Monologues are a b****. They are no fun to do. No questionable “fun” to coach – – simply no fun. They are, however, a necessary evil of this business. How in the world would you be able to get through hundreds of auditionees in anything less then a week if you didn’t cut down the actor’s presentation to just a moment or two. I have been coaching many, many of these monologues and find myself always questioning my skills after a coaching session. I worry that I have become so lecture-like that I have taught a good lesson, but done nothing to help the student tangibly improve the monologue. On the opposite hand, worry that I have done so much game playing that the actor had “fun” with the coaching section, but gained little to make the monologue improve trhe next time.
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