there is one more monologue...
this is one that jen and mom like...
OPTION 4: "Alter Egos" - Jon Mcgovern
Lerlene is a country-western glamour girl, twenties to thirties. This monologue is to the audience and is the first part of a much longer speech (in case you are looking for something longer...).
Lights flash up as she turns and runs breathlessly downstage.
LERLENE: Ohmigod! I just had this - epiphany - I think that's the word - it was like a flash of just knowin' - I had to get out! So, I just ran out of my trailer fast as I could - I only took my merry-go round handbag and my two little dogs. I had to get out! The Bubbas were drivin' me crazy! When I say the Bubbas I mean my boyfriend and his two kids. (Pause as the emotion builds up inside of her.) Bubba (On the pouty verge of tears.) and Bubba - the man named his two sons the same thing - which woulda been fine if they hadn't been twins! Oh those kids! Always wantin' somethin' - especially not durin' my soap-opera slash talk-show hours! First of all... (Her voice moves into her seductive range.) I'm gonna be an actress. So soap operas are like crucial actin' lessons for me...(A sudden switch back to the loud Lerlene we've met before.) ...and, second, I need to see the talk shows 'cause sometimes that's the only way I get to see my family! I mean, last week I missed my cousins BaSita and FaNita on Jerry Springer! Anyway, the main reason I left is... 'cause...well... (Does a Wonder Woman- style twirl.) I'm gon' be famous! ... a super-model/singer/actress - triple threat! And I need to be in a situation with a man who is going to support me in my career! 'Cause I'm on my way... I'm in training, I practice like, um, runway walkin' here in the trailer park...it's like...watch...(Runs upstage and striker her starting pose, then begins to walk.) One-two-work-bitch one-two and look and look and look and look.. I do Vogue covers, it's like... chick chick (She poses.) Chick Chick (Another awful pose halfway between a cheerleading pose and a porno still.) I'm ready... ready to be... discovered.
(Please refer to my last entry for more choices)
OPTION 4: "Alter Egos" - Jon Mcgovern
Lerlene is a country-western glamour girl, twenties to thirties. This monologue is to the audience and is the first part of a much longer speech (in case you are looking for something longer...).
Lights flash up as she turns and runs breathlessly downstage.
LERLENE: Ohmigod! I just had this - epiphany - I think that's the word - it was like a flash of just knowin' - I had to get out! So, I just ran out of my trailer fast as I could - I only took my merry-go round handbag and my two little dogs. I had to get out! The Bubbas were drivin' me crazy! When I say the Bubbas I mean my boyfriend and his two kids. (Pause as the emotion builds up inside of her.) Bubba (On the pouty verge of tears.) and Bubba - the man named his two sons the same thing - which woulda been fine if they hadn't been twins! Oh those kids! Always wantin' somethin' - especially not durin' my soap-opera slash talk-show hours! First of all... (Her voice moves into her seductive range.) I'm gonna be an actress. So soap operas are like crucial actin' lessons for me...(A sudden switch back to the loud Lerlene we've met before.) ...and, second, I need to see the talk shows 'cause sometimes that's the only way I get to see my family! I mean, last week I missed my cousins BaSita and FaNita on Jerry Springer! Anyway, the main reason I left is... 'cause...well... (Does a Wonder Woman- style twirl.) I'm gon' be famous! ... a super-model/singer/actress - triple threat! And I need to be in a situation with a man who is going to support me in my career! 'Cause I'm on my way... I'm in training, I practice like, um, runway walkin' here in the trailer park...it's like...watch...(Runs upstage and striker her starting pose, then begins to walk.) One-two-work-bitch one-two and look and look and look and look.. I do Vogue covers, it's like... chick chick (She poses.) Chick Chick (Another awful pose halfway between a cheerleading pose and a porno still.) I'm ready... ready to be... discovered.
(Please refer to my last entry for more choices)