How Does One Deliver a Great Monologue Speech?

ERIC: I don鈥檛 like the way he bullies you Ma. (beat) What鈥檚 he gotta push you around like that for? 鈥 saw him Mom, I heard him push you and I heard you scream at him. You didn鈥檛 think I was home, I was home. I DON鈥橳 LIKE HIM! He鈥檚 no good for you or this family. Send him back wherever he came from, he鈥檚 a total shitbag and I can鈥檛 stand him!



He鈥檚 abusive. He鈥檚 changing you Mom. He鈥檚 pulling us apart from one another. Don鈥檛 you see any of this? Jesus Christ! I鈥檓 trying to tell you something, can鈥檛 you pay attention to me Mom?! PLEASE! I鈥檓 your son, listen to what I鈥檓 saying to you鈥?look at me, Ma. Mom, please, just鈥?.RRRRRRAAAAA!!!!! Son of a鈥攜ou see? Mnnnnnrrrrr, what I鈥檓 talking about? There鈥檚 no communication anymore. Nobody knows how to talk to anybody. It鈥檚 always shouting and violence. It was never like that when pop was around. (beat) I know he wasn鈥檛 great but at least he didn鈥檛 beat you鈥?br>


(pause.)



Mom, please, I love you, can鈥檛 we just go鈥et鈥檚 jut get out of here. You know? **** this guy. I鈥檓 sorry for cursing but **** this guy Ma. Look at me. It鈥檚 been you and me since forever. We don鈥檛 need nobody but eachother. You hear me? I love you Mom. Please, I love you. I鈥檒l take care of you. I鈥檒l quit school, get a job. I鈥檒l help you pay the bills. Come on, it鈥檚 not too late; we can start again鈥his time we鈥檒l make better choices Mom. Are you with me? Yeah? You hear me? We can just grab what we need and leave. Start a new life Mom. Just you and me like the old day. Right? Just us. We can do this Mom. Come on, I need you to be strong. Haven鈥檛 you always taught me to be strong? Yeah? Okay, well I can鈥檛 be strong without ya. Alright? I need you and you need me. I swear, I鈥檒l never let anybody else ever hurt you. You hear me? We can do this Mom. Together.



(pause.)



Listen, he goes to play golf this Saturday. **** 鈥榚m. Okay, okay, sorry with the curs鈥攚e鈥檒l take off then. I have like a thousand dollars saved up in cash from all the lawns I鈥檝e been mowing this summer. Plus, I know you have two grand cause of what you told me last week; so there. That鈥檚 three thousand dollars and a new life. Right? I鈥檒l plan the whole thing out. Okay. Miami. I heard alot of good things about Miami lately. What do you think? Interested in some fun in the sun? (he smiles) Okay. Then that鈥檚 what we鈥檒l go for.



(beat)



I love you Mom. You鈥檙e my life. I鈥檇 die for you.







I Feel This Monologue a lil as i read it %26amp; as i keep reading it i just want to cry idk if that means i have a Connection with it or if that makes me a Good Actor...but my mom pops up in my Head when i read it %26amp; when i recite in the mirror its like i feel Plain but not ReallyHow Does One Deliver a Great Monologue Speech?
You do a great job by placing yourself in the monologue, connecting and relating to what is being said and who it's being said to.

Example:

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Give the piece you have a chance. Film it. Get opinions of it. If you're happy with it and think it's something people could see, relate to you and cast you as, go with it.



All the best :)How Does One Deliver a Great Monologue Speech?
Obviously, this kid is pleading with his mother to run away from their troubles, and promising he'll provide for her. You start small and build to a climax, with lots of palms-up gestures.



Just make sure you don't flub your lines, and don't trip over the props.How Does One Deliver a Great Monologue Speech?
I'm not reading that lol.



Tips on Monologue delivery:



PERFECT memorization

Right amount of movement of the hands and feet

Confidence in speaking and movement

Projection and tightness of voice; no shaky vocals

Right amount of facial expression

Connection to the character

Understanding of the literature

Relativity between the imagined look of the character and yourself (i.e., If you're 15, don't deliver a monologue that's done by a 30 year old)

Variation in emotion

Variation in speech/tone

ONE focal point for delivery (unless you're talking to more than one person)

Comfortability with the piece (don't do something you're not ready for)

Complete CONFIDENCE



Break a leg.