Here are six new FREE monologues on contemporary issues for women over 40.
They are available for FREE for actors, directors and drama teachers anywhere in the world – on the condition that you let me know when, where and how they will be used and send photos and feedback.
- GREY (Two minutes) – SYLVIA, 60s + sits on a park bench, unnoticed, watching a group of young girls. Who is she talking to? The only person who will listen – herself.
- HAPPY MEDIUM (Three minutes) – KAYE, 40s+, tells a stranger across the table at the airport about her visit to a medium.
- NORMAL (Three minutes) – NORMA, 40s+, tells her friend Judy about her irregular visit to a café.
- OLD LOVERS (90 seconds) – LYNETTE, 50s+ is browsing through and old photo album.
- PAY DAY (Two minutes) – AUDREY, 40+, asks her boss for a pay rise.
- THE TIME TRAVELLER (Three minutes) – CONSTANCE, 60+ is telling her friend about a recent lunch date.
I have other work that is licensed with agents and for which I receive royalties (FULL LENGTH and ONE ACT plays) when they are produced, but I make these short works free as my way of reducing barriers for women in the theatre and, and as a way of getting my work performed.
Since I first made them available in June 2021, my monologues have been performed in 45 places around the world.
Check out my other monologues here.
They are inspired by my own experiences, the women in my life, women I meet and those in the news. (Want to suggest a topic? Contact me here).
It’s an honor to have women who have lived full and rich lives bring that richness and fullness to my work. I always learn from your feedback.
So, please dive in – rummage around my site. There are more than 50 FREE monologues waiting for you to rekindle or start your career in the theatre.
Want to suggest a topic? Contact me here:
Looking for inspiration: Check out this excellent blog from US-musical theatre-maker Lauren Mayer, published on Maestra in 2022, titled Can you still be “emerging” in your 60s? Life as an Older Woman in the Theatre – https://maestramusic.org/blog/can-you-still-be-emerging-in-your-60s/
The answer, of course, is “Yes, you can!”
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