8 Dark Monologues About Love

If rainbows and heart emojis are not your thing around Valentine’s Day, sink your acting teeth into some of the darker places love can take you in these 8 darkly “romantic” monologues. From that smoking gun on the table to obsession to restraining orders, jealousies and a car wreck, love can lead you to strange places! Enjoy these monologues showcasing a not-so-rosy side of love.

Eight (8) Dark Monologues About Love:

DINNER AT CANALES
Boy, Vicky sure wishes her husband would tell her the lie she wants to hear…it would save them a lot of blood…
DETAILS: dark comedy/drama, female, jealousy, 1 minute

LOCKING THE STORE
Clark is so smitten with his beautiful customer that he just has to close and lock the store so they can be together.
DETAILS: dark comedy/drama, obsession, male, 1.5 minutes

FINGERNAIL HEART
Why doesn’t Emily’s boyfriend want to get back together with her when she’s offering him this amazing gift she’s made? It doesn’t make any sense! I mean…the gift is a heart made out of his fingernails…but that’s romantic, right?
DETAILS: dark comedy - female, 1.5-2 minutes

FIND ME
Yearning for her deceased husband, Elizabeth embarks on a chilling quest to bring him closer to her.
DETAILS: thriller, late teen/20s/30s, female, 1850s time period, around 5-10 minutes depending on performance and staging

TINSEL FOR CHRISTMAS
Stan is bleeding pretty badly at the hospital, but no one seems to care. Not even his ex-girlfriend he risked “everything” for...In fact, she’s kind of the reason he’s there…
DETAILS: dark comedy/drama, male, obsession, 2.5 - 3 minutes

THE OTHER “OTHER WOMEN”
Marian is not pleased to discover she’s not the only “other woman” in Patrick’s life. And he also won’t stop whining about the wine she threw on him. Ugh.
DETAILS: comedy/drama, female, jealousy, 2.5 - 3 minutes

PLASTIC AND FUEL
Devon has survived a car crash, but his wife doesn’t seem too pleased about the passenger who survived with him…
DETAILS: comedy/drama, male, cheating, 1.5 - 2 minutes

CUTTING DOWN THE MAPLE TREE
Kari is none too pleased about all the time her husband has been spending with the “maple tree.” Well, things will certainly change now.
DETAILS: dark comedy/drama/thriller – female - around 2.5 minutes