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Monologue Mania Day #927 Opening Scene (Caregivers Anonymous) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Aug. 27, 2016
This is the edited opening scene from Caregivers Anonymous
Caregivers Anonymous is-
-the recipient of a San Diego Foundation Creative Catalyst Program Fellowship grant
-sponsored by Playwrights Project and
-has a website now - CaregiversAnon.org
For other monologues from Caregivers Anonymous, please see Days # 268, 270, 271, 273, 284, 285, 286, 314, 317, 380, 412, 444, 454, 455, 456, 473, 474, 475, 476, 483, 484, 513, 514, 566, 569, 666, 692, 702, 714, 777, 778, 782, 783, 797, 802, 812, 813, 820, 869, 874, 881, 889, 903, 917 and today's 927
Opening Scene
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger
© 2016 all rights reserved
tigerteam1@gmail.com
(There is a circle of chairs, with a section open so that it feels like the audience is a part of the circle. The chairs are filled with people of all ages - from teenager to 80s - and they are talking together, laughing. Suddenly FRANKIE rolls onstage in a wheelchair and turns to the audience.
FRANKIE - You're
new! We always love a fresh
face! Well, actually, we love anyone’s
face because most of us have to take care
of someone ….and sometimes, just sometimes......we get really sick of looking
at that same face all day! Right,
gang?
(The group laughs and agrees)
And other times, we get really annoyed, like when our loved ones do stupid things, like diabetics who eat a chocolate cake for breakfast, washed down with a liter of Coke, of course! Or they have back surgery and are told DO NOT LIFT ANYTHING and they come home and what do they do?
(Encourages the others to join in)
THEY LIFT! Even though they know it could end them up BACK IN THE HOSPITAL! Or they refuse to take their medicine ...oh, yeah! Or they are now two years old inside their brain, but they have adult bodies and no one wants them running around outside… ……totally naked!
Now this doesn't mean we hate the people we love....it’s just …. sometimes we want to run away.......but we can't because we're all CRAZY! ...and.......we have some strange sense of duty ....or...maybe....love....... and that's why....we come here....
(She now stands up from the wheelchair)
(The group laughs and agrees)
And other times, we get really annoyed, like when our loved ones do stupid things, like diabetics who eat a chocolate cake for breakfast, washed down with a liter of Coke, of course! Or they have back surgery and are told DO NOT LIFT ANYTHING and they come home and what do they do?
(Encourages the others to join in)
THEY LIFT! Even though they know it could end them up BACK IN THE HOSPITAL! Or they refuse to take their medicine ...oh, yeah! Or they are now two years old inside their brain, but they have adult bodies and no one wants them running around outside… ……totally naked!
Now this doesn't mean we hate the people we love....it’s just …. sometimes we want to run away.......but we can't because we're all CRAZY! ...and.......we have some strange sense of duty ....or...maybe....love....... and that's why....we come here....
(She now stands up from the wheelchair)
FRANKIE - So now, we
welcome you to Caregivers Anonymous, where you can say anything
and it will be kept completely confidential
- where you can tell us what you are going through...because each
of us here is on the same journey, maybe at different places along the
path, but we can give you a heads up about where some of the potholes
are.....and how to avoid them without becoming a pothead!
(The others jeer at this)
(The others jeer at this)
Or a drunk, or suicidal......or ........sick.
(She spins the wheelchair on one wheel)
And this......this is the wheelchair of fortune! Everyone has a chance to sit here and tell their story. Why a wheelchair? Because it's a reminder that, no matter how bad it is to be the caretaker.....it ain't so easy for the ones we are taking care of! And when you are ready, you get to take a ride in it, and tell everyone why YOU are here.......
(The play begins)
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315 CaregiversAnon.org
JanetSTigerMonologueMania.blogspot.com
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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