Help with a monologue, please?

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Sometimes I don't know what I feel. Sometimes I'm just kinda numb. Why did she have to die? Why did she have to go and die? It's not fair to die so young and to leave me and my dad all alone. Sometimes when I think about it, I get so damned mad I don't know what I'll do. It's like I wanna explode. Then, other times, I'm so sad and I cry and I feel so disorganized and alone that I... She was told she had cancer over a year, and that she only had a few months to live. We couldn't believe it, we just couldn't handle the fact that she was going to die. She went through all kinds of treatments and she was so brave up till, up till the end. She spent the last week of her life in the hospital. She called me into the room about fifteen minutes before she died, and we hugged and she told me to be brave, and that she loved me. It was the hardest thing I've ever faced in my life. Coming back to school and moving on with life has been really hard for me, but I know that keeping busy and keeping in touch with friends and staying involved is the best thing. The hardest thing right now is trying to help my dad recover. He's taking it even worse than I am, and sometimes I feel guilty that I'm not as sad as he is. He just has a hard time expressing his grief and getting out all the sadness inside him. I'm sure things will get better in time, but right now, I just feel alone and afraid. It's hard to face the fact that I'll never see my mom again.

Okay, there's the monologue. I'm using it for an audition, and I've been working on it for so long, and I think I have it down. I need it to be PERFECT though, and I haven't been able to get in touch with my private acting teacher. The only advice I've been getting is from friends and family, who don't know theatre very well. Since I can't show you how I do this monologue, I would like for people to just give me their imput on how they would go about performing it. I'm looking for professional opinions. This audition is very important to me, and it will be very difficult for me to stay in character for various reasons. I usually do not have a difficult time staying thoroughly in tune with my character, but I know it will be hard this time. I need all the help I can get. Any professional advice is very, very much appreciated. Thank you so much to anyone who can help me!! <33

ash [the crash] · Accepted Answer

so you just need to take like 15 mins before your audition to get into  (and stay in) character. sometimes i listen to music to get me into a role, so choose a song and focus on the words during this time. there are questions that you should ask yourself about you & your character, which is usually done as soon as you choose your piece. questions like 'what would my character be wearing while delivering this speech' 'why do they truly feel this way' 'do they have difficulty expressing theirself' 'what time of day is this occurring at' 'what would i do in a situation like this, and is how i would handle it different than this person is handling it' 'do they have siblings' just write your answers on a sheet of paper. it seems ridiculous, and lame, but you have to know your character like you know yourself, better than you know yourself actually. by doing this, it will help you stay focused and in better character. just do what feels right and even if you dont get the role youre looking for, you still got the experience, but im sure that if you do it well, youll get what you want. remember that you learn something from every experience! i hope this helps, even just a little!

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Help with a monologue, please?

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