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Monologue Mania Day #1085 Genesis (a one-act) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Feb. 1, 2017
Genesis
Genesis
by Janet S. Tiger all rights reserved
Genesis
©
by
Janet S. Tiger © All rights reserved 2015
Setting – simple set, bare stage
Characters – (in order of
appearance)
1 Female youngish
1 Male youngish
(A woman comes out. She
is barely covered - just the important spots. She is eating an apple.)
EVE - Mmmm,mmmmm,mmmm, this is good. I just love these, I don't care what he calls them, I think I'm giving it my own name.......John, Peter, Paul...Mack...that's good, a Mack apple. Juicy and delicious.
(She chomps down, finishes and throws the core away)
EVE - I wish we had something to put garbage in.... I hate to just throw stuff on the ground. Maybe that snake will show me where I can get a....what would I call it.....a garbage pail. That's a good name....I just love knowing things......what a great tree!
(She pulls another apple out of her skimpy outfit as Adam runs onstage, worried)
ADAM - Put that down! I told you to hide! We’re gonna be in big trouble, the least you can do is hide the evidence….
EVE - Mmmm,mmmmm,mmmm, this is good. I just love these, I don't care what he calls them, I think I'm giving it my own name.......John, Peter, Paul...Mack...that's good, a Mack apple. Juicy and delicious.
(She chomps down, finishes and throws the core away)
EVE - I wish we had something to put garbage in.... I hate to just throw stuff on the ground. Maybe that snake will show me where I can get a....what would I call it.....a garbage pail. That's a good name....I just love knowing things......what a great tree!
(She pulls another apple out of her skimpy outfit as Adam runs onstage, worried)
ADAM - Put that down! I told you to hide! We’re gonna be in big trouble, the least you can do is hide the evidence….
(He takes a good look at Eve, very
appreciative)
ADAM - Where’d you get that?
EVE – (Happy) This old thing?
ADAM - (Pulls himself back to reality) Look, are you
paying attention? Did you hear anything
I said?
EVE - If you don’t listen to me, I don’t have to
listen to you - a guy who’s short a rib!
Ooh, I think we’re having our
first fight…..maybe I should post it on Facebook….of
course with no one else around, how could a change in status make a lot of difference?
ADAM – (Pulling his hair) Oh, my
God! (Looks up) Sorry……Why did I have to eat that apple!
EVE - And stop complaining! Daddy won’t notice a few apples, there’s
plenty! And that snaky guy sure was nice. Okay, his skin was a little slimy,
but I'm sure that's just adolescence. And I don't care what everyone says, I trust
him. I mean, why do I have to
listen to some faceless voice? What did the snake call it when you hear voices? Schizo! I don't wanna be
that. Nope, we did the right thing eating these apples.....I mean, what could possibly go wrong when you put your
mouth on something that tastes
so good.....I have no regrets! Except I look like Daisy May in this outfit, but hey, maybe there's a
Nordstrom Tree Rack around here someplace.....
(She is about to take a bite, when a voice is heard, they drop down, start trying to sneak off)
ADAM -.Our father! Now we're in for it.......I betcha we get grounded!
EVE - Daddy'll never kick us out.....he just couldn't! Come on, I know a great place to hide…..under the bleachers….and the snake had some other great ideas……..
(They exit, Adam looking back and shaking his head. We hear sounds of oohing and aahing, and Adam returns, smiling, he is really a man now! Then he runs off, grabs a big package and walks off, sweating but singing. We now see Eve, walking slowly. She is now wrapped up a bit better and carrying a big pile of stuff – she stumbles and she is very annoyed)
EVE - I can't believe he did it! He thinks he's so big and powerful, ok, I get it! But I mean, who woulda thought? That he'd actually follow through! On his own children! Who does that? And such a stupid thing, to eat an apple and get kicked out! I mean it wasn't like LSD or anything serious! Boy, one tiny, little mistake....okay we disobeyed, but hey, nobody's perfect, right?
(She looks around)
EVE - And where the hell is Adam? How come I get to carry all this stuff? I hope this walking behind dragging everything is not gonna be a trend, because I don't like it.....
(She sets down the baggage and her coat falls open to show she is pregnant. She rubs her belly)
(She is about to take a bite, when a voice is heard, they drop down, start trying to sneak off)
ADAM -.Our father! Now we're in for it.......I betcha we get grounded!
EVE - Daddy'll never kick us out.....he just couldn't! Come on, I know a great place to hide…..under the bleachers….and the snake had some other great ideas……..
(They exit, Adam looking back and shaking his head. We hear sounds of oohing and aahing, and Adam returns, smiling, he is really a man now! Then he runs off, grabs a big package and walks off, sweating but singing. We now see Eve, walking slowly. She is now wrapped up a bit better and carrying a big pile of stuff – she stumbles and she is very annoyed)
EVE - I can't believe he did it! He thinks he's so big and powerful, ok, I get it! But I mean, who woulda thought? That he'd actually follow through! On his own children! Who does that? And such a stupid thing, to eat an apple and get kicked out! I mean it wasn't like LSD or anything serious! Boy, one tiny, little mistake....okay we disobeyed, but hey, nobody's perfect, right?
