You should not judge someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes.

A New Year gives us the opportunity to look at the world with a different perspective, to imagine a life different from our own or maybe even to look at our own experiences in a different way.

This month we are writing monologues and you get the opportunity to craft a character and explore their experiences! These can be solo scenes where your character is interacting with other “unseen characters” or soliloquies where your character is alone with their thoughts. They also can be filled with blocking, movement costumes, props and set pieces in order to help bring the scene to life for the audience.

Submissions should be less than 3 minutes in performance length for Grades 1-7 (around 250 words of dialogue) and less than 5 minutes in performance length for Grades 8-12 (around 400 words of dialogue). The deadline for submissions is February 14!

As a special bonus - winners of this contest can decide if they would like a BASA teacher to record their monologue for the BASA Gala in June!

Enjoy your walk and we look forward to reading your monologue this month!