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Summary: Be aware of the objective of your monologue when auditioning for a Broadway play. Learn how to determine a monologue objective with expert tips from an actress in this free acting video.
Athena Reich is a professional musician, actress, artist, singer, songwriter and coach for all of the above. She is based in New York City. Reich has released four CDs, toured...read more
"In this clip on how to audition for a Broadway play, I'm going to talk about objective. This is one of the most important things in acting; what do you want in you monologue? So if I say; if I'm talking to my best friend, I'm talking about this person who loves me, I say that he loves me; he knows me for who I am and he loves me, he can't help himself from loving me for exactly who I am. This is my monologue from Queens Boulevard; I, what do I want; why am I telling my best friend this? In my mind’s eye; it's always good to pick a subject verb, a strong action. For me personally for this monologue I picked; I want to convince her that I'm in a fantastic amazing relationship, maybe right before this monologue; the moment before she said to me so you really love him or is this really going to work out, or; or why do you really love him and I so my job is to convince her, my objective is to show her my love; how much, how real it is so it, it would be like this. I see that he loves me; he knows me for who I am and he loves me, he can't help himself from loving me for exactly who I am and I love him too for exactly who he is. I have a real purpose objective; can't state the importance enough."