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Apr. 25, 2014 Day #72 Monologue Mania
My Favorite Present
by Janet S. Tiger
© 2014 all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
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(A woman skips onstage - she can be of any age, but when she skips onstage, she
is five years old, and she is very happy)
(Singing)
Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday to me! Happy Birthday dear
meeeee, Happy birthday to me!
Oooh,
I just love my birthday! It is the best day of my whole life!
It is better than Christmas, because....(not as happy) I have to share
Christmas with the baby Jesus......(back to happy) .....and I suppose the
presents are nice, but on my birthday it's all about ME!
(She continues to skip around.)
Have
you figured out yet, that today is (shouts) My Birthday!
(Throws open her arms)
And I am going to be FIVE!
(She counts
on her fingers)
One, two, three, four….FIVE!
And I get to go to real school, and that is going to be SO
much fun!
I can hardly wait for this afternoon! We’re going to have a party, and I am going
to get my favorite present of all time!
Can you guess? It’s a bicycle!
(Holds her
arms around herself and whirls around)
Oooh! I have wanted a
real bicycle since I was a baby!
(More serious) Not
one of those …(says it with disgust)…TRI-CYCLES!
I am not a baby! I
want a real bicycle! One with training
wheels that get taken off! One with blue
stripes!
(Looks at
the audience)
Oh, Aunt Hattie, I didn’t realize you were here! Did you come for the party?
(Listens)
What?
What do you mean, momma had a baby? Last night?
(Suddenly realizes) Is Momma ok?
(Listens, relieved) Oh,
good! (A bit deflated) I don’t understand.
(Less happy) …. we
already have a baby, my brother, Luke, doncha remember?
……..(Back to herself)
….I don’t remember much about when Luke came, I was little then, I still
had to ride a….Tri- cycle.
(Listens)
(Disappointed) So,
Momma won’t be here today? Oh, that’s
too bad…….but what about the party?
(Listens, relieved) Oh, thank
you, Aunt Hattie! My party is so
important!
(Listens,
getting very upset)
What do you mean my birthday present is a new baby? I don’t want a new baby! All babies do is cry and I have to be quiet
so I don’t wake him up, and Mommy and Daddy are too busy for me! And anyhow, I was supposed to be getting a
bicycle! (Almost in tears) I want a bicycle!
(Looks at
the audience, listens, relaxes)
Okay, I won’t worry…too much. I mean, how many babies do we need? That will make….
(counts on
her fingers)
One, two babies……(wails) .and I don’t even have one bicycle!
(She now
changes – if the actress wants, she can remove a sweater to reveal a party
dress, but the easy way is to take out a birthday hat and strap it on, it’s
party time….she is listening, others are singing to her, she mouths the words,
very happy)
(Quiet) Happy
Birthday to……me!
(Jumps up
and down – blows out the candles)
Let’s open the presents!
I don’t care about the cake today!
(She rips
open the packaging, throwing things to the side.)
Very nice, very nice…….
(Looks
around, isn’t there anything else?)
(Disappointed) Is
that all? I thought……that….well…..
(Her head
slumps, then picks up)
Where are you going, Aunt Hattie?
(She starts
jumping up and down)
Is that for me? Oooh….it’s
just what I wanted!
(She holds
the bicycle, down on her knees and wraps her arms around it)
It’s the most beautiful thing in the whole wide world! I love it!
I’m gonna keep it forever!
(She
‘rides’ it around the stage in ecstacy.
Looks to the audience)
Can I sleep with it?
(Sad)
But I love it so much!
(Thinking) Will Daddy
be able to teach me how to ride today – without the training wheels?
(Looks
around.)
Where is Daddy? I
mean this is a special day!
(Listens)
Mommy’s home! Yeah! Maybe she can teach me how to ride this
bicycle!
(Listens,
disappointed)
Oh, she’s in bed…….can she teach me later. When she gets out
of bed?
(Listens) What? Another present?....But I have everything I
want…..
(Looks into
audience.)
Oh. My new……(surprised)……sister?
(Holds out
her arms a little reluctantly)
Okay, but then I’m gonna go out and start riding my
bicycle…..
(She holds
the new sister…..gingerly at first, then less so, then she is bored)
Can I go play now?
(Listens,
she just wants to go)
Yes, she seems nice…..
(Turns to
go, is called back)
(Sincere) Thank you, God,
for Mommy being all right….(less sincere) and for my new sister, and
….can I go now?
(As she
leaves, she is joyous, taking her bike)
This is the best birthday of my whole life!
(She takes
off the party hat, and puts on a mature jacket, she is now an adult)
And it was…….. because that bicycle lasted for years!
And now, I have a slightly better bicycle….and I am looking
forward to using it, this weekend for the Pedals for the Cause, because we’ve
been lucky, my dear sister, you and I and our children are healthy and strong -
but others haven’t been so lucky, so off we ride! Thank you Senior Channel for letting us spread the word on such a good cause.
(She starts
to leave, then turns back)
(More serious) I may have loved that bicycle.....and I sure love my new 10-speed!... But you…..(chokes up a bit)….you were and are .....the
best present, and, on our birthday, I am sending you this Happy Birthday - Happy Birthday twin!
(She exits, we hear her singing lightly - 'Happy Birthday to us....' The end - but we also need to see an end to cancer, so please support Pedal the Cause San Diego)
Thank you!
Janet S. Tiger 858-274-9678
www.JanetSTiger.weebly.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
www.JanetSTiger.weebly.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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