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8 of the Best Monologues from Characters on the Defensive<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by\u00a0Meghan Mitchell<\/p>\n

May 1, 2017<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Looking for a monologue where characters need to defend themselves?\u00a0 These monologues feature characters looking to defend themselves, friends and family, or the situation in which they have found themselves. Whether standing up for their beliefs, family, or, in some cases, an inanimate object, these characters want to make a difference when others have trouble making their own voice heard.<\/p>\n

A monologue from Immaculate<\/em> by Oliver Lansley<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Serio-Comedic, Late teens-40s)<\/strong>
\nMia finds herself pregnant despite splitting up from her ex-boyfriend Michael eleven and a half months ago, and despite not having had sex in all that time. It turns out that Mia has been supernaturally impregnated, with Archangel Gabriel and Lucifer both claiming parentage. In the meantime, her best friend Rebecca has been (secretly) sleeping with Michael. But when Michael finds out that Mia is pregnant and tells Rebecca, she immediately assumes (wrongly) that Michael is the father and that Mia and Michael are still sleeping with each other. She arrives at Mia\u2019s flat to confront the situation.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Japes<\/em> by Simon Gray<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, 20s)<\/strong>
\nMichael and Jason\u2019s parents are dead. The young men have shared ownership of the house they grew up in and where they continue to live. Here, close to the start of the play, they have been discussing Michael\u2019s girlfriend Anita. Michael has asked Jason whether he minds the fact that she has been staying the night. Michael admits that he himself does not like the smell of the pot that Anita smokes. The speech that follows comes as a response to Jason asking, \u2018But you haven\u2019t said anything to her have you?\u2019<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Rabbit<\/em> by Nina Raine<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic\/Serio-Comedic, 20s<\/strong>)<\/strong>
\nThe restaurant of a private members\u2019 club, London. Bella is celebrating her twenty-ninth birthday with her two girlfriends Emily and Sandy, her ex-boyfriend Richard and ex-lover Tom, whom she has met by chance in the bar that night. Their conversation centers around matters of sex and the differences between male and female attitudes. Richard, Sandy, and Bella are combative; as they all become increasingly drunk the exchanges become heated. Bella was unfaithful to Richard in their relationship. She slept with Tom while she was still with Richard, and during the course of the evening, Richard and Tom make this connection.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Pi\u00f1ata Utopia<\/em> by Christian Kiley<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Comedic\/Serio-Comedic, Kids-Teens)<\/strong>
\nAs entertaining as it may be to butcher “Happy Birthday” for the billionth time, nothing really compares to the rush of literally sticking it to the pi\u00f1ata.\u00a0 But while it may be all fun and games for us stick-wielding humans, what is life like for the pi\u00f1ata?\u00a0 What are their hopes?\u00a0 Their fears?\u00a0 In this monologue, a young girl stops the guests at her birthday party from hitting Princess Pi\u00f1ata by delivering this speech, which has a touch of Braveheart in it.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Dancing With Myself<\/em> by Leanne Griffin<\/h4>\n
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(Female, Dramatic, Teens)<\/strong>
\nGoth Girl. Moody Chick. Gamer. Cheerleader. New Kid. Jock. Nerd. Seven high school girls and the labels they\u2019ve been forced to wear. Whether it\u2019s sports or a sleepover or the classroom or a school dance or the ups and downs of daily life, they\u2019ll use music as their inspiration to break free of the stereotypes and discover their own unique identities. This monologue features a teen determined to be different but beginning to question her choices.\u00a0 She speaks first to her controlling boyfriend on the phone, and then to the audience, about her decision to attend a school dance.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Ladies of Eola High Seas<\/em> by Michael Wanzie<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic\/Serio-Comedic, 30s-50s)<\/strong>
\nAt dinner one evening, three sisters are discussing what they will have to eat, and Ruby\u2019s husband Robert, like always, has his head buried in his notebook.\u00a0 Robert then reveals that he has a book deal with a publisher about his practice as a psychiatrist.\u00a0 He is writing quite vigorously after the publisher has read the first six chapters of his book, and written up a deal pending industry response.\u00a0 The sisters are skeptical, wondering why he had not mentioned it before, but Robert knows it is a sensitive subject that is still in the works.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Wandaleria<\/em> by David Valdes Greenwood<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, 30s-50s)<\/strong>
\nRocky writes to Wanda from prison.\u00a0 Their correspondence is what keeps both Rocky and Wanda alive in their repressed lives.\u00a0 Finally, Rocky escapes prison and finds his way all the way to Maine to meet with Wanda for the first time.\u00a0 He brings with him a rare orchid he calls \u201cWandaleria\u201d in honor of Wanda.\u00a0 In this monologue, Rocky explains why he really was incarcerated. This tragic tale of lost love and lives torn apart by alcohol explains the loss of his love, Marie, and his guilt for having ended her life.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Like Totally the Breakfast Club<\/em> by Rob Ward<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens)<\/strong>
\nAfter a scuff with a bully, Frankie\u2019s backpack is overturned and to everyone\u2019s surprise, a gun falls onto the floor.\u00a0 Every student is scared, confused, and only after realizing it is a bebe gun does the fear dissipate.\u00a0 Frankie then divulges the story of his bi-polar mother\u2014she is always on edge and unable to take care of herself in her bi-polar bouts.\u00a0 Franke had taken the gun out of her possession that morning in order to protect her from herself, putting it in his bag and running out the door to make it to school on time.<\/p>\n

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