MONOLOGUES
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
"BULL"
EUROPA (F, 20’s-30’s) recounts being wooed by Zeus, who appeared to her in the form of a bull.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 1, which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the short play Zeus’s Women, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 1, which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the short play Zeus’s Women, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
"Comfort and Joy"
MADDIE (F, late 30’s, early 40’s) spends a lonely, alcohol-soaked Christmas Eve speaking of her marital difficulties and her hardship getting pregnant.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 2,which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the monodrama Silent Night, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 2,which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the monodrama Silent Night, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
"Engraved in Memory"
You know what sucks about being the Goddess of Memory? You don’t forget anything. Anything! MNEMOSYNE (F, 40’s-60’s), Goddess of Memory, kvetches about being a single mother.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 1,which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the short play Zeus’s Women, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 1,which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the short play Zeus’s Women, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
"I Am My Father's Daughter"
ATHENA (20’s-40’s), Goddess of Wisdom, explores the rather complex (and slightly damaged) relationship she has with her father, Zeus.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 1,which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the short play Zeus’s Women, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 1,which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the short play Zeus’s Women, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
"Fragile"
A woman, CASSIE, (mid-30’s, early 40’s), invites her narcissistic mother to celebrate Christmas. The experience leaves her feeling more than a little fragile.
This monologue is available upon request. It was written and performed by Horse & Cart Theatre Company (Denver, Colorado) in December 2014 as part of an evening themed on the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
This monologue is available upon request. It was written and performed by Horse & Cart Theatre Company (Denver, Colorado) in December 2014 as part of an evening themed on the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
"Hopeful Resignation"
HERA (F, 50’s-60’s) explores how she has reconciled herself to some of the challenges (infidelity, deceit, immortality, etc.) in her marriage to Zeus, king of the Gods.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 1,which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the short play Zeus’s Women, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
Published in InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 1,which is available from Amazon and JAC Publishing (http://www.jacpub.com/). From the short play Zeus’s Women, which is also available for license and purchasing from JAC.
"Lost and Found"
Though she is by no means drunk, DIANNE (F, mid-40’s) is feeling the comfortable warmth of a few glasses of wine. Lubricated by desire to talk, she explains how she lost her husband in the Musée d’Orsay.
This monologue is available upon request until is published in the forthcoming book interJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 3.
This monologue is available upon request until is published in the forthcoming book interJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 3.
