{"id":8883,"date":"2020-11-12T19:59:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=8883"},"modified":"2020-11-12T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:59:08","slug":"daylight-all-the-time-audition-monologues-for-radium-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/daylight-all-the-time-audition-monologues-for-radium-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"“Daylight. All The Time.”: Audition Monologues for Radium Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Daylight. All The Time.”:\u00a0Audition Monologues for\u00a0Radium Girls<\/em><\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by\u00a0Amanda Grace<\/p>\n

October 15th, 2020<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Looking to land\u00a0one of the luminous roles in D.W. Gregory’s\u00a0Radium Girls<\/em>? These monologues\u00a0contain the\u00a0youthful heart and tragic fate needed to capture one of the characters who didn’t know they were making history.<\/p>\n

Auditioning for\u00a0Grace<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From Supermarket of Lost<\/em>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>by Cassandra Hsiao<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Affable dial painter Grace fancies herself an artist as she works away; when the poisoning sets in, she leads the lawsuit against\u00a0the radium company. In\u00a0this selection from Supermarket of Lost<\/em>, Hailee\u2014a teenager dying of cancer\u2014shares the unknowable pain of watching your parents watch you die, and how she\u00a0attempts to reduce the inevitable blow her death will cause. Hsiao’s monologue\u00a0has the potential to reflect the familial love and depth of concern Grace experiences on her journey.<\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Kathryn\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From Fighting for My Self<\/em>\u00a0<\/i>by <\/strong>Renee J. Clark<\/strong><\/span>
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Dial painter Kathryn has a zest for life upheld by a great sense of humor. Channel her passion and experience with\u00a0Clark’s monologue featuring Kathy, a science-obsessed schoolgirl.\u00a0We meet Kathy as she writes in her diary, wherein she confesses she would love to\u00a0leave a mark on the world as a professional scientist when she grows up.<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Irene<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From bedbound\u00a0<\/i>by Enda Walsh<\/strong>
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To live up to Irene’s slightly bitter bite, try this piece from Walsh’s play about a father-daughter relationship gone terrifyingly wrong. The Daughter, as she is called, has polio, and speaks entirely from her bed as she takes us through the day she contracted the disease that would irreversibly change her life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Sob Sister and Mrs. Fryer<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From New York<\/em>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>by\u00a0David Rimmer<\/strong>
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The Sob Sister is responsible for selling the Radium Girls’ stories in her tabloid; catch her sensationalism and spirit for the profession in this monologue from Rimmer’s play about 15 people’s reactions to 9\/11. Devon, a TV newscaster, has gone to see her psychiatrist. In this piece, she tells of the great triumphs she’s had since reporting on the tragedy, and\u00a0bittersweet a pill such\u00a0success can be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Mrs. Roeder and Madame Curie<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From The 119th Element\u00a0<\/i>by Tara Meddaugh<\/strong>
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Perfect for playing the physicist who discovered the Girls’ cause of death, this standalone monologue is delivered by a somewhat awkward scientist\u00a0as he is being recognized for discovering Garium. Although the scientist starts off strong\u2014testifying to\u00a0be following in\u00a0Marie Curie’s footsteps\u2014his\u00a0speech slips into a revelation of his greatest hypothesis: that he is always right.<\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Lee and Bailey<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From A Wire in Water<\/em>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>by\u00a0Justin Warner<\/strong>
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Give a nod to\u00a0the radium company VP’s less-than-truthful tendency towards opportunism\u00a0with this speech from Warner’s\u00a0profile of Alexander Graham Bell. Gardiner Greene Hubbard, “Aleck” Bell’s benefactor and future father-in-law, insists that Bell stick to his cover story as he faces accusations of stealing elements of his patent. At this point, denial is the\u00a0only\u00a0option.<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Berry, Martland, and Flinn<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From The Bridge<\/i> by Bruce Solheim<\/strong>
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As Grace’s attorney, Berry’s job is to remain skeptical in pursuit of truth beyond reasonable doubt. His commitment to rationalism and reason can be seen in this piece about Harry, a physics teacher, who’s just met Simone on the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. As they both face the fear of their next step, Harry breaks apart quantum physics for Simone: there are multiple planes of reality, and it is only in perceiving it that reality exists at all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Tom and Knef<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From Degas in New Orleans<\/em> by Rosary O’Neill<\/strong><\/p>\n

This doubled role casts you as both an industrial hygienist and dentist, each charged with examining the girls’ state of living decay. Both characters\u2014whether they confess to it or not\u2014will be constantly observing horrors similar to Ren\u00e9 in O’Neill’s play, who is preparing his dying infant for the casket. He is dedicated and detached all at once.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Markley and Von Sochocky\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From Garium<\/em>\u00a0<\/i>by\u00a0<\/strong>Tara Meddaugh<\/strong><\/span>
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The inventor of the paint that slowly poisons the Radium Girls is proud and exacting. Puff out your chest with this standalone piece featuring Paul and his make-shift science lab. On a rare visit, Paul\u00a0insists Joe follow laboratory protocol as he defends the merit of his work to his skeptical guest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Auditioning for\u00a0Roeder<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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From Drone\u00a0<\/i>by Norman Matthews<\/strong>
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Roeder, the company President, stands to lose everything if radium’s deadliness is revealed, so he digs his heals into self-affirming structure and denial.\u00a0The\u00a0stakes weighing on him are similar to\u00a0those weighing on Mike, a drone pilot for the U.S. Air Force who has\u00a0grown attached to his surveillance target, whose family he has just been given orders to\u00a0eliminate via missile strike. This monologue will allow you to crack open the psyche of someone who has been\u00a0instrumental in a tragedy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue Here<\/a><\/p>\n
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