Selecting the Perfect Monologue

THEATERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE BEGINNING TO RAMP UP THEIR SEASONAL PRODUCTIONS. THIS PRESENTS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL ACTORS AS THEY PREPARE FOR AN ADDITION. THE MONOLOGUE, THE SELECT CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GETTING THE ROLE OR BEING PASSED OVER WGCUS KATE KRONIN HAS DETAILS. >> WHETHER THEY'RE AUDITIONING FOR COMEDY DRAMA OR MUSICAL ACTORS ARRIVE AT AUDITIONS, EQUIPPED WITH A HEADSHOT RESUME IN A COUPLE OF MODEL LOCKS CULTURAL PARK THEATRE. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROBIN MURRAY SAYS THE MONOLOGUE PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN HER DECISION AND WHETHER OR NOT TO USE AN ACTOR IN THE SHOW. SHE'S CASTING. >> I CONSIDER A MONOLOGUE. THE FIRST HANDSHAKE THAT YOU'RE GIVING A DIRECTOR, IT KIND OF SHOWS WHAT YOUR ABILITIES ARE WITHOUT HAVING SOMEBODY TO RELY ON ANOTHER CAST MATE WHO RELY ON OR A SIDE DOOR OR A PROP. AND WE COULD SEE WHAT YOUR RANGE IS. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO MOVE YOUR BODY AND YOUR VOICE ALONG WITH THE WORDS WITHOUT RELYING ON OTHER THINGS ON A SET. >> ACCORDING TO MARRY, THE BEST MONOLOGUES DON'T TO SHOWCASE AN ACTOR'S TALENT AND VERSATILITY. THEY TELL A STORY WITH A BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END. I LIKE TO SEE. >> FOR LIKE THE SEASONS IN A MONOLOGUE WHEN SOMEBODY GIVES AND I WANT TO SEE THEM START HAS THEM. AND THEN I WANT TO SEE A I WANT TO SEE AN ARC. AND THEN I WANT TO SEE ALMOST A RESOLUTION AND THEN ENDING LOCAL ACTOR DIRECTOR. >> IN THIER INSTRUCTOR JERRY BENZENE HAS JUST PUBLISHED HER 3RD BOOK OF MONOLOGUES. SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT CASTING DIRECTORS LIKE MARY WANT. >> I TRIED TO PUT MORE THAN ONE EMOTION IN THE MONOLOGUE. I RIGHT, SO THAT THERE'S A BIT OF AN ARC IN IT SO THAT YOU CAN SHOW YOU CAN PLAY DIFFERENT EMOTIONS. THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A GOOD MAN A LOT OF LOOKS LIKE IS TO EXPERIENCE ONE THING FOR IT. >> SO HEAR BENN SING JOINED BY ACTORS DAVID HERNANDEZ AND SHAILENE CRABTREE PERFORM ONE CALLED BRIGHT LIGHTS. >> FENCING ZONE EXPERIENCES. AUDITIONING FOR ROLES. PERFORMING A WIDE VARIETY OF SHOWS IN TEACHING THEATER TO CHILDREN AND TEENS INFORMS THE WAY SHE CRAFTS EACH MILE. WALK. BUT IT WAS HAPPENSTANCE THAT LED TO PUBLISHING 3 COMPILATIONS OF MONOLOGUES. SHE'S BEEN WRITING SINCE 2006. MY MY LUCK STARTED, OF COURSE, WITH MY OWN SON WHO IS PERFORMING AT THE TIME. >> AND WE COULD NOT FIND A MONOLOGUE ANYWHERE THAT WAS DIFFERENT. THAT WAS NEW. SO I WROTE HIM ONE AND HE ENTERED THE YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION AND HE WAS ONLY 10 AND IT WAS A COMPETITION THAT WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO COLLEGE. ANYONE. THE WHOLE THING. AND SO EVERYBODY SAID, PLEASE WRITE ME A MONOLOGUE. SINCE THEN ACTORS USING HER MONOLOGUES HAVE ENJOYED CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS, WINNING RULES AND COMPETITIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. I HAVE HAD A STUDENT TAKES ME FROM. >> SOUTH AFRICA, HE ENTERED A WORLDWIDE MONOLOGUE. COMPETITION AND HE WON HIS CATEGORY. HE SINCE BEEN CAST IN ALL KINDS OF FILMS. I HAD A BOY WHO AUDITIONED FOR A BROADWAY SHOW AND USE ONE OF MY MONOLOGUES AND HE WAS CAST. BUT MY BIGGEST SUCCESS STORY WAS MICHAEL FAT INC. I STARTED TEACHING IN SUMMER CAMPS HERE. THE CULTURAL PARK AND HE HAS BECOME A SUCCESSFUL STAR ON BROADWAY. BUT IT'S EVERY DAY KIDS HAVING SUCCESS AT A LOCAL LEVEL THAT REALLY TOUCHES BEEN SINGS. HEARTSTRINGS. THE THING THAT MAKES ME THE MOST PROUD OF THE KIDS THAT TAKES ME AND SAY, HEY, I WANT MY STUDENT, HELEN. JOE, I I GOT SECOND PLACE. I ALMOST ONE IN. THEY ARE SO HAPPY AND THE FACT THAT I COULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY LOVE TO DO AND THAT THEY DID WELL WITH THE WERE HAPPY WITH. I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT MAKES US HAPPY. >> CULTURAL PARK THEATER WILL BE HOSTING A BOOK SIGNING FOR BEN SINGS. LATEST BOOK. MY LOCKS FOR KIDS FOLLOWING THE 07:00PM PERFORMANCE OF CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY ON SEPTEMBER. 19TH. THE EVENT MARKED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN DOZENS CAREER AS AN AUTHOR. >> THIS IS MY ABSOLUTE FIRST ONE AND I SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> FOR WGCU NEWS IM KATE CRONIN.