Cast: 11 Women; Non-musical play

These extraordinary monologues received a standing ovation at Louisville's Actors Theatre. Idiosyncratic characters amuse, move and inspire, always speaking from the depths of their souls. They include a baton twirler, a fundamentalist snake handler, an ex rodeo rider and an actress willing to go to any length to get a job.

When: February 20 & 21 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 22 from 10:00-noon

Where: Northland College Theater; 1101 Highway One East, Thief River Falls

What: Select one or two selections to perform for your audition (see link below). You may memorize, if you so desire, but memorization is not required.

Performances are scheduled for July 9 & 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.

Directed by: Jane Anderson

Audition Sheet

Monologue

TALKING WITH ROLES:

Fifteen Minutes: a struggling actress in a road company gets ready to go onstage

Scraps: dressed as the The Patchwork Girl of Oz, a very bored housewife lives more and more in her imaginary world

Clear Glass Marbles: she tells the story of how her mother prepared for her coming death

Audition: a very nervous actress, with her cat in tow, has a disastrous audition for a role

Rodeo: a cowgirl talks about how rodeos have become commercial ventures, like everything else in the country

Twirler: a baton twirler speaks ecstatically about how twirling brings her close to God

Lamps: a woman finds amazement and comfort in light as she grows older

Handler: a woman from an evangelical sect handles deadly snakes to test her faith

Dragons: she is in labor, and is about to give birth to a dragon

French Fries: she is a homeless woman, what used to be called a Bag Lady, who wants to live in a McDonald’s

Marks: a woman in a bar talks about why she began to cover her body with tattoos

PERFORMANCES

July 9 & 10, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. - Northland Community & Technical College

Talking With… This collection of extraordinary monologues will be our third production of 2025. Prepared to be amused, moved and inspired by its characters who always speak from the depths of their souls.