17 Compelling Monologues About Bullying

Part of the beauty and magic of theater is that we can use drama to give voice to an emotion, challenge or experience we might not otherwise express. Below are seventeen (17) monologues that center around the idea of bullying in some capacity. Whether it is covering your ears in the shower, imagining you’re a shark, or instructing teddy bears to jump out a window, these dramatic, comedic or darkly comedic monologues show different ways people cope with the effects of bullying.

Most of these monologues can be played by male or female actors, and they range from approximately 1-3 minutes long.

Seventeen (17) Compelling Monologues Dealing with Bullying

Abhay and the Banana:
This boy has lost his mother, his father, and now strange men are trying to take away his home. Abhay is young, but he has pride, strength and loyalty, and stands up the way he knows how. This monologue comes from the full-length dramatic play, For My Silent Sisters.
-Drama, teen, young adult, male (or female)

The 119th Element:
Embittered, but awkward Paul is more than pleased to accept an honor in recognition of his discovering the 119th element. He insists this proves that despite all the bullying he has experienced, his most basic theory holds true: He is always right. But…is he really accepting an award at all?
-Drama, dark comedy, mature adult, adult (any age 20s-80s), male. This monologue is only currently available on PerformerStuff.

Covering My Ears:
Whatever pain you experience, there are times when you want to cover your ears, and go somewhere else. A great sensory-based monologue as the character feels water covering her face.
-Drama, teen, any age, female/male/neutral/blind casting

Amanda’s Monologue from, What Happened at the Mud Puddle:
Amanda is new to middle school and it doesn’t take long for mean-girl Taylor to humiliate her in front of the whole cafeteria. So why does Amanda still want to go to Taylor’s party?
-Comedy/drama, teen, female

Chloe’s Monologue from What Happened at the Mud Puddle:
Chloe finds out the reason why “mean girl” Taylor sabotaged her birthday party. And Chloe isn’t as innocent as she thought she was…

Purple Banana Nose:
A man with an intellectual disability speaks to a police officer about a robbery he was inadvertently part of. Despite how he has been treated, he does not want to betray his “friends" who have let him take the fall for the crime.
-Drama, teen, any age, male/female/neutral/blind casting

I Am a Shark:
A child is bullied at an outing to the beach, but he knows how to call on his strength to endure. He feels no pain. He is a shark. A great sensory-based monologue as the character feels burning sand under his feet
-Drama, children, teen, young adult, male/female/neutral/blind casting

No More Mirrors:
A girl has been held against her will and she copes the best way she can. (This powerful monologue makes reference to physical assault and drugs.) This monologue comes from the full-length dramatic play, For My Silent Sisters.
-Drama, teen, young adult, adult, female

No Release:
When we encounter difficult situations, we’re told crying can give us a good release. But what if it doesn’t?
-Drama, teen, any age, female/male/neutral/blind casting

March In Line:
This person has been bullied long enough and she is now making a point her community won’t forget.
-Dark Comedy, children, teen, young adult, female/male/neutral/blind casting

The Mud Puddle:
This child has literally been pushed into a mud puddle two times already. Enough is enough for this girl standing up to a bully!
-Comedy, children, female/male/inclusive casting

Pit Trap Meredith:
Rabbit Meredith defends herself at being blamed for abandoning her sister in a tree stump. But there’s a reason she couldn’t meet her sister earlier, and it has to do with some very mean rabbits. From the play, The Moon River Raft.
-comedy/drama/female/any gender

Clippers:
After a bully attacks Peter in order to steal his bike, Peter is relieved when his father rescues him. His relief turns to bitterness, however, when his father does not punish the bully, but rather, lets him take Peter’s bike. This monologue comes from the dark comedy/thriller, Seventeen Stitches.
-Drama, teen, male/female/inclusive casting

Eiffel Tower Keychain:
Lindsey gains strength as she confronts a bully who has taken a precious glass souvenir of hers.
-Drama, children/tween, female/male/neutral/blind casting, 30-second monologue

Butterfly in the Tomato Plant:
Nicole relates to a butterfly with a torn wing, after a group of children mishandled it. She offers the butterfly a safe home in her windowsill.
-Drama, children/tween, female/male/blind casting, 30-second monologue

Second-Hand Dirt:
In soil cultures, prejudices run deep for carrots and potatoes. But when bully vegetables draw Carrot and Potato together, they must decide if their new friendship is worth risking their safety and rejection from their own garden cultures. This monologue comes from the full-length play, Movements of the Wind, in the section Sharing Soil.
-Children, drama, teen, comedy, allegory, female/male/blind/neutral casting

Those Jimmy Choo Shoes:
Sarah implores the principal to understand all of the terrible things that Madison has done to her, and how it has logically led to Sarah hitting Madison in the face with one of her Jimmy Choo shoes.
-Teen, dark comedy, female