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10 Dramatic Monologues for Young Men Age 14-18<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by Meghan Mitchell<\/p>\n

December 8, 2017<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Looking for a dramatic monologue for a teen actor? Below are 10 dramatic audition cuts for those teenage boys who want to make an impression with their monologue.<\/p>\n

A monologue from My Little Brother<\/em> by Dan Berkowitz<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nThis teenager has a little brother who annoys the heck out of him. He has just begun a long discussion of what their little brother is like. This teen can\u2019t stand that their little brother gets what appears to be special treatment. But it is in this moment that Teen-aged Kid realizes that they have been selfish in wishing for any type of brother other than the one they have.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from If These Walls Could Talk<\/em> by Robert Swift<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nStanley is quite attached to his varsity jacket\u2014so much so that he won\u2019t go to prom because he would have to take it off to wear a tux.\u00a0 After being called out on his juvenile attachment to this piece of clothing, Stanley starts to wonder if maybe he is being too ridiculous.\u00a0 The problem is, before he played sports and started wearing the jacket, he was a \u2018nobody\u2019, and the prospect of becoming invisible again scares him.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji<\/em> by Evan Guilford-Blake<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nRamon sits with Juliana in a park, talking about their mutual dislike for the town and the school and the circumstances in which they\u2019re forced to live. Ramon wishes he hadn\u2019t asked a boy to dance at a recent party\u2014he has yet to live down the bullying from that event. Here, Ramon suggests starting over someplace else, running away together, but also remarking that the \u201cdevil you know is better than the devil you don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Firemen<\/em> by Tommy Smith<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nGary has been seeing Ben\u2019s mother Annie.\u00a0 Late one night while spending the night with Annie, Gary finds Ben in their kitchen.\u00a0 Ben cannot sleep and is attempting to put on a pair of military boots.\u00a0 After conversing for some time, Ben reveals that he needs to confess something to Gary\u2014Gary warns him that as a member of the school faculty, he must report anything that is potentially harmful to Ben or others.\u00a0 Ben finally tells him of the sexual incident that occurred while babysitting Susan\u2019s son, Kyle.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Rememberin\u2019 Stuff<\/em> by Eleanor Harder<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nTony discloses that he has only one main interest\u2014alcohol.\u00a0 He has already been stopped for drunk driving and is currently in a substance abuse program earning the title of “alcoholic\u201d in his mere teens.\u00a0 He proudly shares that he has been sober for \u2018three months and sixteen days, to be exact.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A monologue from You Belong to Me<\/em> by Debbie Lamedman<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nThe play centers around Allison, a quiet honor student who has never had a real boyfriend. Her girlfriends decide to fix her up with a date for the winter formal. Allison herself, inexperienced in dating relationships, isn’t sure at first that something is really, really wrong. This monologue is used as a transition between the scenes surrounding Allison\u2019s story. During these Interludes, other victims and abusers share their experiences. This is a gay male\u2019s perspective on his own personal experience.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Know Your Role<\/em> by Brandi Owensby<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nTrey\u2019s father came out as transgender in Trey\u2019s childhood. He sat the whole family down, telling them he could no longer live a lie, and needed to live as a woman to feel happiness. The family did not take it well, and after his parent\u2019s divorce, Trey bullied his own father because he did not have his own strength to stand up for him. It wasn\u2019t until it was too late that Trey finally realized just how strong and brave his dad had truly been in his life, accepting himself for who he was, even in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Somebody\u2019s Baby<\/em> by David-Matthew Barnes<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nAs a result of being diagnosed with AIDS, a young man named William has been shunned by many people he loves. Finding peace by sitting in a Chicago coffee shop, he befriends a sixteen-year- old girl who is there also. He explains his heartbreaking journey to her.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from The Sunken Living Room<\/em> by David Caudle<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nChip\u2019s girlfriend Tammy has just apologized for breaking a very expensive ashtray and is helping Wade, Chip\u2019s younger brother, clean up the mess. She gives him a hard time for being so well-behaved, but she still treats him with more kindness than his parents or his brother do. In this monologue, Wade tells Tammy his favorite memory of his older sister Allison before she ran away, and reveals that Tammy is the first person to show him any respect or kindness since Allison\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from Platform Nine<\/em> by Rebecca Moretti<\/h4>\n
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(Male, Dramatic, Teens 14-18)<\/strong>
\nTwo teenagers, Sonny and Adelie, seemingly opposites and headed in opposite directions, meet at an empty train station in the middle of the night.\u00a0 Adelie has run away from her exclusive East Coast boarding school to find her mother in Los Angeles, whom she has never met.\u00a0 Sonny has run away from his broken home in Los Angeles to make it big in New York, the city of his dreams.\u00a0 Despite their differences, the two form an unexpected connection which will last them much longer than a few hours on platform nine.<\/p>\n

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