by Kimberly Mercado Setting: Interrogation room Character: LIORA, 20s, is a multi-racial young woman with a soothing southern drawl that evokes innocence. LIORA sits in a chair on a bare stage. LIORA That night child Jamal kept goin’ on an on about who knows what. I just made sure I looked like I’s listening real [...]
Posts Tagged ‘new writing’
MONOLOGUE: Liora (God’s Gift Of Light To Me)
Posted in Monologues, tagged drama, Kimberly Mercado, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on September 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
MONOLOGUE: Modigliani’s Muse
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, drama, Modigliani, Monologues, new writing, Norman A. Bert, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A fantasy on poems by Jacqueline Kolosov by Norman A. Bert Setting: Outside an apartment, on a little balcony, 12 stories up. Time: Late at night. Character: PETE, 50s PETE is in his pajamas, sitting in a plastic chair, smoking. PETE I get back from lunch, drowsy. Wander through those three rooms. My world. Mine? [...]
MONOLOGUE: The Red Head
Posted in Monologues, tagged artist's model, comedy, Deidre Dowling, drama, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Joanna Hiffernan, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Deidre Dowling Setting: An artist’s studio in Paris, France Time: Christmas Eve in the late 19th century Character: JOANNA HIFFERNAN, 25 years old, artist and model. For six years Joanna was the Irish mistress of painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler. JOANNA Do I want him to come? Well, I do…and then maybe I don’t… [...]
MONOLOGUE: Acts of Reconciliation
Posted in Monologues, tagged Catholic church, comedy, confession, Dick Curan, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Dick Curran Setting: A confessional box in a Catholic church, Newcastle, England. Time: present Character: DAVID, a well-dressed man, 45 years old DAVID (Part 1) Right. Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been…a very long time since my last Confession. Specifically? Shit—sorry, Father. Right, it’s over thirty years since my last confession. [...]
MONOLOGUE: Steel Roses
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, drama, Michael Monkhouse, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on August 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
by Michael Monkhouse Setting: Stage is empty except chair Time: Evening Character: SEYMOUR, a sad and confused teen SEYMOUR The Baron of Beef. Everyone’s favourite pisser, my favourite solution. Outside there’s a butcher’s and a vegetarian restaurant with the obligatory old bastard pissing up the side with his jeans ripped to expose his arse. When [...]
MONOLOGUE: excerpt from The Shining Path
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, Rahila Gupta, theatre on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Rahila Gupta Setting: Bare stage Time: Present Character: CANDIDA FORTESCUE, 40s CANDIDA faces the audience, wearing a white laboratory coat and sexy glasses, holding a test-tube in her hand and leaning against a makeshift counter. All the paraphernalia of a photo shoot, white umbrella, wires, lights, cameras. She talks to Mark, the photographer, while [...]
MONOLOGUE: excerpt from the play Family Ties
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, drama, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, Susan Hodgetts, theatre on August 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Susan Hodgetts Setting: Le Chabanais, a notorious house of ill repute in Paris. Time: 1927 Character: Adelaide Snape (working name VIVIANA), of English origin, now the Madame of Le Chabanais. The dying strains of a faded French song. VIVIANA, a woman of around 45 years of age, appears to be waltzing with someone, but [...]
MONOLOGUE: Empathy in the Rape Farm
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, drama, Monologues, Nathaniel Kressen, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on July 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
by Nathaniel Kressen Setting: a clinic in Perseverance, Wyoming Time: late 21st century Character: RACINE—female, teens, a problem child After years of consuming artificial growth hormones, the female population in America is largely unable to bear children. RACINE, a rebellious orphan still in her teens, is one of the rare few to test fertile and [...]
MONOLOGUE: Alleluia
Posted in Monologues, tagged Claire Booker, comedy, drama, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on July 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
by Claire Booker Setting: A bathroom, Yorkshire. Time: Wednesday morning. The present. Character: BRIDGET, a 40-year-old housewife. BRIDGET addresses the audience, her husband, Barry, is in the bathroom with her. He appears oblivious to her rambling thoughts. BRIDGET, in a towel, is getting ready for the day. BRIDGET Nineteen years in the same bed. Nineteen! [...]
MONOLOGUE: The Restaurateur
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, drama, Les Hunter, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on July 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Les Hunter Setting: A kitchen in an Indian restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queen, NYC Time: Now Character: THE RESTAURATEUR, a young Indian man; a chef (THE RESTAURATEUR is at work in his Jackson Heights eatery. He prepares a dosa.) THE RESTAURATEUR How to make, and serve, a Jackson Heights Dosa. Step one: Be born. [...]
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