Acting scenes for two or more

Dialogues for two to five actors, to work on in class, in a workshop or as an audition pair. The casting comes before the text: who speaks, what age, which gender.

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Format Any Monologue For two For three or more Length Any Short, under 2 min Medium, 2 to 3 min Long, 4 min and over Role Any Female role Male role No gender marker Age Any Child Teen Young adult Adult Senior Level Any Beginner Intermediate Advanced Genre Any Drama Comedy Romantic comedy Tragedy Absurdist Classical Thriller Supernatural Satire

Drama

14 texts

• The Message

  DramaTwo-hander1 minBeginner

  Are you sending that message, or rereading it until it stops meaning anything? If I send it, there’s no going back.

• The Threshold

  DramaTwo-hander1 minAdvanced

  One more step and you’ll no longer be my brother, but his murderer. I’ll only be the hand. The sentence was pronounced by the blood, not by me.

• The Sisters

  DramaScene for 32 minAdvanced

  The law is clear. Whoever buries him dies with him. The law of men. There is another, older one, that says a brother does not rot in the sun.

• The Closed House

  DramaTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  You didn’t have to come back. Yes I did. Someone had to close this house. You never could.

• The Corridor

  DramaTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  You didn’t have to come all this way. That’s exactly what you used to tell Mum. “No need.” And she didn’t come.

• The Council

  DramaScene for 43 minAdvanced

  The gates will hold. The city held for ten years; it will hold one more day. It will not last the night. I saw it burn, Father. While you were speaking.

• The Court

  DramaScene for 53 minAdvanced

  The throne has reasons the heart knows nothing of. I join two kingdoms, not two lovers. Sire, it is my name you wed; my soul resists. Can one give one’s hand and keep all the rest?

• The Dinner

  DramaScene for 43 minIntermediate

  So, this semester, Théo? Still top of the class? … I dropped out. In November.

• The Division

  DramaScene for 33 minIntermediate

  We said: each of us takes one thing in turn. No fighting. You already slipped Dad’s watch into your pocket, Paul. I saw you.

• The Flat

  DramaTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  What do we keep, out of all this? We have to decide today. We hand back the keys tomorrow. You decide, as always. You were already deciding when we were ten.

• The Last Train

  DramaTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  You’ll miss it if you keep talking to me. I know.

• The Confession

  DramaTwo-hander4 minIntermediate

  I spoke to your sister. She thought I knew. Julie…

• The Vigil

  DramaScene for 54 minAdvanced

  We have to decide about tomorrow. The doctor needs an answer. “Decide.” As if it were a menu.

• The Oath

  DramaTwo-hander5 minAdvanced

  You’ve already labelled everything. “Anna.” “Clara.” “To give away.” As if a life could be filed. Someone had to deal with it. You weren’t here.

Comedy

13 texts

• The Bill

  ComedyScene for 31 minBeginner

  Right, split it three ways? Easy. Except I had a salad. You, Karl, you had… the menu.

• The Aquatic Existentialist

  ComedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  We need to talk. It’s serious. Oh no. You’re about to tell me you adopted something again.

• The Dinner Party

  ComedyScene for 52 minBeginner

  You’re… early. By three hours. You said seven o’clock.

• The Directions

  ComedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  Straight ahead. You go straight, second lights, turn left. No. Just no. Left is one-way, he’ll be going round in circles his whole life.

• The Flatshare

  ComedyScene for 32 minBeginner

  New rules. I made a chart. With colours. Basile, there are more columns than there are dishes in this kitchen.

• The Gift

  ComedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  Oh, a vase. It’s… Sam. This vase. It has a little chip, there, at the base.

• The Neighbour

  ComedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  Hello. It’s about the noise. I haven’t made any noise.

• The Group Photo

  ComedyScene for 43 minBeginner

  Perfect, hold still. Grandpa, you’re right behind the vase. I’m ALWAYS behind the vase. Since 1998, I’ve been behind the vase.

• The Interview

  ComedyTwo-hander3 minBeginner

  Tell me about your greatest flaw. I’m a perfectionist.

• The Reservation

  ComedyTwo-hander3 minBeginner

  Do you have a reservation? Yes. Under Marchand. Two people, eight o’clock.

• The Carpool

  ComedyTwo-hander4 minIntermediate

  So… four hundred kilometres. That’s nice. Plenty of time to get to know each other. Yes. Only, I don’t talk much when I drive. I concentrate.

• The Guests

  ComedyTwo-hander4 minIntermediate

  You’re the first. I’m the only one.

• The Rehearsal

  ComedyScene for 44 minIntermediate

  From the top. The poison scene. Nina, you enter, you see the body, you scream. I scream inwardly. It’s a choice.

