Tag: Monologues for Women

  • Sunday School Teacher (Studpuppy)

    Sunday School Teacher (Studpuppy)

    THE SET UP Isobel is out shopping at the local mall with her new friend Diana.  The young women met both in church and college classes they share, and have bonded over their shared religion.  While shopping for shoes, Isobel and Diana have struck up an animated conversation.  This speech of Isobel’s is part of…

  • These Tapes for My Dad. Mom’s Voice (Heaven & Home)

    These Tapes for My Dad. Mom’s Voice (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Gabby has just given a cassette tape to her boyfriend Vincent.  The tape is a collection of answering machine messages left by their late friend Byron.  Vincent had been distraught because he was forgetting what their late friend’s voice sounded like as his memory faded. “And then when my mom died, I started…

  • It’s Like Your First Broken Heart (Heaven & Home)

    It’s Like Your First Broken Heart (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Gabby is with her boyfriend Vince.  They’ve just reconciled after a fight, and are intimate with one another again.  She tries to help him understand how she is managing to deal with the death of their friend Bryon, so that maybe she can help him to the same. “It’s like your first broken…

  • You. Me. Movies in the Dark on my Bed (Heaven & Home)

    You. Me. Movies in the Dark on my Bed (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Cian has come to Gabby for comfort – their traditional movie marathon routine which they pull whenever they want to retreat from the men in their lives – in this case, Cian is retreating from Andrew, and Gabby is retreating from Cian’s brother Vincent.   But Gabby realizes that she’s not solving anything by…

  • Ticket to the Wedding (Heaven & Home)

    Ticket to the Wedding (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Gabby and her boyfriend Vincent are visiting their mutual friend Byron in the hospital.  Byron is unconscious.  Gabby is sitting at Byron’s bedside and Vincent stands behind her, his hands on her shoulders. (The full scene which includes this monologue is also available for viewing: “Wishing On A Plane” – the longer 3-person…

  • Three Words (Heaven & Home)

    Three Words (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Cian has just asked Gabby if her boyfriend Vincent (Cian’s older brother) has said “I love you” yet. “It’s just — words.  Three words.  They don’t mean anything anymore.” GABBY It’s just — words.  Three words.  They don’t mean anything anymore.  No one believes them anymore.  I’m not even sure I’d believe them…