Monologues
Welcome to Theatre Trip’s collection of audition monologues!
This hub brings together a variety of curated resources to help actors find strong, legal, and ethically sourced material for auditions, classes, self-tapes, and more. Below, you’ll find three types of monologue guides, each designed to serve different needs and sourced with care.
This is a newly launched resource on Theatre Trip. Additional monologues will be added over time.
Monologues from Plays
Discover curated monologues drawn from published plays by contemporary and classic playwrights.
Each listing includes the character, tone, length, and a link to the authorized publisher or source.
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Monologues from Musicals
Browse spoken monologues found within musical librettos. These listings help actors identify meaningful moments in musicals while encouraging proper, legal access to scripts through official publishers.
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Public Domain Monologues
Looking for free and easy-access material? This section features monologues from classic works that are now in the public domain. You can read each monologue in full and use it freely for auditions or other purposes.
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