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Monologue Mania Day #480 The Secret Room by Janet S. Tiger June 7, 2015
Monologue Mania Day #480 The Secret Room by Janet S. Tiger June 7, 2015
This was originally from a piece for THE MONOLOGUE ZONE, but I have revised it a bit.
The Secret Room
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights
reserved 2009
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(A
woman comes out onstage – she can be any age from 20s through….older)
For
years, I have had a dream that comes and goes – but it is essentially the same
dream. There is a house, and I know it is my house, but the house
does not look anything like any house I’ve ever lived in – it is neat, the
furniture is great, and as I walk through it….(she illustrates by walking
through the house)…..I am happy, but then, I see a room that I never realized
was there before.
It
is wonderful, and it has lots and lots of space and it will solve all my
problems of where to put all the extra stuff I have. And when I wake up, I feel fantastic! Like I’ve slept for years!
And
then it comes to me, I look around my house….where is that room? Then I remember, it was a dream.......and in.that dream the house was someplace
else! But where? And what did it mean that there is a secret
room that I don’t even know about?
(Conspiratorally)
Sometimes, even months after the dream, I walk around my house to see if there is some secret room….but
no, nothing.
And
so it went on for many years. And
then, recently, I started getting emails from people who have read my poetry
online. But I never put my poetry online
– I only shared it with my family and friends.
Some of the emails asked if I had a book of my poetry, and I had to say,
‘no’. But because so many had started
asking, I started collecting my poems, and typing them online. Someone told me I could scan the old ones,
but I don’t know how to do that yet.
And….(hard
to say) …I started writing poetry
again. It’s been a long time, but it
feels good. And now...(she holds up a
book).…I sold my first book. And they
paid for it! I mean, it’s wasn’t a
million seller, but for me, it was like…winning the lottery!
So
I kept writing my poems, and a lot of things came out in them, that I had never
really dealt with – and it was ......like cleaning house in a way.
And
I was just writing another poem, and I realized the name had to be….The Secret
Room. And as I was writing, I realized,
…. that the house..... was me – the secret room was that secret part of me that
writes poetry!
It
was almost the same as coming on that room .....only when I was awake, and it was
full of riches and happiness because it was …..not a secret any more.
(Starts
to walk off) And since that day, I have
not had that dream again. I guess I
haven’t needed it anymore. (Almost
offstage) What’s your secret room? (She smiles, exits, the end.)
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Janet S. Tiger
858-736-6315
JanetSTigerMonologueMania.blogspot.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
1 comment:
Wow. Beautifully done...Profound, even.
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