Welcome to Monologue Mania- one new free* monologue a day- -and still going!
At the beginning of each year, I remind everyone know how this whole crazy thing started - and to say.....thank you again, to all following, and to you, too, Grandma - couldn't have done it without you.
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if you didn't get yesterday's post, here it is again!
The Close (c) all rights reserved 2017
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, so if you have any ideas for a monologue you want me to write, please let me know at tigerteam1@gmail.com.
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- for a list of the titles and blurbs from each day, click here There are now over 1090!
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Monologue Mania Day #1097 Day 1 - again by Janet S. Tiger (c) Feb. 13, 2017
Today is a special day. Feb. 13, 2014. Thirty-five years ago, something happened that changed my life forever - my dear grandmother passed away, and I was with her when she died. I will write more about her throughout the upcoming year, but basically, her death was part of what started me on my path as a playwright - and since then, I have written many one-acts, full-lengths and monologues. For the last year, I've tried to write five minutes every day, which has resulted in new works including THE BOOK OF TEAS, TIME TRAVEL CAFE, TALES FROM THE CRIB and more.
Some of you reading this may have performed my work, like THE TOWEL LADY, or the 'Blood' monologue from TRANSFUSION which have been published and produced all over the world (including places as diverse as Jakarta and the Kennedy Center!) Since starting my first website a few years back - PlaysByJanetSTiger.com, I have also offered my new monologues to all actors - as a thank you, and to see how they would run on stage.
Actors have been very helpful - I have a great admiration for all those who stand on a stage to entertain. Without you, my words are just letters on a page.
For the last few years, I have wanted to see if I could write one new complete monologue per day - and today I made the decision that this is the time to start. So, I hereby make a commitment, and I am commencing on a journey to write, every day for the next 365 days, one complete monologue every day.
I realize that some days may come where I cannot do this - those who know me are aware that I have a lot of obligations (an 89-year-old father, a husband who had a stroke) but if I cannot do a monologue on a specific day, I will try to catch up by doing an extra one in the week following.
Each monologue will be able to stand on its own - I will have some for men, some for women, others where it won't matter which gender.
I am offering them to all the actors in the world for free for this next year - for all classroom assignments, auditions, and showcases where no tickets or donations are charged. And if you want to videotape, you hereby have permission (as long as you give credit and link to my website) and my encouragement. Please spread the word - my monologues have been done all over the world - these are new, and I would love to hear how they do. (And if you like my work, I have lots of tried and true monologues elsewhere on my sites - JanetSTiger.weebly.comand The MonologueZone.com among others.)
And a big thank you to my grandmother - my first inspiration, to all my family and friends, who have supported my writing throughout the years, and to all who come on this journey with me! I am going to start this year with a monologue called -
NAKED ON STAGE by Janet S. Tiger
Some of you reading this may have performed my work, like THE TOWEL LADY, or the 'Blood' monologue from TRANSFUSION which have been published and produced all over the world (including places as diverse as Jakarta and the Kennedy Center!) Since starting my first website a few years back - PlaysByJanetSTiger.com, I have also offered my new monologues to all actors - as a thank you, and to see how they would run on stage.
Actors have been very helpful - I have a great admiration for all those who stand on a stage to entertain. Without you, my words are just letters on a page.
For the last few years, I have wanted to see if I could write one new complete monologue per day - and today I made the decision that this is the time to start. So, I hereby make a commitment, and I am commencing on a journey to write, every day for the next 365 days, one complete monologue every day.
I realize that some days may come where I cannot do this - those who know me are aware that I have a lot of obligations (an 89-year-old father, a husband who had a stroke) but if I cannot do a monologue on a specific day, I will try to catch up by doing an extra one in the week following.
Each monologue will be able to stand on its own - I will have some for men, some for women, others where it won't matter which gender.
