More Anne of Green Gables Monologues

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
From the book, young Anne talking to herself in her bedroom mirror.

ANNE: Now I’m going to imagine things into this room so that they’ll always stay imagined.  This is a couch all heaped with gorgeous silken cushions, pink and blue and crimson and gold, and I am reclining gracefully on it.  I can see my reflection in that splendid big mirror hanging on the wall.  I am tall and regal, clad in a gown or trailing white lace, with a pearl cross on my breast and pearls in my hair.  My name is Lady Cordelia Fitzgerald.  No, it isn’t - I can’t make that seem real.
 You’re only Anne of Green Gables, and I see you, just as you are looking now, whenever I try to imagine I’m the Lady Cordelia.  But it’s a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn’t it?

How To Dress for an Audition

DRESSING FOR AN AUDITION

Your appearance is the first thing directors notice at an audition. Here are some tips for making the best of that first impression.

The number one rule in dressing for an audition is: Don’t let what you’re wearing become a distraction. Yes, you want to make and impression and wear something that reflects your personality, but your attire should not be the most memorable thing about you. The directors need to be able to envision you as the character they are casting for. That doesn’t mean dress as the character - I would strongly recommend against going to an audition in an Annie or Oliver costume for example (though you will occasionally find the director that likes that). Instead try keeping it simple, i.e. a solid color dress with simple lines in your favorite color, or khaki pants with a casual button down shirt.

Here are a few things to keep in mind:

DO be clean and tidy, not matter what your style.
DON’T wear bold or loud prints.
DO wear color.
DON’T wear white or green unless specifically asked to.
DO dress up a little.
DON’T be too formal, uncomfortably stiff, or over the top glamorous.
DO wear your hair styled like it is in your head shots.
DON’T wear jeans unless specifically asked to, it’s generally too casual.
DO wear casual clothes you can move in to an audition with dancing.
DON’T wear a lot of jewelry or accessories.
DO wear clothes you feel good in and attractive in.

The Happy Prince Monologue - boy, age 8 to 14

THE HAPPY PRINCE

From the Oscar Wilde fairy tale about a statue of a former prince

Boy, Age 8 to 14

PRINCE: Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, far away across the city I see a young man in a garret. He is leaning over a desk covered with papers, and in a tumbler by his side there is a bunch of withered violets. He has large and dreamy eyes. He is trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theatre, but he is too cold to write any more. There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint. Alas! I no longer have rubies to give him. My eyes are all that I have now. They are made of rare sapphires, which were brought out of India a thousand years ago. Pluck out one of them and take it to him. He will sell it to the jeweler, and buy firewood, and finish his play. Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, do not weep so. Do as I command you and pluck out my eye.

A Girl of the Limberlost Monologue - Age 12 to 14

A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST
ElnoraGirl, Ages 12 to 14
 

      Oh Uncle Wesley, why didn’t you tell me?  You should have seen me among them at that school.  I was a picture!  They’ll never forget me.  No, they won’t get a chance, for they’ll see the same things tomorrow, if I can go back.  And if I don’t go back, all of them will know it’s not because of my clothes.  They will know it’s because I am so poor I can’t buy my books.  It’s books and tuition.  Over twenty dollars in all.  Oh, how can I get it, Uncle Wesley? 
      No. I wouldn’t touch a penny from you, unless I really could earn it.  Hand me money because you find me crying for it!  I owe you and Aunt Margaret for all the home life and love I’ve ever known, and I’ll not take your money.   I’m going home, and I’ll try mother for the money.  It’s just possible I could find second-hand books, and perhaps all the tuition need not be paid at once.  Maybe they would accept it quarterly.  But, oh, Uncle Wesley, you and Aunt Margaret, you keep on loving me.