(She looks around)
EVE - And where the hell is Adam? How come I get to carry all this stuff? I hope this walking behind dragging everything is not gonna be a trend, because I don't like it.....
(She sets down the baggage and her coat falls open to show she is pregnant. She rubs her belly)
EVE - And this is no great delight
either.....I wonder how it happened….another mystery….well,
whatever is in there is kicking up a storm......none of this was my fault....if I'd had a good soap opera to
watch or maybe some HBO, I never would been
having a latte with that stupid snake. Well, I'll know better for next
time.
(She looks around)
EVE – Where is that man? I’ll bet he forgot to take out the garbage before we left….I guess the garbage is no big deal, it’s a big world, plenty of room for garbage…..Well, I'd better catch up with Adam, maybe he'll know what to do about whatever's happening in here.......maybe some Pepto Bismol will help......
(She grabs her stomach, almost falls to her knees)
EVE - Whoa, that was no kick.......that was......painful.......What a sensation! .But it also felt like, the beginning of something ......amazing........
(She struggles to her feet, taking a few of the items with her)
EVE -.......what should I call it this .....I cain't think of the word....CAIN, now that sounds interesting....
(She turns to leave, stops, looks back)
EVE ......maybe I'll be able to get through this after all......Able......
(She walks off slowly. When she returns, she is in a dark covering, her head is bowed. She comes and kneels, then lifts her head to the sky)
EVE - I know you told me that it would hurt to have these babies, but.....I didn't believe you. How much pain could it be? I watched the other animals, they give birth quickly, and, ok, maybe mine took a little longer, but it wasn't so bad. And the result! These beautiful little beings, made in our image! I felt ……just like you must have felt! Only.....a little more messy.
(She gets up, goes and starts collecting something off the ground. Rocks. Which she holds in one hand throughout the next)
EVE - And the joy when they grow, all right, some annoyance. They do not listen, they want to do what they want to do.......I'm sure you can understand that!
Then they pick a profession. I wanted Cain to be a doctor, but he picked farming, ok, like his father. We couldn't complain. I mean we did, but he pointed out that becoming a doctor was going to take centuries before there were any good schools, and the interest on the loans would just be prohibitive. So, a farmer he is.
And Abel, with those stupid, smelly sheep. Okay, they make nice warm clothes, but that constant 'baah, baah....... humbug! It gets to you after awhile..........
But the surprise was......(she chokes up).......where the pain really comes from in childbirth...it ain't in the giving birth.....it's.....how much it hurts when one of them....... dies!
You let us find out for ourselves....... nice plot twist.......
(She takes the rocks and puts them on a spot)
EVE -I tried putting dust on this grave, but it blows away. I think I'll just leave these rocks. They might last longer......
Although, there is no way those rocks will last longer than my love.....
(Adam enters, head bowed, sees her and goes over to put his hand on her shoulder.)
ADAM – I don’t think you should stay
here anymore….you might become a…(thinks)..a pillar
of salt…
EVE-
What the hell is that?
ADAM - What is what?
Oh the pillar thing….I got it from this….
(He pulls a book out of
his pocket, shows it to her)
EVE – (Suspicious) Where’d you get that?
ADAM – It was in the nightstand next
to the bed……but look, it’s all about us….and the future! There are some
wonderful stories……
(Eve looks, shakes her head)
ADAM – But it’s a best seller!
EVE - It’s no Harry Potter…….
ADAM - But it has great wisdom ….something for
everyone…..
EVE - That’s a lotta pages…..I think I’ll wait for
the movie…..
ADAM- That’s gonna be a few years….from what Daddy
told us, we’re not gonna live forever
anymore….
EVE - Oh, Daddy, he’s a lotta talk, but I know
he’ll change his mind sooner or later….and
show us how to splice genes and do DNA stuff so we can live forever again….
ADAM - Maybe down the road, but for now….we still
have one child left….maybe we should
focus on that….
EVE - That bum!
That murderous bum! How can you…
ADAM – (Talks over her) Still our son! He’s all we have…..one chance to get it right….so he can marry his sisters…..and
get this whole story moving again….. come
on honey, let’s go…back to the future….
EVE – Now there’s a good title!
ADAM - You’re right….if I can just find my iphone,
I’ll write it down…
EVE - iphone?
What the hell is THAT?
ADAM - I’ll show you, there’s this great store……and
what is this hell you keep talking about?
EVE – I dunno, the word just keeps
popping up, I think I got it from the snake…..
ADAM – Still talking about the
snake…..if you hadn’t listened to that snake….
(They start to exit, still arguing)
EVE - If I hadn’t listened? What about you, Mr. Still Forgets to Take Out
the Garbage?
ADAM - Will you ever let that go?
(She stops for a moment, looks back
at the grave, runs to touch it)
EVE - (A little teary) Maybe never……
(He holds out his hand to her, and
she comes to take it)
EVE - But it’s been a good life……
ADAM - Not just good, but the beginning……
EVE - A wonderful life……
(They exit holding hands as we
hear)
ADAM - Now that’s an interesting title…..It’s a
Wonderful Life…….
(They exit to a wonderful future)
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First posted Day # 670 Genesis by Janet S. Tiger Dec. 13, 2015
This is a mini-one-act from several monologues
This is a mini-one-act from several monologues
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1 comment:
A fun piece from beginning to end.
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