Monologues That Matter: Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors Which Capture the Voices of Our Generation
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A dynamic collection of original, stand-alone monologues written by artistic director, young actors’ agent, and arts educationalist Pamela Cassells-Totton. Pamela’s wealth of experience in performing arts education led her to write this diverse repertoire of monologues in order to offer her students material which would challenge and inspire them as well as showcase their skills as young artists.
The characters within this collection are multidimensional and diverse; some of the monologues have been handpicked from acclaimed, verbatim plays devised for theatre in education projects; others are stand-alone and tried and tested pieces which young actors have enjoyed playing for decades.
Pamela Cassells-Totton
Pamela Cassells-Totton is a trailblazing entrepreneur, Artistic Director, Actor’s Agent and Writer. Pamela has spent her career transforming Performing Arts education and its impact on the young people, over the past fifteen years. As Artistic Director of PCSP, Pamela has worked to establish a multi award-winning school of Performing Arts, operating in multiple branches, welcoming hundreds of students through its doors weekly. Pamela trained as an actor at Belfast Institute for Higher Education and as a Dancer through the Royal Academy of Dance and British Theatre. Pamela’s mission as a writer is to provide a platform for young voices to be heard, while shining an honest light on the serious issues facing young people today. Past collaborations have involved the Children’s Commissioner, the Department of Education, the Police Force of Northern Ireland as well as multiple charitable organisations to produce critically acclaimed, award-winning productions The Current, Carousel, 24, Two Sides of the Same Coin, which toured multiple theatres reaching hundreds of young audience members. Where leaders today shy away from the issues on the streets, Pamela works tirelessly to face them head on. Many of the monologues within this collection have been handpicked from work developed through this mission.
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Monologues That Matter - Pamela Cassells-Totton
MONOLOGUES FOR
PRE-TEEN ACTORS
FIRST DATE
In this scene, eight-year-old Tommy gets ready for his first date.
TOMMY. Okay, so let’s do a quick check. Teeth brushed. (Checks his breath.) Yes, minty fresh! Hair combed, yes - and perfectly styled. Fresh underwear… (Checks.) Yes, clean, just out of the wash!
Hi, Sarah, how are you keeping today? No, too formal. What’s happenin’? No, too…street! Hi, Mrs Right. Somebody said you were looking for me. Mmm…yeah. I think that might work.
Sarah’s a girl from my school who has clearly fancied me for ages. I fancy her too. But I heard on TV it’s important to play hard to get, so I’ve been doing that and haven’t really spoken to her in a while. But we’re off for half term, so I thought it was a promising idea to finally ask her out on a date. She said yes—of course. Dad phoned her mum, and it’s all sorted. My dad’s a legend. He gave me loads of useful tips and even lent me his aftershave. I hope I didn’t pour too much on. (shrugs). Only about half the bottle, but I still can’t smell it. Dad gave me money so I can pay her way in and buy some popcorn. That’s bound to impress her I reckon. Although I hope she doesn’t like popcorn that much ’cause I’m starving. Dad said we should watch a romantic film as Sarah would love that, but there’s no way I’m heading to the cinema to watch a chick flick. Imagine if someone saw