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Monologue Mania Day# 258 by Janet S. Tiger Frozen (opening) Oct. 28, 2014
Frozen (opening scene)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved
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(We
see a young man on a hospital bed, he is not moving at all, with all types of
tubes in him. The sound of machines
beeping. He suddenly sits up and the tubes
remain behind. He looks around, starts
to smile and jumps out of bed, now starts laughing and then, skipping. He looks at the audience,smiles.)
Pretty
good for a guy in a coma, huh?
Well,
watch this.
(He does a handstand/cartwheel.)
(He does a handstand/cartwheel.)
It's
amazing what you can do in your head. I
realized I have to talk to someone, and since no one can hear me speak, I'll
have to talk to all of you in my head.
(Points to the back) You, Coach Richardson - I could always talk with you about anything. And you gave me good advice. And over there (he indicates someone in the front) Aunt Ella, I'm gonna sit and have some cookies with you and make you laugh and laugh!
(He eats a cookie and bends over laughing)
(Points to the back) You, Coach Richardson - I could always talk with you about anything. And you gave me good advice. And over there (he indicates someone in the front) Aunt Ella, I'm gonna sit and have some cookies with you and make you laugh and laugh!
(He eats a cookie and bends over laughing)
And
I can talk to you anytime I want!
(He goes back to the hospital bed and points at it.)
(He goes back to the hospital bed and points at it.)
I've
been in there over five years now.
(Indicates the bed.)
At first, I wanted to die. You see, I cannot move a muscle. Interesting expression. But this is the situation -
(He illustrates while talking)
...I was 23, in good shape, just had dinner with my friends....(rubs his stomach) we had steak....I remember how delicious it was....and .I was driving home (indicates a steering wheel) I hadn't been drinking......but the guy in the other car was wasted .....................so... BOOM!
I wake up here, and when I try to move....nothing. But I can hear everyone talking - and worse, I can feel everything! Every bone that was broken, every time they jab me....I can feel the pain, but no one knows.
(Indicates the bed.)
At first, I wanted to die. You see, I cannot move a muscle. Interesting expression. But this is the situation -
(He illustrates while talking)
...I was 23, in good shape, just had dinner with my friends....(rubs his stomach) we had steak....I remember how delicious it was....and .I was driving home (indicates a steering wheel) I hadn't been drinking......but the guy in the other car was wasted .....................so... BOOM!
I wake up here, and when I try to move....nothing. But I can hear everyone talking - and worse, I can feel everything! Every bone that was broken, every time they jab me....I can feel the pain, but no one knows.
It's
kind of like being invisible...or frozen.
The only one who knows I'm still in here is my mother. She comes every day, and she talks to me,
and (this is hard for him) she tries to get them to understand that I'm still
in here.
But
no one listens to her either. Well,
they pretend to listen. But they're
humoring her, I can tell. They feel
sorry for her. Her only son, and he's a
vegetable and she's just watering him.
(Deep
sigh) The first few months I wanted to
die. I prayed to die. I prayed to reach my mother to let me die. And then I realized I was like a tree, only
not growing. A petrified tree. (Laughs a little)
And
then I realized that since people didn't know I could hear them, they would say
things and do things.
Like
Nurse Gonzales......(he bends over to indicate a little nurse, imitating her
voice).......Mister Bautner, I am going to change you now, please excuse
me. Ooh, you have a little doody
today.......I am going to clean it up and you will be all nice and fresh....
(Back
to himself) In some ways I feel like an
animal - people see an animal, but assume the animal doesn't understand. (Changes)
But what if the animal did understand?
What if he heard something that the person figured he never would be
able to act upon.....That's why I don't want to die anymore, you see....I know
something. Knowledge IS power. It is the power that is keeping me
going. It is the inner strength that now
has me praying to have my mother find a way to help me - rather than let me
die.
You
see.....someone told me a secret. Actually,
many people tell me secrets - most of them are very boring. The man who cleans this room for the last
year has a girlfriend in the pharmacy - and a wife in Mexico. The nurse who used to give me sponge baths is
addicted to soap operas. Everyone has a
secret to tell me - like I was a priest....a silent priest......it helped pass the time.....and then...
(he is remembering) ...then.....someone told me a different kind of secret. A very bad secret. They figured their secret was safe with
me! That I could never repeat it, because I..... never heard it.
But the person who told me had no idea that knowing this secret has inspired me to live so that I can.....(stops to listen) They're coming back...a nurse, a doctor, a janitor...a visitor? No, not after 5 years. Probably just someone to check my diaper. That's always fun. So ..... I think I'll get back into my body.
But the person who told me had no idea that knowing this secret has inspired me to live so that I can.....(stops to listen) They're coming back...a nurse, a doctor, a janitor...a visitor? No, not after 5 years. Probably just someone to check my diaper. That's always fun. So ..... I think I'll get back into my body.
(He moves towards the bed.)
What's
the secret? (Laughs loudly) Do you think you can get
away with hearing it in only a few minutes?
What has taken me years of being frozen to hear? (Holds up his arms) Okay, I'll give you a clue....someone
died....and no one knows it was murder....except the murderer.....and me....
(He
gets into the bed as we hear voices coming.
Blackout.)
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Frozen has another monologue - Day # 256
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Frozen has another monologue - Day # 256
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
www.JanetSTiger.weebly.com
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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