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Monologue Mania Day # 152 by Janet S. Tiger What Inspired Me to Work in the Theater July 14, 2014
Monologue Mania Day # 152 by Janet S. Tiger What Inspired Me to Work in the Theater July 14, 2014
This was originally written last summer, but due to a gap in the time travel continuum - and the fact I changed some of it - I am using it as today's monologue. It is ripped from the headlines - and the heart - of my life.......
WHAT
INSPIRED ME TO WORK IN THE THEATER
A
monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(A woman enters. She is uncertain, as if not sure what
to do. There is a typewriter with a paper in it. When she
sees it, she lights up, sits down, reads the paper, scratches her head, then
smiles, looks at the audience.)
What
inspired me to work in the theater?
Interesting question.
But
I think the question would better be -
what DIDN'T inspire me?
I
have known since I was very little that I was a writer - but the theater made
sense because I hated to describe anything! What color are his
eyes? How big was the horse? How can I remember....but what they said…(she
shudders a little) that is carved into
my brain indelibly.
Sticks
and stones may break my bones, but words, that is what moves me. And
others.
The
pen is mightier than the sword - and when that pen writes words that others
speak, it is as if I speak wherever those words are heard.
Out
loud.
That
is what inspires. A theater. A crowd.
My
first play was too long. Four hours too long.
From the first page I knew - and I was so embarrassed
that I wanted to hide under a rock. But the group, Scripteasers, was kind
to me, and that kindness resulted in my next play being only 45 minutes - and
has won prizes and been produced all over the world.
My
third play - aptly titled Scriptease after the group which had not stoned me for my first mistakes - turned out to be my first production - a baby I was happy to see, the audience
laughing, crying, sitting on the edge of their seats. But the first time
I shuddered with delight was when the end of one of my plays made my
audience...gasp! It was as if I had been a magician. That is what I
aim for - to delight, to entice, to bring out a tear- or a grin, to make the audience gasp...and then
think. And maybe change the way they think.
That
is the goal. Because of publication, my work is seen and heard all over
the world - from Kennedy Center to Jakarta, from South Africa to
Saskatchewan. It is as if I can be in many places at once - and the
thought that not a week goes by (maybe even a day now) that someone doesn't
read or hear or see my work, gives me the inspiration to continue.
And
for inspiration now, I only need to read a newspaper, to hear a story, to feel
a joy or pain. The question is now - how will I find the time for all the
inspiration to become the plays others will hear. What is my inspiration? It’s simple.
The audience.
(She starts to type, lights dim. She pulls out the page and starts to
exit. Turns to the audience and smiles.)
That.....and I always wanted to be poor!
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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
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