What I Never Said
- Drama
- Monologue
- 1 min
- No gender marker
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
5 lines- MOI No gender marker, Adult your role
Excerpt
MOI
No. Stay where you are. For once, I am the one talking.
You spent years cutting me off. Finishing my sentences. Deciding that whatever I thought did not matter. And the astonishing part is that in the end I believed you.
I am not shouting. You would like me to shout, it would suit you: you could say I was on edge, and walk out. So I am not shouting.
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The Letter
You always wrote in pencil. “That way you can go back,” you’d say. I kept the last one. I never opened it. As long as it’s folded, you haven’t finished your sentence.
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Wonderful
Wonderful. Truly. You pick tonight. The one night I had actually prepared something. Your timing is an art form. No, no, go on. Explain it to me. I love this part. The part where you…
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What Remains
Don’t say anything. Please. Not now, not in that voice. I spent years translating your silences. I’m tired of always being right too late.