Tag: Male Monologues
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Call from the Hospital (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Vincent calls his girlfriend Gabby’s answering machine from a pay phone in the hallway of the local hospital, where their friend Byron is gravely ill. “…after wiping spit off Byron and listening to his relatives and doctors all day, I’m not sure I’d know how to speak to a real person anymore.” VINCENT…
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Listening To Him Breathe (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian is sharing with his friend Gabby a memory of a time he and Byron shared the same bed, platonically. Cian remembers waking up next to Byron and watching him sleeping. “Listening to him breathe against the sounds of the morning.” CIAN I could have stayed there indefinitely. Just looking at him. Lying…
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In a Box Underground Rotting (Heaven & Home)
THE SET UP Vincent is speaking to his girlfriend Gabby about his best friend Byron, who died of AIDS. Vincent’s faith has been shaken by his friend’s untimely death; Gabby’s faith has not. “I just don’t like thinking of him in a box underground, rotting.” VINCENT I just don’t like thinking of him in a…