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2026 Monologues

Voting for the 2026 Original Monologue Contest is OPEN! Watch this year's monologue selection performances and then click on the 'Donate' button below each video to donate to that particular submission. Every dollar counts as a vote and you can vote as often as you want. The voting period will continue until October 4 at 11:59pm CST. The following day, whichever monologue has received the most donations will be declared our winner! 

The winning monologue will receive the cash prize in the amount that was donated to the submission, divided evenly between the playwright and actor. 


VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE MONOLOGUE TODAY! 


Dear Satan

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Jennifer Ramsey
Performed by: Jennifer Black Cone


Karen and the No Good, Very Bad, Terrible Horrible Day
 

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Chuck Brestman
Performed by: Mary Shaw


The Mimosa Effect
 

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Alan Kilpatrick
Performed by: Chris Bowling


Bon Voyage
 

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Shanna Allman
Performed by: Sydney Ludwig


All the Luck in the World
 

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Samantha Foster
Performed by: Nancy Franklin


Erstwhile
 

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Scott Sickles
Performed by: Guy Clow


The Return of Professor Moriarty

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Matt & Ariel Aliza Sanders
Performed by: Ethan Saunders


The Problem with Postmodernism
 

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: William Palmer
Performed by: Clifton Satterfield


Persephone (Still as Rain)
 

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Nancy White
Performed by: Lauren Peck


Sin Can Be Found Under 205 in the Dewey Decimal System
 

Performed September 11, 2026
Written By: Jack Nee
Performed by: Elizabeth Alexander

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