Workshop 2Q MONOLOGUES

Please Forgive Me: (JESSE talks to his girlfriend about how bad he
feels over speaking to her so poorly.

• JESSE: I didn’t mean to make you feel insignificant. I feel so horrible about it that I would rather cut
off my arm but it wouldn’t even come close to how I feel about it all. I didn’t mean to make you cry and
get you upset, Jule. When I think of us, I think the world of you and I’d be nothing without you by my
side. You give me the kind of strength that I need and the courage to do the things I do because you
believe in me so much. I wouldn’t have this confidence and I’d be filled with doubt…I wish I could
hurt myself worse in some way because you were right, you stood by my side and didn’t deserve to be
spoken to that way.
Underwhelm : explores a woman who is numb to life because she is absolutely bored stiff with her surroundings and everything in it.

WILMA: I’m underwhelmed. Nothing impresses me or excites me. I am amazed by nothing. Numb…I’m numb to
this world and everything that’s in it. I go through life with one face that doesn’t move. I never smile, cry, laugh,
frown. I’m a hollow vessel and my thoughts are empty.
Yeah.
My friend tells me I should seek adventure. I tell my friend that there is nothing adventurous to seek. I work in the
mail department. I do the mail. Meet all kinds of personalities and I’m immune to the happy people, stressed people
and idiot people.
An invisible shield has enveloped my being and my eyes are clogged with fog. Nothing reaches me and I reach
nothing.
Existence is only breathing…silently.
Typical Teen: SHADIRA confronts her Mother about the pressures she
has in her life and how she needs more support and understanding.

SHADIRA: I’m trying. It’s not always as easy as you think. I have so much going on in my life and I can only do so much. I
know you think I’m Wonder Woman, I know how things look to you and everybody else on the outside, but I’m still only
sixteen and sacrificing so much of my youth for what I want in my life.
I get that this is what I want and I’ve brought this upon myself. You are right, this is what I want but you can’t continue to
burden me with things you need me to do for you. I don’t have time to run to the store on the way home from practice, when
I have exams and homework on top of it all. I don’t have time to have hour-long dinners with you and the family, or do
chores or any of the things that all the other girls my age do…I can’t even date anyone or go to house parties or any of it.
(beat)
It’s not that I don’t want to do those things, well, I can do without the chores, but I need to be disciplined and fully
committed to figure skating. You know this Mom, you know what this means to me. Please try to understand me better. I’m
not your typical teen.
Sly Statements: Melanie has a discussion with her boyfriend about how he
makes her feel less as a person.

MELANIE:  When you speak to me sometimes…we can be talking as simple as we are talking to one another right now…you say
things in such a way that is so insulting but yet you do it with such subtlety.  It hurts me.  To put me down makes me think about a
certain someone and I really don’t want to tell you who because I’m not ready for that but when you say things on the sly, you are
putting me down and I cannot be with someone in my life who does that to me, especially as frequently as you.
(cutting him off)
Leo, listen to me…listen to me, please.  This is important and I don’t want you to defend yourself with excuses.  What I’m saying you
really need to listen to…I don’t know if you have something against me or if you think I’m dumb or less educated than you are or
whatever you have going on but I will not tolerate your indirect insults anymore.
(cutting him off again)
You know what I’m referring to…ALL the times you say something real slick, instead of just coming out with it directly, which makes
it even worse for me…
—I’m telling you now because I do love you and I do want us to be together…if you can’t stop condescending me, I will walk.  I do
not want to be with someone who doesn’t love me for me.  I want to be treated with the love and respect I deserve.
Stop Playing the Victim: Sally visits her best friend and is yet again met with
her friend’s negative attitude that she is sick of dealing with for so long .
Sally: I’m trying to understand something. Why is it that when I talk to you about things that make me happy
you always get down? Whenever I talk to you about things that upset me, you always get so involved.
Do you want me to be miserable in my life? I feel as though the only way for us to have any relationship is
when things are bad. I don’t want things to be bad. I want to talk about good things. I want to hear you tell me
good things. Why is that so hard for you? Do you realize that every time I come over here you have nothing
nice to say. You are always complaining and moaning about your work, your boyfriend, your family, your
apartment…you never have anything happy going on it seems.
It’s like the only way you can exist and communicate is by raging against something. Doesn’t that exhaust you?
It takes more energy to be miserable than be happy. Try being happy and stop playing the victim all the time.
Far Enough: Matt tells his mother the truth about why he hasn’t
been going out with his friends all summer long.

