At a glance: COMEDIC · 60–75 SECONDS
Best for: teen/young-adult acting practice, class work, or auditions that allow original material
Word count: 134 words
Format: one speaker addressing a silent listener
Timing: approximate; time your own delivery before using it for a strict audition limit
The Group Project Funeral: full monologue
We are gathered here today to remember our group project. It was young. It had potential. It had a color-coded outline and everything.
At first, we believed in it. We said things like, “I’ll do slides two through five,” and “I’ll send my research tonight.” Those were beautiful lies.
By Wednesday, the shared document had one title, three different fonts, and a picture of a raccoon that nobody admits adding. Jordan vanished. Mia said her internet “felt weird.” I spent forty minutes fixing bullet points while everyone else debated whether our presentation needed background music.
And now, tomorrow morning, we have to stand in front of the class and pretend this was intentional.
So please, a moment of silence for what could have been.
And after that moment, somebody help me delete the raccoon.
What’s happening in this monologue?
You are speaking to the rest of your group the night before a class presentation. You want them to finally take the project seriously, but humor is the only thing keeping you from losing it.
Acting questions to explore
- Who in the group are you most frustrated with?
- Where does the mock-serious memorial become a real plea for help?
- What do you need everyone to do after the final line?
Use these as rehearsal questions, not fixed answers. The point is to make a specific choice and stay responsive rather than copy a single “correct” performance.
Explore more comic situations in Comedic Monologues: 16 original funny pieces, including adult and teen choices with free recorded rehearsal demos.
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How to memorize this monologue
- Give the speech four private labels: promise, evidence, deadline, request. Recall the paragraphs under each label, then check the exact wording rather than paraphrasing the joke.
- Start a separate attempt at “And now, tomorrow morning” and connect it to the moment of silence. The change from mock funeral to real request should still make sense without the opening.
- Run the full speech to an imagined group member who keeps checking their phone. Let the final request seek an actual response.
For a complete short-deadline routine, use How to Memorize a Monologue. For active-recall exercises, see How to Memorize Lines.
Why CueRoom helps: reading the speech is not the same as retrieving it. Put permitted text into CueRoom, hide your lines, prompt yourself when a phrase disappears, and return to the exact transition that keeps breaking.
More monologues to explore
- The Worst Presentation Ever — another school disaster with a clear comic escalation.
- The Substitute Teacher Incident — a classroom explanation that turns against its speaker.
- The Tree Would Like a Word — a student performer making a determined request.
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