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The new monologues written for the Next Narrative Monologue CompetitionTM provide an inclusive portal to new worlds and the truths therein.

Monologues & Themes

Contemporary Black playwrights have written all-new monologues for this competition, categorized under the following themes:

1. Class
2. Gender
3. Ableism/Inclusivity
4. Relationship to technology
5. Family/Community
6. Cultural celebration/competency
7. Global warming/environmental
8. Immigration/international relationships
9. Social/emotional/physical health
10. Abstract/non-thematic

Check out the full compendium of monologues and choose your favorite!

Choose your monologue

Plus, meet just a few of the confirmed playwrights creating brand-new monologues for the NNMC! More to be announced.

Playwrights

Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi

Inda Craig-Galván

Idris Goodwin

Candrice Jones

Addae Moon

Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko

Psalmayene 24

Stacey Rose

Keenan Scott II

James Anthony Tyler

Cheryl L. West

Josh Wilder