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Female Monologue From
TANGLED UP IN BLUE
By Brad Boesen
[Copyright by author. All rights reserved.]
**Author's note: A couple of visitors have expressed confusion over the bits of extraneous dialogue from secondary characters that I've included in my monologues. "Aren't monologues supposed to be just one person talking?" Yes. They are. The extra dialogue is included, mainly, to provide context so that the performer knows what happened just before, and what is going on during his or her speech. It is also included for completion's sake (this is how the monologue appears in the actual play). When this dialogue appears in the middle of the monologue it can usually be fairly easily ignored in performance (sometimes requiring some minor re-wording) or (my preference) the dialogue can be responded to as if the other actor were actually on stage with you. The monologue will be more dynamic and interesting that way, and the audience will still understand perfectly well what's going on. Hope that clears things up. Feel free to e-me with any other questions or comments.
She
Stop talking and listen to me. Please. Will you listen to me?
He
No! No. I won't. Because if I stop now, I'll just end up apologizing, and we'll forget about it, and I'm not going to stop until you at least promise to think about it. Will you think about it? Please, just think about it.
(she grabs him, kisses him hard and pushes him away)
She
There! Is that what you want? Is that what you were hoping for tonight? (he stares in shock, completely speechless) Should we just clear off the table here, or do you think we can make it into the bedroom? Because since we're such good friends, then, naturally, I want to sleep with you, right? It's just a matter of timing. Catching me on the rebound. Jesus!
We just broke up! I really cared about him. (pause) And you want to hear something really funny? We broke up because of you. He was jealous of you. He couldn't comprehend that maybe I could care about someone, and...God! He was right. You don't get it either. You're both too stupid to understand that I can love you without wanting to sleep with you. (pause)
But, hey, what the hell? You want it so bad, let's go. Let's strip down right here. But if you need me to enjoy myself, well I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disappoint you, because I don't feel that way about you. (pause) Ok?