I am offering them to all the actors in the world for free for this next year - for all classroom assignments, auditions, and showcases where no tickets or donations are charged. And if you want to videotape, you hereby have permission (as long as you give credit and link to my website) and my encouragement. Please spread the word - my monologues have been done all over the world - these are new, and I would love to hear how they do. (And if you like my work, I have lots of tried and true monologues elsewhere on my sites - JanetSTiger.weebly.comand The MonologueZone.com among others.)
And a big thank you to my grandmother - my first inspiration, to all my family and friends, who have supported my writing throughout the years, and to all who come on this journey with me! I am going to start this year with a monologue called -
NAKED ON STAGE by Janet S. Tiger
(c) all rights reserved Feb. 13, 2014.
(A young woman comes onstage, she is beaming. She looks around and waves at the audience, she is exuberant..)
Hi! Hi!
I can't believe this! I have dreamed of being in front of an audience like this for years! My first show! What a dream! It's so real, it feels just like I am actually here!
Look at this! I know if I was actually awake, I would be SO nervous I couldn't even think straight, but wow, in a dream, I have all the confidence in the world....
Boy, is it warm ....I think this is the warmest summer we've ever had....it must be like 95 in here, even with the air conditioning!
But you know what, since, it's a dream, I could do something wild...I could....take off my pants......
(She removes her pants, starts laughing.)
I have had dreams like this since I was a kid - walking down the street with no clothes and no one pays attention!
But now, oh, this will make tomorrow so much easier.....
I will just float on....and will deliver my lines.....
(She throws out her arms as if she has finished a great oration, then bows.)
Thank you, I love you all!
(She takes off as much clothing as she wants......)
Oh, that feels fantastic! I'm free! What a fabulous dream!
(She dances around the stage, and then, when- hopefully- the audience is laughing at her or reacting in some way, she starts to notice them.)
Wait a minute....just wait a little minute....usually no one notices in my dreams when I have no clothes......
(She goes to the front of the stage, peers at the crowd.)
Oh, my God.....it can't be....I don't know....is it possible....that this is not a dream....
(She pinches herself and yelps.)
Aaaaahh!
(She now grabs her clothes off the stage, putting them on rapidly...and runs off, stopping to look back)
I hope this won't affect the reviews.....
(She exits, the end.)
(A young woman comes onstage, she is beaming. She looks around and waves at the audience, she is exuberant..)
Hi! Hi!
I can't believe this! I have dreamed of being in front of an audience like this for years! My first show! What a dream! It's so real, it feels just like I am actually here!
Look at this! I know if I was actually awake, I would be SO nervous I couldn't even think straight, but wow, in a dream, I have all the confidence in the world....
Boy, is it warm ....I think this is the warmest summer we've ever had....it must be like 95 in here, even with the air conditioning!
But you know what, since, it's a dream, I could do something wild...I could....take off my pants......
(She removes her pants, starts laughing.)
I have had dreams like this since I was a kid - walking down the street with no clothes and no one pays attention!
But now, oh, this will make tomorrow so much easier.....
I will just float on....and will deliver my lines.....
(She throws out her arms as if she has finished a great oration, then bows.)
Thank you, I love you all!
(She takes off as much clothing as she wants......)
Oh, that feels fantastic! I'm free! What a fabulous dream!
(She dances around the stage, and then, when- hopefully- the audience is laughing at her or reacting in some way, she starts to notice them.)
Wait a minute....just wait a little minute....usually no one notices in my dreams when I have no clothes......
(She goes to the front of the stage, peers at the crowd.)
Oh, my God.....it can't be....I don't know....is it possible....that this is not a dream....
(She pinches herself and yelps.)
Aaaaahh!
(She now grabs her clothes off the stage, putting them on rapidly...and runs off, stopping to look back)
I hope this won't affect the reviews.....
(She exits, the end.)
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if you didn't get yesterday's post, here it is again!
The Close (c) all rights reserved 2017
A monologue by
by Janet S. Tiger
(No actor, no pretense, this is me talking)
This third year of monologues draws to an amazing close in an exciting way as today I have been at the last rehearsal before the first public performance of my new play CAREGIVERS ANONYMOUS. Which started in this blog - one monologue years ago, added to over these three years, and now - a total of over 70 monologues! The seeds for a show that will be seen by audiences all over San Diego County - and maybe one day, the world.
