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Monologue Mania Day #543What Does it Mean to Be Gay by Janet S. Tiger Aug. 9, 2015
What Does It Mean?
(for The Senior Channel)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved 2015 tigerteam1@gmail.com
(The actor enters, perhaps a bit hesitant, comes to the center of the stage and peers out)
Whew! That's a lot of people! And I know a lot more are watching, but since I can't see them, I can pretend they don't exist.....that's what the speech teacher taught us in high school.....pretend there is only one person in the audience, and talk to that person.
Well, thanks to the Senior Channel, I can talk to all the people, all over, that I ever knew, and wished I had told.....that I was......(swallows hard) ....that I was gay.
There I said it.
(Stands up taller)
Wow.....I never thought that would be so freeing......even though some of the people I'm telling aren't watching......because, they're already dead. .....I wish I could've told them when they were alive, but....maybe better late than never.......and maybe they are watching......
I know I'm not a kid anymore, but since it's taken me a long time to do this, I think you might wonder....what does it mean to be gay?
Is it that you only love those of the same sex? What if you had a spouse of the opposite sex for years, like I did....., had children, like I do.....and then come out, like I am right now?
Are you less gay? Bi? What does it mean? Are we defined by who we love.....or how we love? And why are we defined by that?
Well, I have news, I have no idea. (Smiles) There, that was easy.
(Turns to leave, stops, looks back)
But the bigger question is.....what does it mean to....be?
(Exits to a new life..... with more questions)
Whew! That's a lot of people! And I know a lot more are watching, but since I can't see them, I can pretend they don't exist.....that's what the speech teacher taught us in high school.....pretend there is only one person in the audience, and talk to that person.
Well, thanks to the Senior Channel, I can talk to all the people, all over, that I ever knew, and wished I had told.....that I was......(swallows hard) ....that I was gay.
There I said it.
(Stands up taller)
Wow.....I never thought that would be so freeing......even though some of the people I'm telling aren't watching......because, they're already dead. .....I wish I could've told them when they were alive, but....maybe better late than never.......and maybe they are watching......
I know I'm not a kid anymore, but since it's taken me a long time to do this, I think you might wonder....what does it mean to be gay?
Is it that you only love those of the same sex? What if you had a spouse of the opposite sex for years, like I did....., had children, like I do.....and then come out, like I am right now?
Are you less gay? Bi? What does it mean? Are we defined by who we love.....or how we love? And why are we defined by that?
Well, I have news, I have no idea. (Smiles) There, that was easy.
(Turns to leave, stops, looks back)
But the bigger question is.....what does it mean to....be?
(Exits to a new life..... with more questions)
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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:
Beautiful!
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