![]() Performance Notes: It’s very easy to look for the comedy in this scene and find it. Genre: Drama Length: 5 mins Synopsis: A sales team visit a divisive client in order to make a sale. ![]() Work to find out why she is this way, and what she sees in the other characters (whom she clearly feels affection for even if she can’t convey it.) The Pitch Polly, in particular, is a character who threatens to become very over-the-top. Performance Notes: While this piece sits firmly in the comedy genre, don’t be afraid to work on the circumstances of the scene so it feels totally real. Covered in blood and viscera, they interrogate their reasons for choosing such distasteful work. ![]() Genre: Comedy Length: 3 mins Synopsis: Three friends have started a business doing crime scene clean-up. While there is humour in this piece, don’t be afraid to sit in the drama as well the situation may be somewhat absurd for those involved, but they are still real people dealing with events unfolding. Delve into your character and find what distinguishes them: their voice, their mannerisms, the rhythm of their speech. Performance Notes: A lot goes unsaid in this piece about the history of each character-as well as their shared relationships. Genre: Drama Length: 3 mins Synopsis: While prepping a fortieth wedding anniversary party for their parents, two siblings are surprised by the unexpected appearance of their estranged older brother. Who do you sympathise with, who do you vibe with? Is there a particular theme or emotion you’re looking to capture? If so, consider modifying the name or pronoun to fit you best. Last thing: in the context of a class, study or showcase, don’t let yourself be bound to the age or gender of characters as written on the page. How can you interpret it? What can your script analysis tell you about how the scene might unfold? But use this as an opportunity to experiment with staging rather than feeling listless. There’s less visual information to go on, fewer stage directions. These scenes utilise an in-house formatting style we use for our StageMilk Scene Club, which is closer to a playscript than a screenplay. Legal stuff aside: go for it! Make bold choices! Pull ’em apart and give ’em a go! Scenes for Three Actors None of these scenes are to be recorded, filmed, staged, re-written, developed or adapted for professional purposes. (If you’re feeling brave, you can tag me via so I can see what you do with it!) All I ask is that you credit my work-especially if you post it on social media. I hereby give my permission for you to use the scenes on this page for personal practice, as well as showreels. Hello! My name is Alexander Lee-Rekers I’m a professional playwright and screenwriter. Did you use a great scene by a playwright for that audition you nailed? Consider buying the play online! Have a favourite book of monologues you swear by? Get it as a gift for an actor friend! (Oh, and before you spiral into guilt, let us assure you we paid the writer of these scenes.) From the Writer: If you can, find ways to pay it forward to the artists who write them. Have a think about where your scripts come from. That’s kinda how a lot of the internet works.Īnd while we’re offering this material up to you at no cost, it’s worth thinking about where your scenes and monologues come from: who writes them and how they pay their bills when so much of their output is available at the click of a button. It’s fairly easy to find acting resources online you don’t need to pay for. ![]() Copyright-Free Scriptsīefore we get into the good stuff, let’s talk briefly about copyright-free material. You never know what might jump off the page and capture your imagination. So feel free to give this page a bookmark and check in for new original material. Just like our practice scenes for actors and practice monologues for actors articles, we tend to update update these pages regularly. These scenes may be used for acting classes, showcases or scene study between actors. There is a mix of dramatic and comedic scenes of different lengths and styles. Each scene was developed in-house by staff at StageMilk. This article contains a collection of original, copyright-free scenes for three actors. It’s a shame, though: because a good three-hander is ripe for drama and conflict! Perhaps for this reason, as we’ve found in previous articles about plays for three performers, scenes for three actors are rarer than you might think. Writers have to work harder to justify that pesky third person, who tends to be cast as either a moderator between the first two figures … or as a destroyer of the dynamic between them. There’s something unusual about the energy-the dynamic between three characters when all you really need for good drama are two.
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