Nerdalogues Assemble!

Casey McKinnon recites a sci-fi monologue for The Plague Nerdalogues.

My friend Marc Bernardin started a brilliant project last month where he assembled an amazing group of actor friends and colleagues to shoot famous genre monologues to raise money for charity. His project, The Plague Nerdalogues, had a successful first launch with big names like Phil LaMarr, Tricia Helfer, and Jonathan Frakes raising over 16K for No Kid Hungry, and today he launched a second wave to raise money for Black Lives Matter. I am happy to announce that my monologue has just been posted along with many awesome others. To watch, go to theplaguenerdalogues.com and donate as little as $10.

I’m so glad to be a part of Marc’s project. We all feel so powerless right now, and it is empowering for us to use what powers we have to do good in the world.

So which monologue did I choose? Since I had already recorded my beloved Conquest of the Planet of the Apes monologue a couple of months ago (on Instagram), I decided to learn a new one. I have always admired the monologue Captain Benjamin Sisko gives in the crescendo of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s season six episode “In the Pale Moonlight,” so it was an easy choice. I did what I could to make it my own while maintaining the humanity that the writers brought to the character before Avery Brooks so skillfully executed it. I hope you enjoy my new rendition as much as I enjoyed working on it.

And make sure you check out all the other great monologues when you’re there. I especially adored Jessie Graff’s Batman & Robin, Brea Grant’s quirky 12 Monkeys speech, Yuri Lowenthal’s roaringly hilarious Bane, David Ramsey’s chillingly delightful take on Misery, and Rekha Sharma’s beautifully connected Valerie from V For Vendetta.

Thank you in advance for supporting this important cause with us!

Update (6/17/2020): Lin-Manuel Miranda has joined the fun by contributing a monologue of Admiral Adama from Battlestar Galactica. If you have already contributed, you can go back to the site and watch it. If not, what are you waiting for?! ;)

Update (7/7/2020): After successfully raising over $50,000 for Black Lives Matter, Marc has made the whole site free for all! You can now watch all the nerdy monologues you wish… and if you feel inclined to still donate and help a good cause, we’d love you to drop something in the tip jar on the site. Click here to see the monologues!

Master actor Avery Brooks in the original scene from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.