Welcome to Monologue Mania- one new free monologue a day- for a whole year-and still going!
first year - Feb. 13, 2014 - Feb. 13, 2015
I've continued with a monologue a day until the spirit moves me to stop, so if you have any ideas for a monologue you want me to write, please let me know at tigerteam1@gmail.com.
If you just started this blog and want to read the earlier monologues-
To start at the beginning - Feb. 13, - click here.
For a list of the blurbs from each day, click here There are now over 500!
Help a playwright and get more great award-winning monologues - MonologueZone.com
If you'd like to write your own monologues, I happen to have a book for that -
How to Write a Monologue in 10 Easy Lessons (Well, maybe not so easy)
Thank you for your comments - and for liking and sharing this site. Wishing you much success!
first year - Feb. 13, 2014 - Feb. 13, 2015
I've continued with a monologue a day until the spirit moves me to stop, so if you have any ideas for a monologue you want me to write, please let me know at tigerteam1@gmail.com.
If you just started this blog and want to read the earlier monologues-
To start at the beginning - Feb. 13, - click here.
For a list of the blurbs from each day, click here There are now over 500!
Help a playwright and get more great award-winning monologues - MonologueZone.com
If you'd like to write your own monologues, I happen to have a book for that -
How to Write a Monologue in 10 Easy Lessons (Well, maybe not so easy)
Thank you for your comments - and for liking and sharing this site. Wishing you much success!
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Monologue Mania Day #511 The Shover (revised) by Janet S. Tiger July 8, 2015
This also has a touch of Comic-Con - and from what I understand, the crowds are even worse this year! Have a good time and stay unsquished.....
----- Monologue Mania Day # 163 by Janet S. Tiger The Shover July 25, 2014
The Shover
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved tigerteam1@gmail.com
(A Japanese man enters, dressed in a suit, with white gloves. He bows to the audience)
(Slight accent) Hello, I am very honored to be a guest on your esteemed Senior Channel. In Japan, the old are revered. It is a good thing to have a television show which also reveres the older people.
I am here to tell you about my job, to introduce the idea of my occupation to your country, because I feel it would be a good thing to use people like me in your cities that are crowded.
I am a....ショーバー a Shōbā.....in English, a shover.
I wear these gloves to keep the people clean, because I am very careful at my job.
When it is too many people getting into an elevator, or a train, that is what I do.
(He illustrates by pushing gently with his hands.)
That is the motion if there are only a few people left on the platform.
(He pushes harder, his teeth clenched now)
And this is what we do when there are more people......
(He now goes crazy forcing and shoving hard)
And this is what we have to do on cold days, when people wear too much of clothing!
(He is now almost in a flurry of activity, and he is breathing hard, simulates final shoving and jumping back as doors close)
It is a very unfair thing to say that babies suffocate as a result of my job, because this has happened to only a very few babies over many years. It is true some people can suffer broken arms, but it is really their own fault, they should not be carrying those heavy purses, and they should be prepared for the shoving - it is not a surprise.
And as for the missing and lost shoes, those are a cost of traveling by the train, just as you have a cost of gasoline in the car.
So now that you see how efficient we shovers are, I hope you in America will consider using us in your trains, and elevators, and at other events like conventions. I was just at your Comic Convention and the need for shovers is very great. Many more people would enjoy the lectures if you employ our services.
Thank you for listening to me, and I wish to leave with final words......
(He lifts a gloved hand)
........please shove it!
(He turns to go, marches off. He stops, looks back, bows)
Thank you.
(Now he exits. Hey, I had to shove in the last line -this is my blog!)
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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
This also has a touch of Comic-Con - and from what I understand, the crowds are even worse this year! Have a good time and stay unsquished.....
----- Monologue Mania Day # 163 by Janet S. Tiger The Shover July 25, 2014
The Shover
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved tigerteam1@gmail.com
(A Japanese man enters, dressed in a suit, with white gloves. He bows to the audience)
(Slight accent) Hello, I am very honored to be a guest on your esteemed Senior Channel. In Japan, the old are revered. It is a good thing to have a television show which also reveres the older people.
I am here to tell you about my job, to introduce the idea of my occupation to your country, because I feel it would be a good thing to use people like me in your cities that are crowded.
I am a....ショーバー a Shōbā.....in English, a shover.
I wear these gloves to keep the people clean, because I am very careful at my job.
When it is too many people getting into an elevator, or a train, that is what I do.
(He illustrates by pushing gently with his hands.)
That is the motion if there are only a few people left on the platform.
(He pushes harder, his teeth clenched now)
And this is what we do when there are more people......
(He now goes crazy forcing and shoving hard)
And this is what we have to do on cold days, when people wear too much of clothing!
(He is now almost in a flurry of activity, and he is breathing hard, simulates final shoving and jumping back as doors close)
It is a very unfair thing to say that babies suffocate as a result of my job, because this has happened to only a very few babies over many years. It is true some people can suffer broken arms, but it is really their own fault, they should not be carrying those heavy purses, and they should be prepared for the shoving - it is not a surprise.
And as for the missing and lost shoes, those are a cost of traveling by the train, just as you have a cost of gasoline in the car.
So now that you see how efficient we shovers are, I hope you in America will consider using us in your trains, and elevators, and at other events like conventions. I was just at your Comic Convention and the need for shovers is very great. Many more people would enjoy the lectures if you employ our services.
Thank you for listening to me, and I wish to leave with final words......
(He lifts a gloved hand)
........please shove it!
(He turns to go, marches off. He stops, looks back, bows)
Thank you.
(Now he exits. Hey, I had to shove in the last line -this is my blog!)
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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
1 comment:
Picturing him at Comic-Con. Haha!
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