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This is from an idea for a one-act Trich or Treat, started in 2010. See Day # 12
You Don't Understand!
©Janet S. Tiger all rights reserved 2015
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(A
teenage girl comes onstage, she is very angry and has a brush in one hand.)
I
told my mom, “You don’t understand!” and she just laughed at me. I told her, “I wish I had the hair I had
when I was 12!” and she just laughed
again and said, “So do I.”
It
is not fair! My hair used to be the envy
of the locker room – even my older brother, who is completely oblivious about
everything, noticed how good it looked!
So
what happened? I cannot stand to look
at myself in the mirror anymore! I used
to just wash my hair and dry it, and it was perfect. Now…..(holds up some strands, in
anguish) Ughhhhh!
(Quieter) That’s why I’ve started pulling out my
hair. I figure it’s better than cutting
myself. I tried that when I was younger
but people notice bandaids, and something got infected….and my Mom made me go
to a head doctor….(she shrugs) But
pulling out my hair, nobody pays any attention.
I
can even do it in public…..(demonstrates)
See? You didn’t even
notice…..(Sighs) I went online and there
are lots of us doing this. It’s called
trichotilomania…..and I’m on this blog and ….nobody notices until you get bald
patches. And then you have to get meds
and see a shrink…..I am not crazy about that, so maybe I’ll stop before I go
bald.
(Hard
for her) It’s just that my best friend
moved away and I have to go to summer school to catch up in math and my hair
used to be my favorite thing! We had so
much fun together, my hair and me – washing, curling, streaking…..and now….it
looks like poo ….mixed with straw!….I have tried EVERY shampoo on the
market! They all claim to make your
hair….(says it like in an ad)
soft…shiny …. manageable (back to
herself) BUT THEY ALL LIE! (Gets control of herself)….my Mom told me it
was hormones, and I just had to wait and everything would be ok. But that’s what she says about everything!
She
just doesn’t understand what it’s like….(very loud) to get old!
(She
storms off, the end.)
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Note - last month! Only 30 days to go!
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Janet S. Tiger
858-736-6315
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
1 comment:
So exciting to see the anniversary approach!
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