Contemporary Performance
The selection is from a Contemporary/Diverse play or musical. The play must fit the following criteria:
The play should be written about the 21st Century (so anytime from 2001 to today) about current topics -- so a play written in 2015 should talk about events that happened no earlier than 2001 and not something that happened in 1950. So for example, HAMILTON nor THE COLOR PURPLE nor A RAISIN IN THE SUN would count.
The play must be written by a member of the global majority or marginalized voices. Some examples include:
African Americans
African/Asian
Indigenous Peoples
People of Color
Women
Non-Christian based religions
Members of the LGBTQIA community with a show focusing on that particular subject matter.
An intersection of various communities
Your monologue should be around 2 minutes long (approximately 20 to 25 lines). It must be a single-character speaking.
Your post and video should include the following:
Title
Author
Act and scene number
The character speaking
A few sentences as to what happened that led up to this moment
What is happening in this monologue and scene
Why you chose this monologue?
Examples to choose from include: The Shipment, Bare: the musical, Fun Home, Topdog/Underdog, Fabulation, Yellowface, JaJa's African Hair Braiding, The Revolutionists, Everybody, Bootycandkovy, Tribes, or American Son.