MATT: Felix did something that can put him in jail, Ma…something bad and…the other fellas went along with it, but
I didn’t, but, I’m not proud of myself for runnin’…I could have done something to help or to prevent the situation from
gettin’ outta hand…I got as far as Maxine’s Pizzeria before I turned back…but by the time I got back there…it was too
late…
I should have stood up to Felix and I hate myself for not…not doing the right thing when I could have. I could’ve taken
him down with one shot…

When I saw her face, I, I tried to make her feel better, but she thought I was one of them and screamed at the top of her
lungs at me and ran, she ran away and the other guys didn’t even turn around. They just laughed and kept walking
further away. I was left there alone, wonderin’ what the hell just happened and I’ve decided to stay alone ever since.
Thin Ice: Kyle has just left detention and quickly makes friends with Scarlet as they
walk towards home together.

KYLE: People out here seem too be busy with their own lives. Nobody really cares to take
any interest in me and I don’t blame them. I’m the new kid, right? And whenever someone
does have anything to say to me it’s always some dumb random question like, ‘Are there a
lot of shootings in Queens?’ Stuff like that, that doesn’t make any sense. Like where I’m from
has this bad reputation or something and it’s nothing like that at all, you know, it’s just a
regular place, no different than out here except for the fact that people from my town like
to talk and it feels more like a family community vibe, can’t explain it, but it’s like you’re
surrounded by one big family. Out here, you never know what you’re walking into. Maybe
that’s cause I’m not familiar with things, but it seems lame in comparison.
Whispers of Trees: Shelly talks to her boyfriend Nate about the pressure he
puts on himself to be something more than what people expect.

SHELLY: Listen, I wasn’t trying to talk trash about your brother. He’s not perfect, none of us are and you should be thankful that you are
nothing like him because you are you. That’s what makes you Nate, that’s why people like you, you’re real, you’re just on another path,
finding yourself, you know? There ain’t nothing wrong with you.

…We all just try and find our way right now, if you want know what I think, I think your bro grew up too soon, he’s one of them kids that
get successful too early and doesn’t know what the hell to do with the rest of life, you know? But we, look at the times we’ve had, I
wouldn’t trade them for anything, would you? Come on, Nate, we might not be scholar kids, we’ve barely gotten through these years, but
we’ve had some damn good times and I don’t see any kind of grand success bigger than those moments.

I’m not saying dreams aren’t important, yeah they are, ambition, dreams, what we wanna become, blah blah…it’s all important, alright
but life and living is too, can’t forget that. You’re gonna hit your mark, Nate, might not be right now but you’re the kind of man that, that
if you wanna do something, you will, just in your own time, on your own terms and that’s, that’s alright…
Invisible Roads: Jud expresses how badly she needs to escape the town
she’s growing up in before it’s too late.

JUD: Hate this town so much. I wanna break it open! This ain’t where I’m supposed to be. This ain’t it.
I’m too smart for this place. I was born for somethin’ else, that makes no sense where we’re at. Like
talkin’ to a bunch a donkeys round here. Sick a this man. Sometimes I wanna run through everyone I see,
so they feel me. Feel what I feel. How can anyone just accept this way? Looking at the people we know,
they all look the same, they all look lost, depressed, like they’re settling in, like this is it, like they’re
waitin’ to die! But I’m not gonna settle, not gonna be walkin’ these roads forever. Lost. Hell, no. Hell—I
aim to go out there, past those ends (pointing), showin’ my face to new people, hoping my own face
changes, cause, you know, I ain’t gonna be invisible like this forever. I ain’t givin’ in.
The Bear: TIFFANY tries to come to terms with the problems she has about
caring too much, too often.

Tiffany: I want to care less about caring so much…I think that’s been my biggest—well, one of my
problems, anyway…there have been times in my life when I have been lucky to ‘let go’ completely and
I’m flying but flying in such a way where it feels as though something greater than me is carrying me
afloat; a connection to something higher, wider. Does that sound corny? (beat) It’s different. I want that
all the time, more rooted naturally within my inner self if that makes any sense, without all the fuss and
mental sh’t that clogs me up, getting in the way. The battles are exhausting. Sometimes, I get the bear and
other times, the bear gets me…
The Ghost of our Ancestors: Tiara reveals to her Uncle Ivan just how
terribly upset she is over how they are on the verge of losing their family estate.

TIARA: If you do not stop this talk right now, I will be forced to leave the grounds and not return. I cannot
witness anymore of your self-portrayed misery. You talk to me about ghosts? I do not fear such ghosts, least of
all this depression you keep yourself in.
Eleanna shall receive my letter and Mr. Clusterfield will rescue our cause. He is a good man and has done much
for our family. He is honest and decent and you shouldn’t bad mouth him the way that you do. If he has an ill
opinion of you than so be it, but what do you care about what he thinks regardless.
Haven’t you taught me to remain independent minded? To never allow others to bring fear upon me?
Well, why don’t you take some of your own advice? Since when did you become such a deflated man.
Where is the Uncle Ivan I grew up knowing? Where is your vitality?!
I’m sorry, but no, I can’t even look in your direction, if you are going to change like this. I would not wish to know
you if this is…I have no father, I have no mother…and now you want to take my Uncle Ivan away from me too!
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