Monologue

Fear. A four letter word holding much more meaning than what catches the eye. While reading The Nightingale, I could feel, almost taste the fear of the residence of France during the German occupation. The people ate, drank, slept, mused, and breathed fear. It was an inescapable envelope of disaster. The French people felt as though danger lingered in the shadows of the town and crept into their homes as an unsolicited guest. The French felt unsafe in their own homes. You could only wonder how…

SpongeBob: (in his dream, krabby patties are falling from the sky) It’s raining krabby patties! Yeah! (runs around eating patties. Dream ends with SpongeBob chewing on his pillow then spitting it out. Stomach growls) A quick midnight snack and then it’s back to bed. (kicks the pillow on the ground and jumps on it. Sees Gary meowing in his sleep) Aww, sleep tight, my little angel. (tip-toes past Gary and down the stairs to the fridge) Ah, here it is. (grabs 'sea-nut butter' out of the fridge and…

“You owe me one the day Curtis was hittin’ on you,” I said knowing he would help. “ How are we going to get back at Mr. DiAngelo”. Let's drill holes into his kayak. JT then told me to use Brady’s dad’s drill. I liked that idea so we went to the workshop and got the drill. We were like spies on a mission. We found the drill and some water-based glue and we left. A minute after we left JT asked on how we will drill holes into the kayak. I replied saying we could go at any time because the…

Psycho The door to my cell opens. A nurse comes in, holding a glass of water and three pills. Just the usual. I sit on the side of my bed as I wait for her to hand me the pills. I don’t even know what they are for, but the one thing I know is that they avoid me from getting ill. I onced tried to avoid consuming those pills but the nurse suddenly caught me jamming them between my mattress and the base. She now never leaves the room until I show her the inside of my mouth to prove I have…

Shouts fill the air, full of commands. The plane starts to empty as people begin to jump, although some aren’t as brave… no, stupid. You’d have to be stupid to jump from a plane with nothing to arm yourself with but a backpack that they tell you is a parachute. What remains of my hair is whipped around in the wind, blowing a few strands into my face. Those who cluster around the entrance get pushed by others behind them, and I hope for their sake that they remember how to operate their…

"A wise man once told me that smoke never dissipates. Rather it just spreads into a haze that the untrained eye cannot see. I surmise the smoke he mentioned was my mask. Yet when I look back, I see he had one too.” -Louis-Sanford Drake Thrown into the locker by Garrison-Harris Brook, the local bully, I had felt a thirst for something I never wanted on my hands. My eyes clouded with rage and as I got up, my hands balled into fists. GHB, as the rest of the school called him, didn’t know what was…

Narrator 2: Justinian heads over to the Hagia Sophia to check on the progress the builders have made. *Justinian walks up to the Patriarch and nun* Justinian: How is the construction coming along? Patriarch: It is coming along well. We are progressing and trying to finish as soon as possible. Nun: It seems to have recovered well from the inferno. Narrator 2: The original church was damaged in 404 A.D. by a fire that erupted…

As I stand at the eye of the factory, dark smog engulfs my lungs, leaving me struggling for breath. Gazing out through the grimy bars of the window toward the sky, I'm blinded by the evil haze, rendering me sightless to see the love of my life. The horrible smoke grasps onto my limbs like desperate ghostly hands as I sway, leaving shadows etched onto my skin. I've never liked this job; I've never liked this place. It’s a relentless, soul-crushing cycle. Damn you, black fog, why must you leave me…

⎯ At the end of her monologue about the cost of the plastic surgery that she had in order to construct this ideal image of herself, Agrado says “it costs a lot to be authentic…you are more authentic the more you resemble what you’ve dreamed of being.” Agrado is both male and female, in the sense that she feels comfortable with her male sex organs, but strives towards this feminine ideal in other avenues of physical appearance. Agrado’s definition of authenticity relates to how her identity is…

Script: Aubrey Flanagan played the lead role of Hecuba, Queen of Troy. She wants to find hope in a hopeless situation. The Greeks are trying to take her and the other women away, where they will be enslaved. Her grandson Astyanax is put to death, and Troy is burned to the ground. All of this leaves little hope in her. Directing Cody kept us all aware of his vision from the beginning. For my scene, he made especially clear that I was to “lead” with my eyes. This kept my character Helen to…