Do not memorize your monologue the night before the audition. Know your monologue backwards and forwards. Now - this does not mean - know-your-monologue-so-you-can-do- it- the-exact-same-way- every -time-therefore-I-can't-do-it-any-other-way. Refer to Hedda Example.
If the director has time they may ask you to try something new - Hedda as a cheerleader. Or they may ask you to start from a particular section and do it again. Maybe with no change. Focus on your objective and your tactic. However if you've only ever done the monologue from the beginning AND if you've only ever done it one way - this request will not be easy - even if that haven't given you a direction.
So - when memorizing a piece:
- don't always start from the beginning
- try singing it
- do it with different "voices"
- Say it out loud - not just in your head
- have people talk to you while you are trying to do the monologue
- do it in a park where there are distractions (um - if it is appropriate...)
- have friends try to distract you
- Say it out loud
- do it with t.v., radio, dog in the room, playing with the cat
- Move your body while you speak out loud
- Did I mention SPEAK OUT LOUD - not just in your head!
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