MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN
Better Places to Go (Female, 17, Dramatic)
Tags: teenager, runaway, home life, growing up, pregnancy
About the Play: A horrendous storm looms overs a rundown truck stop diner in Grand Island, Nebraska, bringing together ten people who start to reveal damaging secrets as the night goes on.
Time: A Friday night. Early autumn. Present year.
About the Monologue: Linda is a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl who has found her way into a diner in Grand Island, Nebraska. There, she meets a lonely woman named Judy who is both kind and forgiving.
NONBINARY MONOLOGUES
The Burlesque Club (Nonbinary, 30s, Dramatic)
Tags: childhood memory, home life, growing up, being nonbinary, identity
About the Play: Two childhood friends return to their small, conservative hometown to attend the memorial service of a man named Baker, a neighbor who provided a safe space for them to escape the brutality of their young lives.
Time: A Saturday afternoon.
About the Monologue: Saddened by Baker’s death, Jo tells their childhood best friend Peyton why a doll that Baker once gave to them is so important.
MONOLOGUES FOR MEN
The Truants (Male, 17, Dramatic)
Tags: teenager, home life, growing up, fathers and sons
About the Play: When Marc, Sandi, Ethan, Jana, and Chad decide to cut school and spend the day together hanging out in Marc’s basement, many truths are revealed that threaten to change their friendship forever. Set in Sacramento in 1989, this dramatic new play explores the lives of five young people living on the edge.
Time: A Wednesday in 1989.
About the Monologue: After running into his estranged father at a nearby liquor store, Marc, 17, tells his girlfriend and his best friends how he feels.
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