10 Monologues for Adults Auditioning for Children’s Theatre

Written by Meghan Mitchell

January 4, 2018

Looking for a monologue for your next Children’s Theatre audition? Below are 10 audition cuts for professional adults who want to really “wow” with their monologue. Whether a teacher, a nun, or an adult who is playing a kid, these monologues will be sure to make an impression when looking to go over-the-top for that Children’s Theatre gig.

A monologue from Catholic School Girls by Casey Kurtti

(Female, Comedic, Teens-40s)
It is a Monday in Sister Mary Lucille’s second grade class. Her students completed their First Communion the Saturday prior and she is beginning class with announcements and tasks but is distracted by a few students and their childish habits. In this monologue, she reprimands them (and their parents) with intrusive and presumptuous remarks and commands. Sister Mary Lucille has a wicked tongue and epitomizes the caricature of Catholic school teacher.

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

(Male, Comedic, Teens)
Patrick struggles to find the perfect Secret Santa gift for his life time crush, Chrissy Summerfit. He elaborates to the audience the arduous task of questioning her discretely and not resorting to screaming out his love from the rooftops. He hilariously describes the epic task of figuring out the perfect gift for the perfect gift until he’s just about to give up—but then it hits him. 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 There is No “D” in Revenge by David-Matthew Barnes

(Female, Serio-Comedic/Dramatic, Teens 14-18)
Brenda Wellington, glamorous and seventeen, is standing in front of the mirror in a girls’ bathroom at her high school. With one hand she is applying lip gloss. In the other, she holds her cell phone to her ear. Her purse is nearby. From head to toe, Brenda is dressed to kill. Brenda appears constantly annoyed. Everything in life – unless it benefits her – is a big bother.

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A monologue from Jupiter by Gary Britson

(Male, Comedic, 30s-50s)
In 2009 meteors struck the planet Jupiter.  Any one of these huge rocks could have wiped out our planet.  So why is it that Joe gets kicked out of high school for looking at the sky and telling a few classmates that a big rock is headed for Earth?  In this monologue, the Principal from Joe’s school resolves himself to be the best, the finest, vain, petty and recalcitrant son-of-a-bitch in the valley.  Here, he pictures it clearly.

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A monologue from Occupational Hazards by Mark McCarthy

(Female, Comedic, Teens)
Occupational Hazardsis an evening of short plays and monologues centered around workplace issues. This monologue from Occupational Hazardsis entitled “Columbass.” Elizabeth is whip-smart teenage girl who’s discovering that her teachers are not always right. She passionately argues for her version of history and her own opinion of Christopher Columbus.

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A monologue from Radio Ball by Lauren Kettler

(Female, Comedic, Teens)
The play unfolds in the dorm room of Robin, a college baseball pitcher on the verge of being drafted by the majors. As he grapples with imminent success, Robin relives his friendship with Tommy, a Japanese American girl who dreamed of playing pro ball, and whose indomitable spirit impacts his life still, on and off the field. Tommy is a talented baseball player but because she’s a girl, she didn’t make the Varsity team. When her friend and protégé Robin a.k.a. Pee Wee does make the team, emotions runs high.

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A monologue from Those Jimmy Choo Shoes by Tara Meddaugh

(Female, Comedic/Serio-Comedic, Teens)
Talia is her therapist’s office. She seems to have no remorse of what she just did to Lottie, and she’s justifying why she did it. She has a million reasons why Lottie deserved what she got—flirting with Talia’s dad, shoving her good grades in her face, bragging about expensive bags, and even tripping Talia when she was getting a notebook for a friend. For Talia, that is the last straw, and so, she can’t be blamed if she finally whacked Lottie’s Invisalign teeth with one of her Jimmy Choo shoes.

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A monologue from Baby Ants in a Pie by Tara Meddaugh

(Male/Female, Dramatic, Teens-40s)
Robin offers Gabe some of the apple pie that has been sitting in the window sill for a week now. Robin gets it out, she notices something unusual…ants are crawling in the pie! Robin is grossed out, but when he/she realizes there may be a queen ant in the pie, they also realize this means there could be the queen’s baby ants in the pie… disgust slowly turns to sympathy for a baby ant; it can’t help where it’s born. Instead of killing all the ants, Robin decides to just put the pie outside, and let the ants roam free.

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A monologue from Cell Phones by R.J. Ryland

(Male/Female, Comedic/Serio-Comedic, Teens)
A teenager whines to their mother and father about their cell phone being taken away. They have been punished by having their cell phone restricted instead of being grounded. In revenge, the child promises that they will not be home before 8PM, and that their parent won’t be able to reach them because they don’t have a cell phone. A great monologue for an actor exploring whiny or petulant characters.

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A monologue from Behind Cut Glass by Rosary O’Neill

(Male, Dramatic, 30s-50s)
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. 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. In this monologue, Beau begs his Chair for time to write.

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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.