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Monologue Mania Day #130 by Janet S. Tiger
Meltdown (c) June 22, 2014
Meltdown
by
Janet S. Tiger
(c) June 22, 2014 all rights reserved
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(We
hear screaming offstage, wailing mostly, a faint 'Where is it?' emanating
from the wings. Then a girl emerges, her hair askew, wild-eyed, she looks
around wildly)
Where
is it? I know I had the cell phone with me when I came! I know it
because I remember talking on it and the teacher told me to turn it off!
And now I can't call it to find it! What am I going to do!
(She
looks some more, under things, behind things, in the audience under people's
chairs, all the while muttering)
I have
to show them I'm responsible! And this is really doing it! Are they
looking at me? I bet they are! I knew i shouldn't come to this
advanced class- they're all older and I'm just starting out....where is that
cell phone!
(She
stands and starts to shudder)
I can
feel it somewhere in this room- it is calling out to me! Oh, cell phone,
dear cell phone! Wherefore art thou dear cell phone? Foresake thy
hiding place and show thy plastic face! Puhleeeeese!
(She is
quiet now, listening)
Wait a
second, did I remember something? When the teacher told me to turn off
the phone, I turned it off and I was so embarrassed, I put it somewhere very
safe...let me think, where would that safe place be?
(She
re-creates the scene)
Ring,
ring, ring.....oh, no, Mrs. McKinley, I'm sorry.....(listening) I know I
promised to turn it off....(she is visibly embarrassed) ...I'll turn it off and
put it far away....I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Please forgive
me! Sorry class...I'll do better next time!
(Stops,
thinks, starts smiling)
Now I
remember.....
(She
smiles and skips offstage, then turns back)
Yes, Mrs. McKinley, I wrote this all by myself. And guess what? It was based on a true story!
Yes, Mrs. McKinley, I wrote this all by myself. And guess what? It was based on a true story!
(Exit.
The end.)
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Just made this in under the wire - because I
went to see a great show in Ramona - two lovely one-acts by Out of the Box Players - well acted by two wonderful casts and directed
by Juliana Stewart. Thank you for a delightful afternoon!
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
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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