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Monologues for Men

Male roles across ages and tones. A teenager explaining a mascot in a koi pond. A new father in a parking garage. A coach with the wrong piece of paper.

7 scripts. All free to read, print, or download as PDF.

Alone on the Line

Drama 2-3 min

It is 8:40 on a Friday night and the new kid has his apron off, halfway out the kitchen door. A line cook keeps six pans going while he tells him why he is not walking out tonight. The reason is a diner off the interstate and a man named Ray.

Cast 1 Male×1

Rule Fourteen

Comedy 2 min

A Little League coach gathers the parents after a blowout loss to explain a brand new league rule about sideline behavior. The rule does not exist. He is making it up on the spot because of one parent who is sitting right there.

Cast 1 Male×1
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Second Voicemail

Drama 2-3 min

Eli became a father an hour ago. Alone in the hospital parking garage at 4 a.m., he calls the father who walked out when he was six. He already hung up on the first attempt. This time he has a question he needs answered.

Cast 1 Male×1
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Regarding the Koi Pond

Comedy 1-2 min

Devin volunteered to wear the school mascot costume for the pep rally. Now he is soaking wet in the principal's office. He has one shot to explain how the badger ended up in the koi pond, and he intends to tell the whole truth.

Cast 1 Male×1

One More Season

Sci-Fi 3-4 min

After forty-one years of listening to an empty sky, Abel's mountaintop station is being shut down. A young auditor has come with the form. Abel wants one more season, and he has never told anyone why.

Cast 1 Male×1

The First Red Light

Romance 2-3 min

For eleven years Theo has been the friend who drives Nora to the station. Now she is leaving for good and he has one platform, two coffees and a speech he practiced badly. He has to say the thing before the train comes.

Cast 1 Male×1

Best Man, Wrong Paper

Comedy 2-3 min

Dev stands up to give the best man's toast and unfolds his notes. They are the receipt for his suit. With two hundred guests watching, he has to get through the speech from memory, including the part he never trusted himself to say out loud.

Cast 1 Male×1

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