) "My book report is on…" I can’t say that. Mrs. Roberts said not to start with "my book report is on…"How else do I start it? "The book I read is…" "This wonderful book is called…" "I’m reporting on a book about…" No, no, no. I’ll start with something exciting. "It was a dark and stormy night…" That’s good! "It was a dark and stormy night when I read this book. It was good. " Dull, again. "It was a dark and stormy night as I read this…" (thinking) marvelous, exciting, fabulous, intense. Intense! "It was a dark and stormy night as I read the intense novel…" (to offstage) Turn off the TV. It’s distracting. Hm. "It was a dark and stormy night. The TV was distracting but it couldn’t distract me away from reading the intense novel that, at first, was more of a distraction than the TV. But as I became more engrossed in the novel I couldn’t be distracted by anything. I think everyone should read it. " (to offstage) I’m done. Let’s watch TV.
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