In this monologue from the play, "Too Heavy To Hold", Claire, a young woman sits slouched on a couch, knees pulled up, a half-empty drink in her hand. The remnants of the night’s party buzz around her—music muffled, laughter distant. She stares at nothing in particular as she speaks.You ever get so tired that even breathing feels like work? Like, you wake up, and there’s this … [Read more...] about Too Heavy to Hold
Dramatic Plays - 2 Women
Wings and The Broken
In this dramatic monologue for young women from the play, "Wings and the Broken", Ella sits on the ground, cradling a small jar with a butterfly inside.ELLA: It’s funny how something so tiny can carry so much weight. Not real weight—she probably weighs less than a paperclip. But the kind of weight you feel in your chest when you look at her too long. Like the way you feel after … [Read more...] about Wings and The Broken
Empty Chair
In this dramatic monologue from the play, "Empty Chair", a widow confesses to a friend how she's feeling at her late husband’s memorial.MAGGIE: He always said he’d live forever. I’d laugh and tell him he was crazy, but deep down, I believed him. He was invincible. Larger than life. And now... now he’s just a name on a program, a picture on a wall. A memory that I’m supposed to … [Read more...] about Empty Chair
No Place Left
In this monologue from the play, "No Place Left", Jenny, a young woman confronts her mother about her neglectful parenting after a lifetime of estrangement.JENNY: You don’t get to rewrite history now. You don’t. I sat in that room, alone, while you locked yourself away with every excuse under the sun. Men, pills, your “hard life.” Whatever it was that week, it was always more … [Read more...] about No Place Left
Long Goodbyes
In this dramatic monologue for teen girls from the play, "Long Goodbyes", Lucy sits cross-legged on the floor of her nearly empty bedroom, a worn-out stuffed animal in her lap. She speaks as if addressing the stuffed animal directly.LUCY: It’s just you and me now, isn’t it, Charlie? Everyone else is already downstairs, waiting. But I don’t think I’m ready to say goodbye yet. I … [Read more...] about Long Goodbyes