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How to choose a monologue for an audition
Your age, your range and the one rule I give every student.
Monologues that get you the second call
I’m Nerida. I have acted on stage in Hobart for thirty years, and I coach actors through auditions. I write about choosing and playing a monologue, and I sell workbooks, monologue packs and two courses.
Actor and audition coach
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Workshop
The next audition workshop
Saturday, November 14 · 7:00 PM
Three hours, eight actors, one monologue each.
Cold Read
Read these five, in this order.
A letter every Tuesday with the week’s post, one speech to look at and an audition tip.
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Learning lines on a harbour walk
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I sat in an empty theatre to see what an audition panel sees.
About
Hello, I’m Nerida
I started acting in a church-hall company at nineteen and have played everything from a nurse in a pantomime to Lady Macbeth in the old Theatre Royal. For the last ten years I have also coached young actors for drama-school and company auditions.
Most auditions are lost in the choosing, not the playing. So I write each week about one part of a monologue: finding one, cutting it, learning it and walking into the room. The workbooks in the shop are what I hand my students.
Digital downloads
Downloads
Download as soon as you pay. Yours to keep.
PDF · 48 pages
Monologue Workbook
How to choose, cut, learn and play a speech, with worksheets for each step.
PDF · 40 pages
Modern Monologue Pack
Twenty short modern speeches I’ve written, for actors of every age.
Newsletter
Cold Read
A letter every Tuesday with the week’s post, one speech to look at and an audition tip.