And so, one year ends, another of monologues begins. There are those who think I'm nuts (other words heard to describe me - crazy - insane - certifiable) Yes, hard to believe, but they think to keep writing one a day for another year is a bit ...odd. Okay, everyone thinks I'm ready for the looney bin, but let's not quibble over numbers.....because the numbers here are simple - 3. Three years. If I look at the bigger number - 1096 monologues - it gets a bit more....well, bigger.
But it really all boils down to 1 - one monologue a day. Or a one-act that I use the monologues from for a few days. Or a scene from a play. One. The unity of one.
Which brings me to the question everyone is asking - how crazy am I? Will I continue for another year?
The answer - no.
There. Some will be stunned, others happy, most -especially my family! -relieved. But wait, there's more!
I have decided that....one year is easy. One thousand monologues (bicker about the specifics if you will, whether you subtract the duplicates or however you count the one-acts, it's a whole big bunch!) is now ....easy.
So I am no longer worried about getting to next year....oh, no, that would be.....too simple. My new goal.....one million monologues! There, I've said it. (I can hear the men in the white coats coming!)
But first, think about it. It took only three years for the first 1000 - to reach one million would take a thousand more three years. That's only......click, click, click goes the calculator in my brain, a bit slower than when I was 25, but still, that means only 3000 more years to go! And since an ongoing concept in my plays has been THE END OF DEATH I feel this is but a mere continuation of my theme!
And here's the bigger question - where will you be in a thousand years?
(I turn to leave, stops, looks back)
Still reading these I hope!
by Janet S. Tiger
(No actor, no pretense, this is me talking)
This third year of monologues draws to an amazing close in an exciting way as today I have been at the last rehearsal before the first public performance of my new play CAREGIVERS ANONYMOUS. Which started in this blog - one monologue years ago, added to over these three years, and now - a total of over 70 monologues! The seeds for a show that will be seen by audiences all over San Diego County - and maybe one day, the world.
And so, one year ends, another of monologues begins. There are those who think I'm nuts (other words heard to describe me - crazy - insane - certifiable) Yes, hard to believe, but they think to keep writing one a day for another year is a bit ...odd. Okay, everyone thinks I'm ready for the looney bin, but let's not quibble over numbers.....because the numbers here are simple - 3. Three years. If I look at the bigger number - 1096 monologues - it gets a bit more....well, bigger.
But it really all boils down to 1 - one monologue a day. Or a one-act that I use the monologues from for a few days. Or a scene from a play. One. The unity of one.
Which brings me to the question everyone is asking - how crazy am I? Will I continue for another year?
The answer - no.
There. Some will be stunned, others happy, most -especially my family! -relieved. But wait, there's more!
I have decided that....one year is easy. One thousand monologues (bicker about the specifics if you will, whether you subtract the duplicates or however you count the one-acts, it's a whole big bunch!) is now ....easy.
So I am no longer worried about getting to next year....oh, no, that would be.....too simple. My new goal.....one million monologues! There, I've said it. (I can hear the men in the white coats coming!)
But first, think about it. It took only three years for the first 1000 - to reach one million would take a thousand more three years. That's only......click, click, click goes the calculator in my brain, a bit slower than when I was 25, but still, that means only 3000 more years to go! And since an ongoing concept in my plays has been THE END OF DEATH I feel this is but a mere continuation of my theme!
And here's the bigger question - where will you be in a thousand years?
(I turn to leave, stops, looks back)
Still reading these I hope!
(I exit, laughing, to another 999,000 monologues to go! thanks for keeping on reading - hope you enjoy! And for those sticklers, you are correct, technically, it is 1,000,000 minus 1096= 998,904, but who's counting? Oh, wait...maybe I am.....see you tomorrow...)
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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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Congratulations and felicitations!
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