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Places Everyone!
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Monologue Mania Day # 1407 Places Everyone! by Janet S. Tiger (c) Dec. 21 , 2017
a monologue by Janet S. Tiger (c) all rights reserved 2017
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(The actress comes onstage tentatively, but when she sees the audience, she smiles)
Places everyone!
Places everyone!
My mother gave me two great tips - one was about neatness -she was a big fan of neat!
(Quoting) A place for everything and everything in its place
But what if you spilled something and it wasn't neat anymore?
What if - you make a mistake? Easy...you make a mistake, you say.... whoops!
However, her little helping tips did not help with becoming me. Maybe if she hadn't died when I was seven, but it wasn't her fault. She was in the wrong car at the wrong time. (Sad) Whoops....
So I grew up not really knowing who I was. I was a half orphan. But that is not exactly a defining characteristic.
Then I got put into a drama class in seventh grade. I hated it. I hated talking in public. I was scared. Always.
And then I got cast in the school play. Everyone was cast, and I begged for a smaller role and the teacher said there was no smaller role than saying one word.
The word - ....could I remember it? Could I ever forget it? The word was ....Hello.
After that, others did the talking. The big night came. I was petrified, my father and brothers were in the audience. And so was everyone else. Could I remember my one word? Hello. Hello. I practiced to myself for hours.
Then the moment came. My stomach felt as if it had bubbles in it! And the lights! So bright! And the silence as I made my entrance! It was deafening!
And I didn't see that someone had spilled some water right where I was about to walk. And I stepped in it, and....I
And I fell down. The audience gasped.
And I hadn't even said my one word!
I was mortified and then I heard my mother's voice and I said.....
Whoops!
And then, something happened that changed my life forever!
The audience laughed, and they didn't just laugh, they roared they loved it..... they loved ME!
And in that moment I knew my place in the world.
On stage
So here I am
Places everyone!
(She turns to leave, stops, looks back)
Thank you...Mom....
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Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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