Monologue Madness DC

Monologue Madness returns to its home in Washington, DC!

Created in 2011 by actor-producer Edward Daniels, this annual tournament of acting has kept sold-out audiences on the edge of their seats and has awarded over $20,000 in cash and career resources to worthy talent.

From an open call audition where upwards of 200 actors are seen, only 32 make the cut into a single-elimination tournament bracket.  Two weeks later, each actor arrives, prepared with three of their best one-minute monologues, to perform before a live audience and a panel of industry judges.

Through the rounds of Comedy, Drama, and Classical, actors take to the stage in pairs. The highest-scoring actor advances to the next round while the other is eliminated.

For those making it to the final four, the Cold Read Round, the evening becomes a bit more interesting. Actors are handed an unseen monologue and given just five minutes…