Comedic Monologues for women
Matilda
by Dennis Kelly
The Trunchbull threatens someone in no uncertain or subtle terms.
Laundry and Bourbon
by James McClure
A mother makes a phone call home and talks to her children. The humor of the monologue comes from the audience imagining what's happening on the other end and her nonchalant approach to it.
Goodbye, Charles
by Gabriel Davis
As she confronts her soon to be ex-husband with "I ate the divorce papers" she goes from attempting to get rid of him to attempting to keep him. The monologue is seriously manic, she cries while saying she's laughing.
Willie the Angelic Child
by Walter Ben Hare
This monologue is from the 1920s but still holds up. A mother brings her obvoxious son to a quiet afternoon of upper class ladies playing a card game. She is the ultimate annoying mother, screaming at her child but expecting everyone else to think he's amazing.
Nunsense
by Don Goggin
Nunsense is a five woman musical in which five nuns put on a musical revue in an effort to keep their convent from closing. In this monologue, Reverend Mother finds an inhalable drug called Rush. She doesn't realize what it is, but she ends up sniffing it and getting quite high without realizing it, all while hosting the show.
Star Spangled Girl
by Neil Simon
This is a true classic ever since it was written in the 1960s. Sophie lives in the apartment upstairs from Norman and Andy. Andy has a huge crush but does weird things to express his affection. In this monologue, she is enumerating the ways that she has annoyed her, putting chocolate bars in her mailbox, waxing her floor, tying perfume to her cat's tail. Best performed with a southern accent.
Harvey
by Mary Chase
Elwood's best friend is a 6 foot tall white rabbit named Harvey. You've got to be crazy to see an imaginary creature like that, right? In this scene his sister Veda is asking a psychiatrist to commit Elwood to a mental hospital. But, in the process, she comes across as the insane one who sees human size rabbits.
Comedic Monologues for women
Matilda
by Dennis Kelly
The Trunchbull threatens someone in no uncertain or subtle terms.
Laundry and Bourbon
by James McClure
A mother makes a phone call home and talks to her children. The humor of the monologue comes from the audience imagining what's happening on the other end and her nonchalant approach to it.
Goodbye, Charles
by Gabriel Davis
As she confronts her soon to be ex-husband with "I ate the divorce papers" she goes from attempting to get rid of him to attempting to keep him. The monologue is seriously manic, she cries while saying she's laughing.
Willie the Angelic Child
by Walter Ben Hare
This monologue is from the 1920s but still holds up. A mother brings her obvoxious son to a quiet afternoon of upper class ladies playing a card game. She is the ultimate annoying mother, screaming at her child but expecting everyone else to think he's amazing.
Nunsense
by Don Goggin
Nunsense is a five woman musical in which five nuns put on a musical revue in an effort to keep their convent from closing. In this monologue, Reverend Mother finds an inhalable drug called Rush. She doesn't realize what it is, but she ends up sniffing it and getting quite high without realizing it, all while hosting the show.
Star Spangled Girl
by Neil Simon
This is a true classic ever since it was written in the 1960s. Sophie lives in the apartment upstairs from Norman and Andy. Andy has a huge crush but does weird things to express his affection. In this monologue, she is enumerating the ways that she has annoyed her, putting chocolate bars in her mailbox, waxing her floor, tying perfume to her cat's tail. Best performed with a southern accent.
Crazy Glue
by Joseph Aranone
In this monologue, Linda calls her best friend up for help. Linda apparently crazy glued her hand to her cheek and cannot separate them. She calls her friend Alison in utter panic and emotional turmoil. What follows next is the phone call conversation.
M.I.A.
by Jonathan Dorf
Lizzie, a teen girl, talks about a friend who has completely cut off contact with her for reasons she doesn't understand.
Ya Tu Sabes
Collected authors
Here is a booklet full of monologues for Latina and Latino actors. Not all of them are long enough. Some are too long. Look for those in which the character is trying to get something from another person instead of just telling a story.
Midsummer in the OC
Or, If We Surfers Have Offended by D. Tupper McKnight
This is an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream placed in the southern California. In this monologue, Helena expresses her dismay that Demetrius, the man she loves is in love with Hermia, even though Hermia is in love wtih Lysander...or in this version "Lysol" She makes a video blog about it. If you like this version, you should also check out the original below.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
In this monologue, Helena expresses her dismay that Demetrius, the man she loves is in love with Hermia, even though Hermia is in love wtih Lysander.. If you like this version, you should also check out the modern adaptation above.
Laughing Wild
Christopher Durang
In this very famous monologue, "Woman" (there are only two characters in the play, the other one's a man) tells the audience how she feels about other people as she tries to purchase a can of tuna fish. It becomes quite evident, that she's not OK.