YEAR 12 TEE!!!!!

OK I know its a bit early but I am already starting to stress. Next year as part of The TEE Drama course for my practical part I have to perform a scripted monologue and make up my own performance. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good monologue I could use or any ideas I could elaborate on for my one man performance. I am a girl by the way.

You really do not need to be so worried, and doing so is only more likely to upset the creative process. Friends of mine did TEE drama this year and whilst they did find it stressful the actual examination process was not hard, and you do get a lot of help on your actual piece throughout the year. If you would like to see some of the monologues that people have done you can go to the "Perspectives" exhibition of visual and performing arts students works which includes performances by the creators of the states best monologues of this year. I'm not sure when it is on though. Anyone?

Anyway, good luck to you in year 12.
J.

oooh, i know something about this, i had the same problem two years ago. i don't know if i can help you with your self-devised monologue, though, although if you need anything just let me know and i'll do what i can. for the scripted one, there are a few books on monologues, but i think the best ones are "masterclass" by dean carey - for modern monologues, and "soliloquy - the shakespeare monologues" - michael earley and phillippa keil so if you can find them they might help. they helped me with some of my auditions. i can't recommend specific pieces for you because i wouldn't know if it's the right one for you to perform, the only one that can do that is you. but there are some really powerful speeches by constace in shakespeare's "king john", also portia's "quality of mercy" speech (merchant of venice) - it could be either powerful or really, really nice and saintly, depends on how you play it, or there's a challenging one in juliet's nurse's speech in "romeo and Juliet" act 1 scene3, or mistress quickly - it's always challenging to play someone older (and personally i think it's more fun), anyway i hope i'm not confusing you. all the best in year 12.

ami

Hey,

I finished the HSC this yr, and two days before my prac exam, I found this book of Stephen Berkhoff plays, with a one-man (or in your case....woman) play called "Harry's Christmas". I thought at the time it would be an awesome basis for a monologue because of the amount of light and shade it had........

Just a suggestion...(the book is purple and titled "Stephen Berkhoff plays #2)

All the best

Meags

Well, I did my tee this year, and I suggest using one of the monologues from Jane Martin's "Talking With..."
You'll probably find that you'll need to edit quite a bit out of most of them which is really hard to do when you love every bit of them. :)
I used "audition" and I had heaps of fun playing around with the physicality of the piece. This one works really well to show non verbals and is a fantastic contrast if your solo original is really serious stuff.
My oterh faves from this play are "marks", "scraps" and "clear glass marbles". As someone said before me, it really depends on what kind of an actor you are.

Don't stress, TEE will be fine. You'll have plenty of time to work on everything!!! If you do need any help with anything in the future, feel free to email me or phone me or something, I'll be around.

ciao,
Bec
xxx

Thanks Heaps Ami. That is a lot of great help!