by Ethan Kanfer SETTING: A bar and grill TIME: Night CHARACTER: BERYL, female, 40’s, British accent. (BERYL sits at a table talking to an unseen friend. She is drinking a margarita, not her first of the evening.) BERYL No, I don’t have a thing for him. I mean, I don’t have that kind of a [...]
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MONOLOGUE: Where’s the Blitzkrieg?
Posted in Monologues, tagged drama, Ethan Kanfer, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on July 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
MONOLOGUE: On the Window Ledge
Posted in Monologues, tagged drama, Ella Carmen Greenhill, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Ella Carmen Greenhill Setting: A bed. Time: A cold February afternoon. Character: HOLLY, late 40′s. Beautiful and tired. (HOLLY sits. She wears a white dressing gown.) HOLLY “You look nice”! “You look nice”? What sort of rubbish last words are they? If they are my last words, which to be honest with you, I [...]
MONOLOGUE: Griselda
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, drama, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, Richard Ballon, theatre on June 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
by Richard Ballon Setting: A cluttered kitchen in a small apartment in Queens, New York City Time: The present Character: EVA SUCICH, 50-year-old lesbian, first generation American of Croatian descent. EVA speaks to her lover. EVA I told you honey, this finger is off limits. You can’t put it in your mouth. I’ve got this [...]
MONOLOGUE: The Loser
Posted in Monologues, tagged drama, Kim Wiltshire, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Kim Wiltshire Setting: TOM’s bedroom, England Time: present, mid-morning Character: TOM, 41 years old TOM sits on a ruffled bed, he is stuffing clothes into a bag. He wears dirty pajamas and has blood dripping out of his nose and lip. TOM (sings) Forty-one today, forty-one today, he’s got a smack in the face, [...]
NEWS: Summers of yore and yet to come, as ruminated by guest editor, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Posted in News, tagged F. Scott Fitzgerald, new writing, summer, The Good Ear Review, Zelda Fitzgerald on June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
F. Scott Fitzgerald, writing between Highballs “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” I wrote that. From my novel Gatsby: Among Ash-Heaps and Millionaires, The Great. [...]
MONOLOGUE: Her Career Talk
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, Monologues, Natalie Smith, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on June 6, 2011 | 6 Comments »
by Natalie Smith Setting: An office in a university careers department, England. Time: Morning, present day Character: CYNTHIA, age 54, soon-to-be-redundant careers adviser. CYNTHIA wears voluminous flared trousers and a tee-shirt bearing the words: “Loose Cannon.” She sits on a chair talking to a student. CYNTHIA Don’t be formal. Call me “Cynth.” I’m here to guide. To [...]
MONOLOGUE: Bunny-Boy
Posted in Monologues, tagged Bunny-Boy, comedy, Marijana Cosic, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Marijana Cosic Setting: Children playground in the local park Time: Daytime Character: BUNNY-BOY, 28 years old A silent girl is playing in the sand somewhere in the back of the playground. She is building a sandcastle and she doesn’t take notice of her surroundings. Centre stage is BUNNY-BOY, with rabbit ears attached to his head, a [...]
MONOLOGUE: Eariwig
Posted in Monologues, tagged Ann Harvie, drama, Eariwig, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Ann Harvie Setting: National Health Service GP’s surgery in a run-down area of Glasgow, Scotland Time: Mid 1960s, near the end of the evening Character: ELLEN MACKENZIE, 46, an unmarried home help, originally from Sutherland but working in Glasgow. ELLEN, prim, upright and respectable, sits in the uncomfortable surgery chair, telling the doctor, for [...]
MONOLOGUE: The Perfectionist
Posted in Monologues, tagged comedy, drama, Katherine H. Burkman, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, The Perfectionist, theatre on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Katherine Burkman SETTING: A room or an empty stage. TIME: The present. CHARACTER: ROGER, a man in his 20s or 30s ROGER speaks to the audience. He is dressed to perfection. ROGER I have heard that one is allowed to make 26 mistakes a day. On bad days, one is allowed to make 50. [...]
MONOLOGUE: I’m Fine
Posted in Monologues, tagged drama, Kate Berneking Kogut, Monologues, new writing, plays, playwright, playwriting, theatre on May 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
by Kate Berneking Kogut Setting: bare stage except for a table and chair Time: present Character: Older ANNIE, middle-aged A pool of light surrounds Older ANNIE. OLDER ANNIE I don’t remember the first time he hit me. Wouldn’t you think I’d remember something like that? The physical? That’s over for me. But the other…? Why [...]
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