Acting Scenes

Theatre Acting Scenes

This is a list of great acting scenes. These are all fantastic theatre scenes to work on for classes or auditions. Each category is divided into male/female; male/male or female/female acting scenes. Because of copyright reasons we can’t always put the actual text on the site, but we have a few pdf links where possible. We have listed below all the information about each scene within the table below. It’s not glamorous, but they are all great scenes.

You should be able to pick most these plays up from any good library or else try to get the play online. We talk more on the importance of working on scenes below, but for now here are our favourite theatre scenes:

Theatre Scenes for Auditions and Acting Class

Male/Female Acting Scenes

Play	Author	Genre	Characters	Pages	Country of Origin	Rating
The Goat	Edward Albee	Drama	Stevie/Martin		America	2/5
When the Rain Stops Falling	Andrew Bovell	Drama	Gabriel/Gabrielle		Australia	4/5
When the Rain Stops Falling	Andrew Bovell	Drama	Henry/Elizabeth	P41 – 44	Australia	3/5
Les Liasons Dangereuses	Christopher Hampton	Drama	Valmont/De Merteuil	Scene 12	England	3/5
Les Liasons Dangereuses	Christopher Hampton	Drama	Valmont/De Merteuil	Scene 16	England	4/5
O Go My Man	Stekka Feehly	Drama	Sarah/ Ian	P42 – 49	England	3/5
Reasons to be Pretty	Neil Labute	Comedy	Greg/Kent	P96 – 110	America	3/5
The Crucible	Arthur Miller	Drama	Proctor/Abigail	P20 -55	America	5/5
Betrayal	Harold Pinter	Comedy	Emma/Jerry	Scene 3	England	3/5
Betrayal	Harold Pinter	Comedy	Emma/Jerry	Scene 8	England	3/5
Doubt	John Patrick Shanley	Drama	Sister Aloysius/Father Flynn		America	3/5
The Real Thing	Tom Stoppard	Serio-comic	Annie/Henry	P45 -55	England	3/5
The Real Thing	Tom Stoppard	Serio-comic	Annie/Henry	Scene 5	England	3/5
The Real Thing	Tom Stoppard	Serio-comic	Annie/Henry	P45 -55	England	3/5
4000 Miles	Amy Herzog	Drama	Bec/Leo	P34 – 41	America	4/5

Male/Male Acting Scenes

 

Play	Author	Genre	Characters	Pages	Country of Origin	Rating
Fat Pig	Neil Labte	Comedy			America	4/5
Hurly Burly	David Rabe	Comedy	Eddie/Phil	Scene 1	America	3/5

Female/Female Acting Scenes

Play	Author	Genre	Characters	Pages	Country of Origin	Rating
Rockabye	Joanna Murray Smith	Comedy	Sidney/Julia	Scene 1	Australia	5/5
A View From the Bridge	Arthur Miller	Drama	Beatrice/Catherine	P 42 – 45	America	4/5

Great plays to find acting scenes…

Hurly Burly (David Rabe)
The Only Game in Town (Frank D. Gilroy)
Red (John Logan)
Lou Gehrig Did Not Die of Cancer (Jason Miller)
Dolores (Edward Allen Baker)
Reasons to be Pretty (Neil Labute)
Landscape of the Body (John Guare)
Boy Gets Girl (Rebecca Gilman)
Blue Room (David Hare)

More more of the best plays for scenes.

Why working on Acting Scenes is Important

Acting is all about relationships. It’s about connecting with the other actors on stage to tell a great story. When we are starting out as actors we often get lost in the world of monologues. Though monologues are a great device for refining you actings chops, they are quite rare in plays. The majority of the time you are dealing with scenes. Interacting with other actors and working towards your objective.

If you’re not booking work as an actor make sure you are working on scenes regularly. This may be in an acting class format or just starting a private scene club. It can also be great to get together and put down scenes on camera. I recommend asking yourself where you want to head in your career and where are you weakest. If you have worked a lot in theatre and don’t audition much for film and TV, then get a camera and do some self tapes.

Actors love to feel sorry for themselves, and I am definitely victim to this. But the reality is that there is a lot you can do in between jobs. Practicing and refining  your acting when your not working means you will have a competitive edge in the audition room, and be stage fit when you do land that role. So make sure you are working on scenes whenever you can.

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