Romantic comedy

15 texts

• The Note

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander1 minAdvanced

  This note, beneath your fingers, trembled like a confession. To whom were you writing, Madam, with such fire? To you. But having read it, I feared to reveal too much, and chose to hush it…

• The Bench

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  We’ve eaten on this bench every day for eight months. I think we can stop pretending not to see each other. We’re not pretending. We’re honouring a tacit agreement. You on the right, me on…

• The Dog

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  Yours ran to mine again. Every morning. It’s an obsession. It’s not an obsession, it’s love. Look at them. They sit against each other and they sigh.

• The Family Council

  Romantic comedyScene for 42 minAdvanced

  I have read it. The name he bears is too low for ours. My daughter shall love only whom I name. Father, one does not command the heart like a servant. It obeys in silence only when betrayed.

• The Parcel

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  Hi. It’s for me again. The courier’s been mixing up our doors for a month. I know. I’ve got a whole wall of your parcels. I’ve learned things about you.

• The Queue

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  What are you queuing for, then? Nobody knows anymore. We’re all just following the person in front. No idea. I saw a queue, I thought: there must be a reason. A good queue never lies.

• The Umbrella

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  Can I stay under yours till the corner? Mine turned inside out and died a hero. Of course. Careful, it leaks on the left. Historically, the side of people I don’t like.

• The Wrong Number

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  “Hey babe, I booked us for tonight 8 p.m., wear the nice shirt.” “Hello. I’m not ‘babe.’ But I’ll note that you own nice shirts.”

• The Balcony Scene

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander3 minAdvanced

  O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name;

• The Blind Date

  Romantic comedyScene for 33 minIntermediate

  So, Raph, our friends set us up because, and I quote, “we’re the same.” Yes. Except I hate cinema, travel, dogs, and talking. And you love all four.

• The Breakdown

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander3 minBeginner

  “Technical incident.” It’s been an incident for forty minutes. At what point does it become a life? I’ve missed my connection. And the wedding at the end of it. I was a bridesmaid.

• The Cooking Class

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander3 minBeginner

  Right. The chef said “finely chopped.” Can you do “finely”? I can do “in pieces that exist.” “Finely” is propaganda.

• The Ex

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander3 minBeginner

  Well. You. Me. What a coincidence, at a wedding where our two best friends are getting married. Totally unforeseeable.

• The Last Copy

  Romantic comedyTwo-hander3 minBeginner

  I was here first. My hand got here first. I have witnesses.

• The Scheme

  Romantic comedyScene for 43 minIntermediate

  Right. Lou and Rémi have loved each other for three years and are the only two who don’t know it. Tonight, we fix this. Plan: we sit them at the same table, we “forget” a chair, they’re…

Thriller

13 texts

• The Car Park

  ThrillerTwo-hander2 minIntermediate

  I know you’re there. Since level -1. You parked when I parked. You got out when I got out. I’m looking for my car, like everyone.

• The Glass

  ThrillerTwo-hander2 minIntermediate

  To us. To ten years of marriage. To ten years.

• Border Control

  ThrillerTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  Purpose of travel? Tourism. A few days. The mountains.

• The Hands

  ThrillerTwo-hander3 minAdvanced

  You’ve washed your hands three times. They’re not dirty. It’s worse. They’re clean, and I can still feel it.

• The Lift

  ThrillerTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  Don’t worry. It happens, in these old buildings. They’ll get us out. You’re calm.

• The Meeting

  ThrillerTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  Nice envelope. Thick. You’ve been sensible. It’s the last one. Do you hear me? The last.

• The Ransom

  ThrillerTwo-hander3 minAdvanced

  I’m listening. We can find a solution. No one has done anything irreparable yet. Two million. Unmarked. You have until midnight.

• One Question Too Many

  ThrillerTwo-hander4 minAdvanced

  You haven’t asked why you’re here. In twenty years, everyone asks. Except the ones who know. You haven’t opened your file. People usually do. Except when it’s empty.

• The Alibi

  ThrillerScene for 34 minAdvanced

  You both say you spent the evening here. Together. Watching a film. That’s right. The 8:50 film.

• The Hideout

  ThrillerScene for 34 minIntermediate

  The bag was full at two o’clock. There are three of us. Nobody left. Then it’s still here. Banknotes don’t evaporate.

• The Manuscript

  ThrillerTwo-hander4 minAdvanced

  It’s your best book. Precise, chilling. The murder in chapter nine, above all. You believe it a hundred per cent. Thank you. I researched heavily.

• The Twelfth Juror

  ThrillerScene for 34 minAdvanced

  It’s eleven to one. You alone vote “guilty,” Walter. Help us understand. The evidence is there. The motive, the weapon, the time. This man is guilty. Let him pay.

• The Will

  ThrillerScene for 45 minAdvanced

  Before the will, your father left a letter. He asked that it be read first. I quote. “If you are gathered to hear me, then I am dead. And if I died before winter, then it was not my heart.”

