Easy A Monologues & Audition Scenes

Characters: Olive, Brandon

Olive Penderghast proposes a deceptive plan to help her friend Brandon improve his social standing by faking a sexual encounter. They discuss the mechanics of high school popularity and the power of rumors to reshape one's identity. Brandon eventually agrees to the scheme, setting the stage for a complicated social experiment.

Characters: Olive

Olive Penderghast addresses her webcam to set the record straight about the false rumors regarding her sexual reputation. She sarcastically reflects on her previous anonymity and the events that led to her becoming the center of high school gossip.

Characters: Olive

Olive addresses her webcam, lamenting the lack of grand romantic gestures in real life compared to 1980s teen movies. She expresses a desire for her life to mirror a John Hughes film while acknowledging the mundane reality of her current situation.

Characters: Olive, Brandon

Brandon, a closeted gay student facing bullying, desperately asks Olive to help him fake a sexual encounter to protect his reputation. Olive initially resists the absurd request but eventually agrees to stage a public 'hookup' at a party to help him, despite the potential damage to her own social standing.

Characters: Olive, Rhiannon

Rhiannon confronts Olive over rumors that she lost her virginity to a social outcast at a party. As Rhiannon adopts a judgmental and 'pious' stance regarding Olive's reputation, the conversation devolves into a heated argument about loyalty, slut-shaming, and jealousy.

Characters: Olive Penderghast

Olive Penderghast addresses her peers through a webcam to address the escalating rumors regarding her promiscuity. She adopts a witty, self-deprecating tone to reclaim her narrative and set the record straight about her reputation.

Characters: Olive

Olive Penderghast visits a Catholic confessional despite not being religious to seek guidance on her spiraling reputation. She grapples with the guilt of her 'harlot' persona and the unintended consequences her lies have had on the adults and peers in her life.

Characters: Olive, Rosemary, Dill, Ginger

Olive informs her eccentric parents that she was sent to the principal's office for using a vulgar word in class. Instead of punishing her, the family turns the situation into a playful guessing game, highlighting their unconventional and supportive domestic dynamic.

Characters: Olive, Brandon

Olive confesses to her friend Brandon that her reputation as the school slut is entirely fabricated. As they scrub graffiti in the boys' bathroom, they debate the merits of social labels and the performance of identity in high school. The scene culminates in the two outsiders bonding over their shared deception and the power of controlling one's own narrative.