Welcome to Monologue Mania- one new free* monologue a day- -and still going!
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 -
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!
----------------------------
Monologue Mania Day # 1451 That Was Me (for Caregivers Anonymous) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Feb. 3, 2018
That Was Me
That Was Me
(for Caregivers Anonymous)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved tigerteam1@gmail.com
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved tigerteam1@gmail.com
(Younger woman comes forward, looks at the wheelchair, shakes her head)
So tell me again why you were late?
You were..(disdain) taking care of someone?
So?
I mean okay it takes a little time, but you are an adult, you can manage your time, can't you? You just have to get up a few minutes earlier, that's all!
I take care of people, too, and you don't see me waltzing in here late, do you?
Yeah, I have two teenagers....so don't tell me your sob story ....here's the deal, if you're late again, you can just consider it early retirement and it's like a gift.....this way you'll be able to take care of your parents ALL the time! A vacation from work!
(Leans her head back and screams)
THAT WAS ME!
I said those things, more than once! God forgive me, I meant them, too!
And then.....just when my kids went off to college and my house was empty, it happened.
My mother fell down, and my father had a heart attack.
The Daily Double! And suddenly, I was the caregiver. Only child, with lots of too much attention when I was little, followed by now, too much attention that I have to give.
I had to quit my job, because I became the person coming in late. Coming in exhausted, because when I took my own brilliant advice and tried to get up 15 minutes earlier at 5:30 am, it started bumping into....when I was going to sleep!
So here I am, at a support group, because I told my doctor I was thinking about self medicating - oh, no, not drinking, but taking all the meds that my parents have to take and swallowing them at once, with a whiskey chaser!
And my doctor thought this group was a better idea......
(Turns to sit down, stops, looks back)
.....so, is it better here? Or just bitter like me?
(She sits. Lights down)
-----------------------------------------------------
* 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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315 CaregiversAnon.org
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
No comments:
Post a Comment