Supernatural

13 texts

• The Echo

  SupernaturalTwo-hander2 minIntermediate

  Yes. She’s fine. Don’t worry. …Sorry?

• The Station

  SupernaturalTwo-hander2 minIntermediate

  Excuse me. “Aubier”? This station doesn’t exist. I’ve taken this line for ten years. There’s never been a stop here. There’s one for those who need it. The metro stops at Aubier when…

• The Dinner of the Absent

  SupernaturalScene for 33 minIntermediate

  We always keep his place. For twenty years. Your grandfather used to say a table without its chair is a table that’s given up. Grandma… he’s not going to come. He can’t come. We all know it.

• The Double

  SupernaturalTwo-hander3 minAdvanced

  You wanted to see me. I almost didn’t come. You don’t have coffee with your own face. I know. It’s unsettling. Believe me, on my side too.

• The Key

  SupernaturalTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  This key has no price. Take it. But I must warn you: it opens no lock of today. What does it open, then?

• The Night Bus

  SupernaturalTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  Good evening. A ticket, please. …How much? For you, it’s free. It’s always free, this line.

• The Night Shift

  SupernaturalScene for 33 minIntermediate

  You’re early. Shift change is at four. I am always on time. It’s your clocks that hesitate.

• The Old Telephone

  SupernaturalTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  Hello? Ah, it’s you, sweetheart. Good timing, I was just closing the shutters. …Dad?

• The Unwritten Letter

  SupernaturalTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  Registered. Sign here. That’s my handwriting. On the envelope. And the postmark says… the postmark says three weeks from now.

• The Viewing

  SupernaturalTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  Double-aspect living room, original parquet. The fireplace works, the previous owners had stopped using it. No, they hadn’t. In winter. The draught jams when the wind comes off the sea; you…

• The Neighbour

  SupernaturalTwo-hander4 minIntermediate

  Look, this one’s from the building’s opening. 1912. All these people in their Sunday best in front of the door. Ah yes. It was freezing that day. They cut the speeches short.

• The Night Train

  SupernaturalScene for 34 minAdvanced

  Tickets. …No, keep them. They’re all valid. They always are, on this train. Where exactly are we going? There are no names on the signs outside.

• The Village

  SupernaturalScene for 34 minIntermediate

  Ah, there you are. We were starting to wonder if you’d make it before dark. Your room is ready. Number two, as usual. “As usual”? We’ve never been here. We got lost, actually. The road…

Satire

13 texts

• The Crossing

  SatireScene for 31 minBeginner

  It’s been red for eleven minutes. I counted. Maybe it’s testing us. Maybe it’s waiting for us to deserve it.

• Strike That Off Your Books

  SatireTwo-hander2 minAdvanced

  What is it? What’s wrong with you? Leave me alone, I beg you.

• The Afterlife Hotline

  SatireScene for 32 minIntermediate

  Afterlife support, hello. For a complaint about an existence, press 1. Hello. I’d like to speak to someone. A real person. It’s been forty minutes.

• The Meeting

  SatireScene for 42 minIntermediate

  The session is open. Agenda: a single item. The comma. Which comma, Mr Chairman?

• The Startup

  SatireTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  Our app is simple: we’re disrupting the water sector. Water.

• Working From Home

  SatireTwo-hander2 minBeginner

  Karim! So, how are we feeling, synergy-wise, today? Fine. I finished the report. Sent it last night.

• The Away-Day

  SatireScene for 33 minIntermediate

  Welcome to “Dare to Trust” day! First exercise: we fall backwards, the other catches us. And if the other doesn’t catch?

• The Form

  SatireTwo-hander3 minBeginner

  Did you tick box 14? There is no box 14. It goes from 13 to 15.

• The Loyalty Team

  SatireTwo-hander3 minBeginner

  Hello, this is Léo from the loyalty team! How can I make you happy today? Hello. I’d like to cancel my subscription.

• The Panel

  SatireScene for 33 minIntermediate

  Right. We judge this croissant on our four axes: crispness, emotion, verticality, and storytelling. It speaks to me. This croissant has lived. You taste the butter, but above all you taste…

• The PR Team

  SatireScene for 33 minIntermediate

  Right. The plant dumped three tonnes of paint into the river. Press is calling. What do we say? We don’t say “dumped”. “Dumped” is a negative word. We say “shared”.

• The Reform

  SatireTwo-hander3 minIntermediate

  This reform is historic. We are abolishing the “single desk” to create the “centralised reception point.” What’s the difference?

• The Town Council

  SatireScene for 44 minIntermediate

  Item seven: the colour of the new bench for the square. We’ve been at this for, er… two hours. I stand by green. A green bench, that’s nature.