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Monologue Mania Day # 1283 Two Enter...One Leaves by Janet S. Tiger (c) Aug. 19, 2017
Two Enter....One Leaves (c)
Although this is written for two actors, it can also be played by just one - am working on that version for tomorrow.
Two Enter....One Leaves (c)
(with apologies to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome*)
by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2015 all rights reserved
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by Janet S. Tiger (c) 2015 all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
Monologue
Mania Day #440 by Janet S. Tiger Apr. 28, 2015
(Two enter.....two dressed identically.....the color is not important, but the
identical is. The two hold hands, loosely. Or maybe they are
hugging a bit. They are like two peas in a pod....or two socks....about
to be....washed......)
Sock 1 - I don't like this.
Sock 2 - Me neither, not one
little bit.
(They move around a bit, being jostled)
Sock 1 - I heard about this back in
that dark place.....what was that thing we were in?
Sock 2 - (Scared) The
drawer.....
Sock 1 - Some of the others warned
me.....they said the first time was very frightening, the sounds, the smells!
Sock 2- Well, we smell, too....
Sock 1 - But not like that big
thing coming at us....watch out.....
(They jump out of the way, sock 1 protecting sock 2, they hold noses)
Sock 1 - Oh, my
goodness! That was.......very ....
Sock 2 - ........odoriferous!
Sock 1 - Why do you have to
use big words like that? You know I hate those big words! And I
couldn't bring a dictionary in here.....I understand they
use.......(whispering) water!
Sock 2 - Oh, no! Not
water!
Sock 1-
(Mysterious) And that's not all, I hear.....
(They stop, hold hands again, they react to a loud noise)
Sock 1- What is that?
Sock 2- I don't know, but it
does not bode well for us I think.
Sock 1 - Not bode well?
You've gotta be kiddin'! That sounds like.......
(They look around)
Sock 2 - Why is it so tight, with
all this other clothing? Why do we have to be washed with...everything
else?
Sock 1 - Don't be such a
snob, I did see a few gym socks over there .....
Sock 2 - Shhhh! Do you
hear that noise?
(They listen intently)
Sock 1 - That sounds like the water
in the sink, only much much closer.....
Sock 2 - Not boding well, not
boding well....
Sock 1- Shut up so I can listen!
(Tries to angle around, but they are packed in tightly)
Sock 1 - It's water all
right! And it's coming right in under our foots!
Sock 2 - Feet! I keep
telling you we are socks, so these are our feet!
Sock 1- I don't know what
kind of fantasy you live in, but only one foot goes in me! You have one
foot, I have one foot, two foots!
Sock 2 - Oh no, I am
starting to soggify!
Sock 1 - Is that even a word?
Sock 2- It is now!
We're going to die! I just know it! We are going to drown!
Help! Help!
Sock 1 - With all your big
fancy words, is that all you can say?
Sock 2 - All right....we're
going to expire! Our demise is imminent! Assist us we beseech you!
(Sock 2 stares at Sock 1 and then they look down, the water is rising, they
start to lose their ability to stand up and start slithering onto the ground.)
Sock 2 - Oh, aid us, give us
succor....
Sock 1 - Oh, shut up and
listen! The others are whispering that we won't drown, just get wet, that
it's a wild ride....one of the huge white things with holes at either end said
it's like a ride at a place called Disneyland.....whatever that means......oh,
no, we're almost completely......glug....
(They now go through the cycle of wash - sped up a bit for our theater audience
- they are slowly jiggled, agitated, then moved up and down and around the stage/washing
machine. The water drains out and they are scrunched on the floor, slowly
trying to stand, still shaking)
Sock 1- Whoa! That was....
Sock 2 - Intense!
Sock 1 - And this is a lovely
vibration.....I love a nice dance rhythm....
(The two socks sway together)
Sock 1 - I hope we can stay
together....
Sock 2- Why wouldn't we?
Sock 1 - I don't want to frighten
you any more than necessary....
Sock 2 - How could that even be
possible?
Sock 1- I heard a
....rumor......from the gym socks.....they are all the same color....white, and
some of
them.....(hard
to say) told me that not every pair stays together......that, there
are......oh, I hate to
say
the word....
Sock 2 - Accidents?
Sock 1 - You heard, too!
Sock 2- How could I help
hearing? Those gym socks love to scream! Two Enter, but only
one
leaves! What's to become of us!
Sock 1 - It doesn't have to be
us....we can stay together, just hold my hand.....
(They stop to listen)
Sock 1 - The water is coming back,
hold tight, my friend!
Sock 2 - I thought we were more
than just friends!
Sock 1 - We are, but this is
probably a life changing situation......there is some type of horrible.....oh,
I can't bring myself to say the word!
Sock 2 - Drain! And
since the water is coming up very fast, and this might be the last time we are together, could you please tell
me - what are we? Are we friends, or....lovers? And what kind of lovers? Are you a
rightie or a leftie?
Sock 1- What does that mean?
Sock 2 - Which foot do you prefer?
Sock 1 - I don't think I have a
choice......do you?
Sock 2 - So does that make
you......a homosocksuel? Or heterosocksuel? Are we uni-sock or metro-sock? Exactly what type of
sock are you?
(The water gets them, they swirl around, holding on to each other as they
toward the exit).
Sock 1 - After 25 weeks together,
in the factory, on the truck to the big warehouse, to the store where they bought us, does it matter?
Sock 2- Well, no matter what - I
want us to stay.....a pair.
Sock 1- So do I......maybe, we'll
be lucky, and we won't go down the drain, but if we do....at least, we can go down
together.......
(They hold hands and lean in together)
Sock 1 and 2 (together) - (Singing) It
doesn't mean a thing..... but even so....after 25 weeks, it's nice to know.....
(They exit, holding hands....having made it through the first wash together)
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Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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