Saturday, December 30, 2017

Monologue Mania Day # 1417 Countdown by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 31 , 2017

Welcome to Monologue Mania- one new free* monologue a day- -and still going!
Today is Day # 1417!  To look at the other 1416 titles - click here
  first   year -  Feb. 13, 2014 - Feb. 12, 2015  second year -  Feb. 13, 2015 - Feb. 12, 2016  third year -  Feb. 13, 2016 -  today!                 
I've continued with a monologue a day until the spirit moves me to stop - if you have any ideas for a monologue you want me to write, please let me know at tigerteam1@gmail.com.
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 -   
Thank you for your comments - and for liking and sharing this site on Facebook, Google - with friends.  Wishing you much success!
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Monologue Mania Day # 1417 Countdown by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 31 , 2017    
                                 
                             Countdown
                                      ©Janet S. Tiger all rights reserved
                                                tigerteam1@gmail.com
 

           (The actor enters, dressed for the New Year, doing somersaults varied with cartwheels.  Stops right in the middle of the stage.  Smiles.)

Ten.....

            (Removes shoes and socks.  Turns another somersault)

Nine.  What a great year!

             (Cartwheel, then takes off jacket. )

Eight, seven six.....

             (Does three somersaults, takes off shirt)

Five, four, three......

             (Starts to do a cartwheel, removes pants, stops, now only in underwear)

Maybe I don't want the ball to drop this year.....maybe....I don't want to see it end.....

             (Does a half-hearted cartwheel)

Two......

              (Deep sigh, sits heavily)

Where do the years go?  I mean, just a minute ago, I was turning cartwheels, and now.....

              (Tries to stand, can't)

One........

              (Turns to leave, looks back over shoulder, smiles, starts crawling like a baby, giggling, happy, removes a New Year's blower thingy and starts blowing it)

Happy New Year!

              (Exits............and so does 2017!  May the New Year be a Happy, Healthy Year for all!)

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First posted Day# 322  by Janet S. Tiger Countdown Dec. 31, 2014

          For those counting, only 43 days left to this year of monologues!
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Member Dramatists Guild since 1983

Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8







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Friday, December 29, 2017

Monologue Mania Day # 1416 Where it Goes (for the end of the year) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 30 , 2017

Welcome to Monologue Mania- one new free* monologue a day- -and still going!
Today is Day # 1416!  To look at the other 1415 titles - click here
  first   year -  Feb. 13, 2014 - Feb. 12, 2015  second year -  Feb. 13, 2015 - Feb. 12, 2016  third year -  Feb. 13, 2016 -  today!                 
I've continued with a monologue a day until the spirit moves me to stop - if you have any ideas for a monologue you want me to write, please let me know at tigerteam1@gmail.com.
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 -   
Thank you for your comments - and for liking and sharing this site on Facebook, Google - with friends.  Wishing you much success!
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Monologue Mania Day # 1416  Where it Goes by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 30 , 2017    
      For the end of this year....wishing everyone a wonderful New Year!                                
                                                Where it Goes
                               A monologue by Janet S. Tiger   © all rights reserved  2015                                                                                       tigerteam1@gmail.com 

            (Onstage drifts the actor, in no apparent rush, smiling, without a care in the world)

Hello, I am so happy to see you!  I love being me!  I have the best job in the world!  What do you mean, you don't understand where you are?

You asked for it, with your incessant questions, your constant complaints, I'm surprised you have questions!  I'll give you a clue........see over there.....

            (Points into the distance)

That is the valley of wasted......and over there is very misty......misty water colored memories of course!

           (Lifts a bottle from a pocket)

And of course, this is the bottle......where some is kept.

          (Smiles and hums a bit of  'If I could keep time in a bottle' then waltzes  to another side of the stage)

Ooh, the beautiful clothing over there is .......all in a timely fashion...... 

      (Head falls, sighs deeply)

But beyond is the graveyard......where it has been killed....and just past that, wounds that have healed...or is it......the wounded heels!  

Guessed yet?

Yes, you have come to the land of WhereTimeGoes.......you asked for it, you got it!

That's why I am in no rush - ever!  Because there is always plenty of time here, because this is where time goes....after it has been wasted, and killed, and lost and misspent....piles and piles of it here....the sands of time......and I, you may have figured out.... I am the timekeeper....

          (Turns to leave, stops, looks back)

And, of course my favorite....time flies like an arrow......fruit flies like a banana!

           (Skips offstage leisurely......where did the time go from this last year?)
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First posted Day # 1416  Where it Goes by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 30 , 2017   


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* Note: A few words about 'free' -  all these monologues are protected under copyright law and are free to read, free to perform and video as long as no money is charged. Once you charge admission or a donation, or include my work in an anthology, you need to contact me for royalty 

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Janet S. Tiger    858-736-6315                CaregiversAnon.org
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983

Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8







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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Monologue Mania Day # 1415 The Secret Room by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 29 , 2017

Welcome to Monologue Mania- one new free* monologue a day- -and still going!
Today is Day # 1415!  To look at the other 1414 titles - click here
  first   year -  Feb. 13, 2014 - Feb. 12, 2015  second year -  Feb. 13, 2015 - Feb. 12, 2016  third year -  Feb. 13, 2016 -  today!                 
I've continued with a monologue a day until the spirit moves me to stop - if you have any ideas for a monologue you want me to write, please let me know at tigerteam1@gmail.com.
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 -   
Thank you for your comments - and for liking and sharing this site on Facebook, Google - with friends.  Wishing you much success!
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Monologue Mania Day # 1415 The Secret Room by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 29 , 2017    
                             The Secret Room
    This was originally from a piece for THE MONOLOGUE ZONE, but I have revised it a bit. 
                                 
                           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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First posted Day #480    June 7, 2015  Video here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH1-56cW0OA
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* Note: A few words about 'free' -  all these monologues are protected under copyright law and are free to read, free to perform and video as long as no money is charged. Once you charge admission or a donation, or include my work in an anthology, you need to contact me for royalty 

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Janet S. Tiger    858-736-6315                CaregiversAnon.org
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983

Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8








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