29 Unique Monologues About Love...

With Valentine’s Day a couple weeks away, enjoy this collection of unique monologues all about love…Some characters are hopeful, wistful, romantic; some characters are jealous, scorned, lonely; and…one thinks he’s a klingon. So… Wherever you are at in the love-spectrum, I hope the season brings you joy, hope, theatrical creativity—and you can kick it all off with over 25 memorable monologues about love!

29 Memorable Monologues About Love…

AN ANGEL OF FORCED LOVE: Brian makes his case for how he thinks he can learn to love his girlfriend. Maybe it won’t be so bad…
DETAILS: Comedy, love, unbalanced relationship, male (female), around 2 minutes
A KLINGON IN LOVE: Arlen is just your average klingon at a Star Trek Convention and he wants to tell the world of his love for a star fleet officer!
DETAILS: Comedy, star trek, hopeful, romance, new love, around 1.5 minutes
20 MAGICAL MINUTES: Joffrey recounts how he met his lifelong partner in a truck engine. Her first impression of him was not good (she hissed at him!), but he won her over. Oh—and Joffrey is a raccoon.
DETAILS: Dramatic, raccoons, male (could be any gender), love and loss, grieving, missing love, 1-1.5 minutes
A NICE NIGHT TOGETHER: Samuel lays out the rules to his recent fling of what is going to make a nice night together, and what will make it a lousy night. He’ll stay if it’s the former. But he’s “audi” if it’s the latter.
DETAILS: Comedy (drama), male, selfish, around 2 minutes
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SEED: Alice has exciting news to share with her husband who is stationed abroad during WW2. She hopes it will be enough to bring him home safely.
DETAILS: drama/1940s, around 4-5 minutes
BLESSINGS: Ian confronts the whispered notion that it was a blessing that he and his wife did not have children before she died.
DETAILS: Drama, Male, death, longing, missing, lonely, around 2 minutes
CLAIRE, MY ECLAIR Andres begs Claire to forgive him from stealing from her family and give him a second chance.
DETAILS: drama/teen/comedy, male (female), apologetic, hopeful, second chance, crime, around 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
DINNER AT CANALE’S: 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, around 1 minute
FINGERNAIL HEART: Emily has a very meaningful gift to hand to her ex-boyfriend which she is sure will win him back: a heart she crafted out of his bathroom trash fingernails. So why is he backing away…?
DETAILS: dark comedy - female, 1.5-2 minutes
HEAD TO TOE: Sydney is on a zoom blind date during the Covid-19 lockdown. Then her jealous cat pees on the floor. Will her date wait for her to clean it up or it is a sign she should stick to isolating with her cat?
DETAILS: female, comedy, romance, blind date, hopeful romance, pandemic, covid lockdown, around 2-3 minutes. Can be performed on zoom or in person.
FORGIVENESS AND DEFEAT AT A POKEMON GYM: Benjamin has to convince Evie he didn’t know it was her pokemon gym he defeated.
DETAILS: Comedy/teen, male (female), romantic, hopeful, new love, apologetic, around 1-1.5 minutes
A BREAK FROM REMEMBERING: Cassie is grieving the loss of the love of her life, Owen, and she needs a break from the consuming grief that swallows up all the good memories she has of him.
DETAILS: Dramatic, female, lost love, grieving, around 3 minutes
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, around 1.5 minutes
MARSOPA’S TALE: Marsopa is the lone mermaid of her sea, but enjoys the company of her best friend and water-sister, a dolphin named Stone. But when Stone considers starting her own family, Marsopa faces the idea of being truly alone. That is - until she makes eyes with an intriguing fisherman... Now Marsopa must call into question the truth of mermaid and human legends, and decide what she is willing to risk for the possibility of creating her own fate.
DETAILS: drama, mythical, around 10 minutes, female, teen through adult, mermaids, hopeful love
MAYBE THE NEXT IOS UPDATE: Jealous Siri keeps messing with Estelle’s dating life! Will Dan believe her?
DETAILS: Comedy/drama/teen, female (male), jealousy, siri, artificial intelligence, dating, around 3 minutes
MARY’S EXPECTATIONS: Mary hates her fiance, but at least she’s getting married before her neighbors. Mr. Watts (that’s her fiance—they’re on a last name basis!) better make it worth it and meet her demands!
DETAILS: Comedy/teen, stylized, period piece, 18th century/1700s, Jane Austen, hating-your-fiance, marriage for money, loveless marriage, engagement, female, around 1.5 minutes
MORE THAN SANTA: Brandy has fallen in love with the mall Santa. But will their love sustain post December 25?
DETAILS: comedy, rom-com, dramatic, christmas, teen-adult, female, around 2 minutes
NOT JUST DERIVATIVES AND FUNCTIONS OR WHATEVER: Angelina can’t imagine how Dawson could possibly take math-loving Helen to the prom.
DETAILS: Comedy/teen, female, jealousy, “mean girl,” around 2 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
SECRET SANTA: Dan may have given Penny a lame Secret Santa gift, but he has some good reasons (no car, wife left him, Econolodge…) But most importantly, does the Christmas season give him a better chance of winning back his ex?
DETAILS: Comedy/drama, divorce, winning back ex, lonely, male (female), around 5 minutes
SINGLE CRUTCH: Ben needs to borrow a crutch asap. Why? It all started with impressing a girl, of course…
DETAILS: Comedy/teen/drama, marching band, crush, what you do for a girl, male, 1.5-2 minutes
STILL STANDING UNDER THE MISTLETOE: Will mistletoe work its magic for Larry when he sees his ex at a Christmas party?
DETAILS: Comedy/Drama, winning back ex, hopeful, second chance, romantic, around 1.5-2 minutes
THE BEST MARRIAGE ADVICE: Georgia offers a new couple advice on keeping children alive. She speaks from experience. around 1.5-2 minutes
DETAILS: Comedy/absurdist, marriage, having children, advice, female/male
THE HOTEL HALLWAY: Candace tries to make sense of her intense feelings after suddenly reconnecting with an old flame.
DETAILS: Drama, yearning, longing, female, around 1.5-2 minutes
THE NICEST WORST CLUB: Julie finds it difficult to accept help from the kind women who offer assistance while Julie’s husband is dying.
DETAILS: Drama/Comedy, death, missing love, longing, female (male), around 2-2.5 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, affair, around 2.5 - 3 minutes
THE PLUM-COLORED SWEATER Jasmine knows the sweater wants her. And she wants the sweater too.
DETAILS: Comedy/drama, yearning, longing, wanting, clothing-love, female (male), around 4 minutes
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, Christmas and allergies, around 2.5 - 3 minutes