Best Plays

[ViciouS]

I need to read 3 plays that where written after 1950 non musical, for my acting class. I have no clue which ones to choose. I need to pick Contrasting monologues from them keep that in mind. I need some help with this.


What is your favorite play (written after 1950 non musical)?

 

[leftyman]

is this for your major in gay?

 

[Oil]

Originally posted by: leftyman
is this for your major in gay?

 

[Lola]

i am female, so my favorites are going to be different than yours for monoluges.
My two that i did always were The Odd Couple (female version) and Steel Magnolias

 

[ViciouS]

Originally posted by: leftyman
is this for your major in gay?

BTW there are 3 guys in the class and 10 girls (Most of them are very attractive). I like acting, and you can go have fellatio with an alligator.

 

[Jzero]

Try:
Wit by Margaret Edson
Dancing At Lughnasa by Brian Friel
Picasso At The Lapin Agile by Steve Martin

If you actually have to read the monologs in class, Wit will probably not work, but you should read it anyway.

So I will substitute in it's place:
Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

 

[leftyman]

Originally posted by: ViciouS

Originally posted by: leftyman
is this for your major in gay?

BTW there are 3 guys in the class and 10 girls (Most of them are very attractive). I like acting, and you can go have fellatio with an alligator.

i would have to get in line behind the 3 guys now wouldnt i?

 

[ViciouS]

Originally posted by: leftyman

Originally posted by: ViciouS

Originally posted by: leftyman
is this for your major in gay?

BTW there are 3 guys in the class and 10 girls (Most of them are very attractive). I like acting, and you can go have fellatio with an alligator.

i would have to get in line behind the 3 guys now wouldnt i?

What? 10 girls 3 guys no line, and i think both of the dudes are gay. SO NO LINE FOR ME HOMMIE!

 

[MajorMullet]

Originally posted by: Jzero
Picasso At The Lapin Agile by Steve Martin

Another vote for this one... enjoyed it a lot.

 

[captains]

Originally posted by: leftyman
is this for your major in gay?

lol

 

[ViciouS]

Bump for help.

 

[ViciouS]

3 plays thats it? C'mon

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: ViciouS
3 plays thats it? C'mon

There's 6 plays listed here. You could also check the works of Ed Albee, Sam Beckett, Tom Stoppard, Neil Simon, Arthur Miller...all good stuff, but I'd bet the vast majority of your class draws heavily from this crowd. You'll probably be sick of hearing the same monologs from "Death Of A Salesman" and "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" by the time you finish this 🙂

 

[IronWing]

I was going to say "Our Town" since everybody hates that play, but it was sadly written in 1940.

 

[ViciouS]

Picasso At The Lapin Agile is going to be my first.

 

[ViciouS]

We had to read "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" as required, and the rest are for our choosing.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: ironwing
I was going to say "Our Town" since everybody hates that play, but it was sadly written in 1940.

It's actually a great play. I don't know why everone seems to dislike it.

I think you'll like Picasso, ViciouS. It's got a lot of memorable funny quotes.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Write a stage adaptation of Eyes Wide Shut. That should get some attention.

 

[ViciouS]

Picasso at the lampin Agile was good but no good monologues in there. The next one i read is going to be A FEW GOOD MEN.

 

[Rookie]

Heathen Valley - Romulus Linney

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: ViciouS
Picasso at the lampin Agile was good but no good monologues in there.

Often monologs need to be adapted. Schmendeman's whirlwind visit to the Lapin Agile makes a great comic monolog, you just need to make some allowances for the small interjections from the other bar patrons.

I thought the "visitor"/Elvis character had a good monolog, too?

The joke about the P-shaped pie is another good one. The great things about these is they border on the absurd so they make for good contrasts with more conventional "guy telling a story" monologs.

I thought of another play you can check out, very modern, The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman which is practically a collection of monologs.

 

[ViciouS]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: ViciouS
Picasso at the lampin Agile was good but no good monologues in there.

Often monologs need to be adapted. Schmendeman's whirlwind visit to the Lapin Agile makes a great comic monolog, you just need to make some allowances for the small interjections from the other bar patrons.

I thought the "visitor"/Elvis character had a good monolog, too?

The joke about the P-shaped pie is another good one. The great things about these is they border on the absurd so they make for good contrasts with more conventional "guy telling a story" monologs.

I thought of another play you can check out, very modern, The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman which is practically a collection of monologs.

Boys' Life had a good Dramatic Monologue in it so im reading that one next.

Im gonna go back to Lapin Agile to find some monologues i liked that play alot.

 

[nakedfrog]

Halfway Home was pretty good. I played Nick. It's got gunplay, lesbians, everything.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: leftyman
is this for your major in gay?

hahahaha

 

[ViciouS]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: leftyman
is this for your major in gay?

hahahaha

Very funny! May your computer be ridden with malware!