Theater Arts
Letter Day:_________
Name:________________________
THIS JUST IN! For your final monologue presentation, you will be asked to present the “news.”
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Choose to do your monologue solo or pair with someone for a co-anchor or even a triad of coanchor/weather or sport reporter.
Research what will be said/How news is presented
Write a script
Memorize the script
Perform live or tape
Monologue objective: Present at least 35-45 seconds of material based on current event information. You
are responsible for discussing three different items.
You can discuss things at the national level (economy, something the President/Congress is working on,
natural disasters affecting our nation, etc) or the local level (curfew laws, police raids, local area fires,
etc). You must report the news in a serious, mature and professional manner. News reports are often
times used for audition “trials.” Newscasts can be entirely factual or fictional. Be creative and interesting
with your writing and presentation style. Pay attention to news reporter’s hair, clothing and demeanor
while presenting.
Options for presentations:
1 Person – Select at least 3 things to “report on” – monologue length at least 35-45 seconds.
2 Person – Each person reports on three different things. Each person must speak approximately 35-45
consecutive seconds (so one person could discuss one report and “switch off” to the other). You can
expand your report so one person discusses only sports or weather while the other discusses news only.
You could interview a person (pretend to be President Obama or a celebrity or novelist).
3 Person – similar to the 2 person combination – each person must speak 35-45 consecutive seconds.
Each person must select three topics to “report on.”
Please be aware if you are in a pair or group, that regardless of student absence, come prepared to present
your part of the presentation. Some class time will be allotted for collaboration but most practice must be
done outside of class.
News options:
- Haiti
- Tsunamis
- Economics (report on the Dow Jones or STP)
- Memorials
- National Holidays or “this day in history”
- National Leaders
- Celebrity news (do not DWELL on this too much – keep school appropriate)
- Sports (national, local, etc) and spring training
- Weather (good bad, history of weather of the day)