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10 Monologues from Characters Fighting with Siblings<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by\u00a0Ashleigh Gardner<\/p>\n

March 24, 2017<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Looking for a monologue to add to your collection that digs deep into the relationship between siblings? We’ve got ten from our collection that reveal how hard it is to get along with a brother or a sister.<\/span><\/p>\n

A monologue from Cooperstown<\/i> by Brian Golden<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, Teens – 20s)
\n<\/b>Sharree, an activist African-American woman, and Junior, her brother, sit in the diner. Sharree is Junior\u2019s baby sister. She is a firebrand and fiercely smart. Junior has just told Sharree that Jimmy Fletcher, the owner of the diner, is having the Hall of Fame dinner at the diner, and Junior has an idea to convince Jimmy to promote him to manager. Sharree tells him he is stupid to think that a simple thing would convince Jimmy to give Junior a raise, especially after all the big things Junior has done for Jimmy that have gotten him nowhere. She tells him she\u2019ll leave if Jackie Robinson and his fans visit the diner the next day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Desperate Territory <\/i>by Jennie S. Redling<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, 20s – 30s)
\n<\/b>Preparations for a yard sale surround Georgia\u2019s New Jersey backyard. She lifts a picnic basket which summons a memory of the first time her marriage appeared to be suffering because she and Michael chose to share her late parents\u2019 apartment with her brother. A quarrel sends Michael out and she tries to explain to Ben how she fell in love with Michael.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Lizzie Borden<\/i> by Michael Wanzie<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, Teens – 20s)
\n<\/b>Lizzie has approached her sister Emma who is waiting for a train departing their home in Fall River for good to apologize for all the wrong Emma has suffered in her life, much at the hand of Lizzie.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Burying Miss America<\/i> by Brian Golden<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, 20s – 30s)
\n<\/b>A funeral home in Nebraska. Jean blames her brother for inheriting everything of their mother\u2019s personality, both the good and bad. She recounts all the traits that Boxer got but she didn\u2019t — stoicism, charm, good looks — and, in doing so, asserts what she\u2019s long believed: that she was never their mother\u2019s favorite child. Jean makes clear that she believes Boxer\u2019s never earned anything in his life\u00a0because he inherited everything he needed from their Mom.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If I Only Had a Brain<\/i> by R.J. Ryland<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, Juniors – Teens)
\n<\/b>This\u00a0monologue\u00a0is not from a play; it is a standalone piece. This scene is entitled “If I Only Had a Brain.” \u00a0A child who has been covering for their mean brother for a long time speaks up and admits their actions. They have been sticking up for their brother and putting up with his shenanigans for ages, but there’s nothing the child can do until they “get a brain.” A good\u00a0monologue\u00a0for an actor exploring family dynamics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Wild<\/i> by Crystal Skillman<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, 20s – 30s)<\/b><\/p>\n

The shore of a beach during early afternoon. Vin, a stranger Peter has never met before today, is sitting on his towel on the beach. Vin is a grad student at Northwestern, and Peter is the Junior Client Reporting Associate at Mesirow Financial. \u00a0Peter’s father is dying, and his family does not accept that Peter is gay. His family passive-aggressively blames Peter for his father being in the hospital. In addition, Peter has been unfaithful to Bobby, his partner, and slept with a woman. Peter is struggling with low self-worth and venting to Vin, who is willingly listening to Peter\u2019s troubles.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Beckett at Greystones Bay<\/i> by Rosary O’Neill<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, 20s – 30s)
\n<\/b>The drama is based on a turning point in the life of the young writer, Samuel Beckett. Set on the exotic rocky coast of Ireland in the 1930’s, Beckett must choose between leaving his country for psychotherapy or abandoning his talent. While facing the sea, he carries on imaginary confrontations with his father, mother, sister and lovers as only Beckett can. A tour de force characterization for a stellar actor, the play exposes the contentious mind of the emerging world-famous playwright. Samuel Beckett, a writer, 27. His father has recently died and Sam has retreated to the beach near his house. He speaks to his older brother. Greystones Bay, Ireland, winter, 1933. Dusk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Cowbirds<\/i> by DT Arcieri<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, 20s – 30s)
\n<\/b>Tommy\u2019s father died the day he was born, and he has cared for his blind mother for a number of years. He believes his birth was an accident, and that his mother shows him constant resentment because of it. Nevertheless, he stays at home with her while his sister, 15 years his senior, drinks helplessly and dances at a topless bar because it\u2019s the only job she can keep. He has two degrees in Ornithology\u00a0but has decided to go back for his doctorate. In this monologue, he is convincing Candy to come back home and take a turn caring for their mother so he can go back to school.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Burning the Old Man<\/i> by Kelly McAllister<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens – 20s)
\n<\/b>The lobby of a run-down motel. Two brothers, Marty and Bobby, are on their way to the Burning Man Festival, an annual desert gathering based on a radical, self-expression, to bury their father\u2019s ashes. Bobby, the younger, smokes weed in the back seat and sets their mother\u2019s car on fire. It then blows up. Bobby is on the phone with his mother.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Degas in New Orleans<\/i> by Rosary O’Neill<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, 20s)
\n<\/b>Ren\u00e9 is explaining to his elder brother, the painter Edgar Degas, as to why he stole family money and is having an affair with his wife\u2019s best friend. \u00a0Place — the Degas\/Musson home. New Orleans, 1872.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking for other monologue collections? Check out the ones below!<\/h3>\n