10 of the Best New Monologues for Pre-Teen Boys

Written by Meghan Mitchell

January 29, 2018

Looking for a monologue for a younger actor? Below are 10 new monologues for those pre-teen boys who want to make an impression with their monologue.

A monologue from Caliban’s Island by Diana Burbano

(Male, Dramatic, Juniors 5-13)
Characters from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and The Tempest intertwine as a pair of twins are shipwrecked on an island, encountering a half-human “monster,” fairies, and a young girl with magical powers who has been there since babyhood. Mortals will struggle with the magical; loyalty will wrestle with love, and wishes, dreams, and wisdom will collide, leaving no one unchanged.

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A monologue from The Boy Who Cried Werewolf by Daniel Guyton

(Male, Dramatic/Serio-Comedic, Juniors 5-13)
Things get wild and hairy when a group of middle school students start to believe their teacher is a werewolf!  Chris is really spooked because he’s certain he saw a werewolf in his neighborhood…  wearing a bowling shirt.  His pals don’t believe him at first, but when their teacher walks in wearing the same shirt and looking a bit worse for wear, the kids begin to suspect Chris is right!  Determined to discover the truth, the young teens sneak into their teacher’s home, and just as expected, the werewolf is there!  Still…  not all is as it seems.

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A monologue from What Happened at the Mud Puddle by Tara Meddaugh

(Male, Dramatic, Juniors 5-13)
Aeden recounts the events that happened that day at the “Mud Puddle.”  Aeden has spent time with his dad and brother instead of going to Taylor’s party on a yacht.  He then ended up at Chloe’s, playing fun games outside with all the other kids who were now there, who recently left Taylor’s party.  He talks about how sweet Chloe has always been to him, getting him a framed picture of his dog after he passed away.  Aeden had always inspired Chloe to be and do whatever she wanted, if it makes her happy—everyone deserves to be happy.

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A Monologue from War of the Buttons by Jonathan Dorf

(Male, Dramatic/Serio-Comedic, Juniors 5-13)
When the local ice cream factory goes under and sends a small town to the brink of ruin, its children do the only thing they can: they fight, launching a button-cutting war against the students of the prep school that is gradually buying up their parents’ property. But when Charlie, leader of the townies, gets abandoned by his work-seeking parents and has to hide out in the abandoned factory, will he and his friends find a way to save the day, or will all—including Charlie himself—be lost?

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A monologue from The Grippe of October by John P. McEneny

(Male, Dramatic, Juniors 5-13)
It starts with a cough. October 1918. Weary young soldiers return to their hometowns after the end of the fighting in Europe, bringing with them the scars of war…and a mysterious illness that spreads like wildfire. As it reaches pandemic proportions, sheltered young Alice McMahon must put aside her dreams of the stage to tend to the sick and dying, rich and poor alike, one of many lives that will be forever changed by the Spanish Flu that killed more people than the Great War it followed.

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A monologue from Henry V by William Shakespeare

(Male, Comedic/Serio-Comedic, Juniors 5-13)
Set in France at the Battle of Harfleur; a boy, servant to the three buffoons—Nym, Bardolph, and Pistol—stops to address the audience. This is a moment of comic relief from the fighting.

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A monologue from Pieces by Hywel John

(Male, Dramatic, Juniors 5-13)
Jack and his twin sister Bea have lost their parents in a car accident. The only person who is able to look after them is Sophie, their godmother. Sophie has not seen them in years, and Jack cannot remember her. The play starts straight after the funeral. Sophie, now their guardian, has come to stay in their large house on the edge of the forest. The three of them are in shock and are struggling to come to terms with what has just happened.

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A monologue from iPad Fury by Tara Meddaugh

(Male, Comedic, Juniors 5-13)
Justin is sitting in the driver’s side of his mom’s Toyota Sienna minivan. The keys are in the ignition, the doors are locked. The window is open about 1 inch. Justin’s mom stands next to the driver’s side of the car, locked out. Justin threatens his mom that he will back the minivan out of the driveway and run away, and there is nothing she can do about it but scream and bang on the window, like a child. He gives her a final ultimatum: He can run away in the car, or she can give him his iPad back!

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A monologue from HKFN: The Abbreviated Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Jeff Goode

(Male, Comedic, Juniors 5-13)
The actor who plays Huck tries to escape a production of Mark Twain’s classic but controversial Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by running away from school. But his escape is complicated when the actor who plays Jim decides to run away as well. But in the midst of the comic mayhem, that play—and the discussion about race that comes with it—may be happening without them knowing it.

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A monologue from Ali’s Bees by Bruce Solheim

(Male, Dramatic, Juniors 5-13)
Ali and his grandfather have an affinity for honey bees—Ali’s Grandfather was a beekeeper in Iraq, but after the start of the war and Colony Collapse Disorder, he lost his livelihood. Ali lost his parents in an explosion during the war, and now, he and his Grandfather seek refuge in America. Ali’s Bees is story of forgiveness and struggle, as we see Ali triumph over his past while paving the way for his future.

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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.