10 Comedic Monologues for Young Men Age 14-18

Written by Meghan Mitchell

December 7, 2017

Looking for a comedic monologue for a teen actor? Below are 10 comedic audition cuts for those teenage boys who want to make an impression with their monologue.

A monologue from The Best Secret Santa Present Ever In The History of Peckinpaw High School by Ira Gamerman

(Male, Comedic, Teens 14-18)
This monologue comes at the start of the show as Patrick holds the slip revealing that the person he’s a Secret Santa to is his lifetime crush, Chrissy Summerfit. He elaborates to the audience the near-divine timing of the drawing compared to the Holiday Dance where he dreams of asking Chrissy. He hilariously describes the epic proportions of his gift as it relates to the small school price limit. This monologue is a cheerful, love-struck look into the teenage mind that rings true to audience members of all ages.

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A monologue from Operation Oddball by Lisa Bruna

(Male, Dramatic/Serio-Comedic, Teens 14-18)
Taking a momentary respite from their travels, Oliver details a story concerning the death of his pet gerbil, Ringo to his two younger siblings. A younger Oliver thinks to leave the pet’s cage on top of a radiator to warm it on a cold winter night. In part thanks to the cruelty of his elder sister, the gerbil dies. Oliver blames both himself and his sister for the death, making it a sore spot for him and their relationship. This is a key motivator for him to prove her wrong, and also to get back at her.

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A monologue from Water Down by Debbie Lamedman

(Male, Comedic/Serio-Comedic, Teens 14-18)
Max is not-so-secretly in love with Katie.  He is obsessed with a poem that she wrote that was read in class, and he is anxious to make a connection and get closer to her.

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A monologue from The Enigma Variations by Evan Guilford-Blake

(Male, Comedic/Serio-Comedic, Teens 14-18)
Richard wants to ask Isobel’s father, Edward, for Isobel’s hand in marriage.  When Richard is nervous, he has the propensity to speak quickly and with too many words, talking around in circles until he has made his point.  In this monologue, he asks Edward if he can have the honor and privilege of marrying Isobel… in many more words and all in one breath.

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A monologue from Techies by Don Goodrum

(Male, Comedic/Serio-Comedic, Teens 14-18)
High school student Charlie Porter is the fragile star of Jezebel’s Last Chance and has just found out that Bonnie, his long-time friend and co-star, is not going to make that night’s performance. To make things worse, she is being replaced by Camille Curry, an unforgiving actress who has no patience with Charlie’s sensitive nature.

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A monologue from Creature Features (Modern Day Mutants) by Christian Kiley

(Male, Comedic/Serio-Comedic, Teens 14-18)
When teen Cyrano is bullied by The Normals, instead of fighting back, he makes fun of his own nose. Cyrano’s monologue is a modern day spin on the character Cyrano De Bergerac, who uses the same type of humor to thwart his enemies.

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A monologue from Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare

(Male, Dramatic/Serio-Comedic, Teens 14-18)
London; Prince Harry’s quarters in Eastcheap. Just having plotted some criminal mischief with Falstaff and Poins, Hal is left alone to deliver his first soliloquy. He bears his true identity to the audience in place of the one we have just seen: an idle, wayward rogue who is unfit for responsibility.

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A monologue from New by Crystal Skillman

(Male, Comedic, Teens 14-18)
In this melodramatic monologue, Marcus, the lead in the high school play, has just reappeared from the school parking lot with an icepack on his head. He has not slept since the dress rehearsal the night before. He is dazed and slightly crazed after walking all night. Marcus is a student actor who is delving hard into the Stanislavsky method; his emotions are amplified by his sleeplessness and his statements are bold and extravagant. He philosophizes about his place in the world and how the theatre has changed his sense of self.

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A monologue from Behind Cut Glass by Rosary O’Neill

(Male, Dramatic/Serio-Comedic, Teens 14-18)
This is a Southern comedy about mature love found later in life, and the trouble and insight that such discoveries can bring. Though well-warned, Kitten, a runaway housewife, decides to travel with her Tulane professor, Beau, on a train trip through the Louisiana swamp. Their plans are upset when her son, Bunky, in an effort to punish her, shows up as a stowaway on the train. Kitten and Beau struggle through their disappointments, mourning the futility of their lives, while the hurricane brewing outside the train builds toward its inevitable whirlwind of destruction.

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A monologue from One Good Thing by Don Zolidis

(Male, Comedic/Serio-Comedic, Teens 14-18)
Travis, a senior in high school, is pretty miserable. The girl he’s in love with doesn’t know he exists, his father is leaving his mother, and his older brother has been deployed to Iraq. All he really wants to do is make it through high school, but that’s easier said than done. One Good Thing is a play about dealing with tragedy and the strength necessary to survive, all in the search for just one good thing.

Get the monologue here.



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Meghan Mitchell is a working actor who graduated cum laude from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois with a B.A. in Musical Theatre. She loves Shakespeare and nightly fireworks, and after working regionally and on ships, she is now proud to call Orlando her home.