STEPHEN: I’ll never forget the night she did this at the old Met. The excitement in the air. Everybody was there. Jackie Kennedy was in a box with Leonard Bernstein. No, that was for the return as Tosca seven years later and she was Jackie Onassis and she was with Adlai Stevenson. I’d been in love with the sound of her voice since the first records. That strange, sad siren song I knew she was
MIKE: I’m tired. Stephen. I’m tired of saying I’m sorry all the time. I’m tired of tiptoeing through my life because it might interfere with yours. I’m tired of being told what opera to like, what book to read, what movies to go to, I’m tired of being your father, mother, big brother, best friend, your analyst, your cheerleader. I haven’t been your lover since the first night I said to myself. “Who is this
This is the Zillah monologue from Tony Kushner’s play, ‘A Bright Room Called Day’
‘Have a Heart’ is a comedic monologue about a woman who loves how big a heart her boyfriend, Pete, has.
‘Come, Go, Stay’ is a monologue about a woman attempts to explain herself and why she can’t commit, to her boyfriend.
‘Selective Memory’, is a monologue about a woman who is nostalgic for The Beatles and romance.
Trip: You know, let me just like preface this with – uh, I’ve lived most of my life in the shadow of a brother I barely knew – and I have about “this much” left – ok? That said – the people in this book are not the same as the ones who brought me up. I’ve told Brooke this. They are different people than the ones I am looking at, totally. But it’s the
