CHARGE
A monologue from the
play by Eric Kaiser
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MARTHA: In the beginning, I am mean and greedy and
selfish. This is symbolized by three things, A: There is a half-finished
sculpture of an angel in my garage. B: There is a hungry little
boy that sleeps on my doorstep every night that I call the police
on. And C: I have a dying father that I haven't talked to in
years. Then one day I see the error of my ways. I don't know
how, I don't know. But I see it. Then: [Pause, a little smile.]
The song comes on. And in the three minute duration of this song.
I make all of the changes I need to in my life. They are symbolized
by A: I finish the angel sculpture in my garage, and incidentally
it is a masterpiece. B: I feed the little hungry boy on my porch,
I bring him in the home and incidentally he becomes a senator
and loves me. And finally C: I call my Father and tears stream
from our eyes as we tell each other we love one another, and
incidentally moments later he dies. But I tell him in time. And
then moments later all is right in the world and this is symbolized
by an ambient, light that my soul generates. [She is choked
up.] Excuse me. Excuse me. It's just so dramatic. I do all
that in the duration of a three minute song. It frustrates me
so that I can't change like that. It is amazing how the people
whose stories are told by movies, during the duration of one
song, can switch their whole life around. I want a dramatic life
like that.
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