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8 of the Spookiest Monologues from Characters Dealing with the Supernatural<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by Ashleigh Gardner<\/p>\n

January 26, 2017<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Looking for a monologue for an audition or competition? We’ve got ten monologues featuring characters who are dealing with death and the supernatural, from being deceased to seeing ghosts. Like a monologue? Find it at the link underneath the description!<\/span><\/p>\n

A monologue from\u00a0Three Ways Home <\/i>by Casey Kurtti<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic,\u00a0Teen)
\n<\/b>Frankie is the 16-year-old son of a single mother in New York City. He is the oldest of four kids, and has recently been causing trouble for the family. In this monologue, he tells the listener about how he was close with his mother until her new boyfriend James showed up. After that, he realized things needed to change and uses the X-Men comics as inspiration. He compares himself to an X-Men superhero and describes how his powers will help him adjust to the changes around him.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Buried Alive<\/i> by Rosary O\u2019Neill<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, 20s – 50s)
\n<\/b>The 19th century Black Occult Goddess, Marie LaVeau, finds herself buried alive in New Orleans and calls on magic and Voodoo to bring her back to life. The mystery is set at 6 pm death time in a New Orleans, Louisiana Parlor of the dead. Marie begs death ghost to return her to earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from The Stalking Horse<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Ed Shockley<\/h4>\n
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(Not Specified, Dramatic, 50s)
\n<\/b>A witch approaches Upepo and Mbili in the pastures of their village. She identifies herself as a thirsty traveler and asks for milk. Upepo denies her any milk unless she has something to barter. All she has is her old age, and a story\u2014both of which are unsatisfying to the indignant Upepo. Here is her story:<\/p>\n

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A monologue from James Dean and the Devil, Will Jimmy Dean Get Out of Hell<\/i> by Rosary O\u2019Neill<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, 20s – 30s)
\n<\/b>James Dean, lost on the highway of death, after his car crash enters a life review & tries to get forgiveness for pursuing fame. He reads mysterious signs and tries to figure out what is going on in the death spiral he has entered. Defiant, he tries to go back to life then faces 7 visitations to see if he can be saved from an eternity of torture. Visitors include his dead mother, his lovers, and lost souls murdered in car crashes. Visions of the afterlife and mysterious voices collide to push James forward to kill the worst sides of himself and be reborn in a world of forgiveness and redemption. Jimmy defends himself to ghosts of dead pilots.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from The Telling Trilogy<\/i> by Crystal Skillman<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, 20s – 50s)
\n<\/b>This monologue is from \u201cThe Telling,\u201d the first short play in The Telling Trilogy. Price, a professional ghost hunter, pees in the bathroom while delivering his manifesto of discovery through danger. He states that, to do your job as a ghost hunter correctly, you must understand your prey and be vigilant. No messing around, no laziness, no ignorance. Pure, unadulterated precision. To set the scene: light bursts forth from the bathroom. The white tiles gleam. Price pees in the urinal, talking to himself in the mirror. \u00a0He is confident and does not hold back his opinions on ghost hunting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from The Telling Trilogy<\/i> by Crystal Skillman<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, 20s – 30s)
\n<\/b>This monologue is from \u201cThe Telling,\u201d the first short play in The Telling Trilogy. The Daverns Inn is up for sale, and it must be sold. In the basement of the inn, a small sealed box sits in the center of the room. Vic, the sister who has come back, has returned by request of her sister, Ty. Ty and Vic told stories to each other when they were small girls; they also had a penchant for setting traps for each other. In this monologue, Vic tells Ty about getting dropped off outside of town before her arrival at the inn. She speaks about the memories she has of their father and his tales of the cemetery, a concept deeply tied to their current predicament. Vic, presented with this strange situation, is half-bewildered. The atmosphere in the room is strange and unnerving. Something is not quite right.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Marie LaVeau and the Vampire<\/i> by Rosary O\u2019Neill<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Serio-Comic, Teens – 50s)
\n<\/b>Mystery\/comedy about the voodoo priestess Marie LaVeau and the Vampire that tries to kill her. We\u2019re in the deathtime of the legendary healer. Saints and other ghostly intruders threaten, block, and subvert her return to earth. The daughter of a white planter and a black free woman, Marie uses all means available to snare the Vampire and live again. We’re in her occult parlor, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Vampire L\u2019Esprit prepares to go to earth for his next victim.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Uncertainty Theory<\/i> by Maura Campbell<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, Teens)
\n<\/b>High school graduation day. Senior girls and boys get into their gowns as they prepare for their last day together. Suddenly, there is an ambulance in the parking lot and a report that one of the students may have died. \u00a0First seen through the eyes of the graduating girls, then through the eyes of the graduating boys, Uncertainty Theory celebrates the power of lifelong friendships, as it contemplates alternate universes and how the future can be altered in a single moment. Sam delivers her high school graduation speech after the recent death of her best friend, Andrew.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ashleigh Gardner<\/strong>\u00a0received her AA in Theatre\/Drama\/Dramatic Arts\u00a0from Valencia College and\u00a0her Bachelors Degree in English Literature and\u00a0Masters Degree in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies from\u00a0the University of Central Florida. She is a playwright and an actor.\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [...]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[470,301,453],"tags":[6,238,239,138,128],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}