Grammy-Award Finalist Topher Keene is widely regarded as one of America’s top Acting, Singing, and Public Speaking Coaches.
From teaching kids to sing their first solo, to helping Film and Television Stars perfect their roles, to helping pro Vocalists record hit albums, to helping YouTubers and Podcasters refine their vocal skills, to helping CEOs and Executives improve communication and presentation skills, Topher Keene can help anyone develop a powerful and confident voice and improve their performance skills.
Audition Monologues for Roles Where Characters Experiment With Something New, Vol. 1
Practice monologues live or die on the actor's willingness to stretch. Casting rewards specificity, but specificity is built far outside the comfort zone. Characters experimenting with something new are pure gold for this kind of work. Discovery, fear, embarrassment, breakthrough, doubt, joy. All of it shows up in a single scene because the character is meeting themselves in unfamiliar territory. That is exactly what casting wants to see: the small, honest decisions an actor makes when nothing is automatic. Use these for cold reads, callback prep, or weekly studio work. Ten characters, ten flavors of brand-new.
Slice of Life Anime Monologues for Voice Actors, Vol. 1: Daybreak
You have watched the shows. You have rewound the scenes that wrecked you. You may have even recorded a few takes alone in your bedroom, with the door locked, hoping no one could hear you trying to sound like a fifteen-year-old who has just realized something quiet and devastating about themselves. That is exactly the right starting place.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 10
The booth is small. Smaller than people think. Six feet of foam and one good microphone, and inside that little box you have to be all the people you've ever auditioned to be. These ten monologues are a workout for that small room. Loud, quiet, real, ridiculous.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 9
Monologues give voice actors a compact way to practice range, intention, and scene-building. Each piece demands a specific audience, emotional shift, and vocal texture. Use these scripts to explore styles found in real auditions, from animation and commercials to games, narration, trailers, audio drama, and educational voiceover.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 8
Range is a word casting throws around like it's a noun. It's not. It's a verb. It's the work of moving from a whisper to a war cry without faking either. These ten monologues each ask for a different version of you. Find the one that's already in your voice.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 7
Monologues are valuable practice tools for voice actors because they reveal range, rhythm, and emotional precision. A strong practice piece challenges the performer to create a whole scene with only one voice. Use these varied scripts to explore commercial reads, animation, games, narration, drama, comedy, suspense, and character-driven storytelling.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 6
Casting directors don't hire voices, they hire choices. A specific person, in a specific room, wanting a specific thing. These ten monologues each hand you a different room and a different want. Sit inside the silence before the first line. That silence is where the audition gets won.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 5
Monologues give voice actors a focused way to test character, pacing, tone, and emotional flexibility. A single speech can become a commercial, cartoon, game scene, narration sample, or dramatic audition. Use these pieces to practice clear choices, active listening, vocal texture, and believable reactions in varied performance styles.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 4
Every monologue is a stress test. Can you hold a breath at the end of a sentence? Switch tones without warning? Find the want underneath the words? These ten new pieces span sports booths to bedtime stories, each pulling on a completely different part of an actor's working toolkit.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 3
Monologues are essential tools for voice actors to strengthen versatility, emotional truth, and vocal control. By practicing different genres, performers learn to shift tone, pace, texture, and intention quickly. These original pieces offer varied scenarios for animation, narration, games, commercials, drama, comedy, fantasy, horror, and more.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 2
Voice acting isn't one job. It's twenty. A booth-ready actor needs to swing from cartoon hero to documentary narrator to game villain without losing their footing. These ten monologues each live inside a different corner of the industry, built to stretch the muscles you'll actually use on a real session.
Monologues for Voice Acting, Vol. 1
Monologues help voice actors build range, timing, emotional control, and character specificity. Practicing with varied scripts sharpens choices in pace, breath, pitch, and intention. Use these pieces to explore commercial warmth, animation energy, game intensity, narration clarity, villainy, comedy, drama, and everything between, all while staying performance-ready.
Monologue Websites for Actors: Where Do I Find New Monologues for Auditions, Self-Tapes, and Cold Reading?
The best monologue sites for acting auditions