Saturday, March 28, 2015

The Game of Risk - dramatic monologue for male from the play Midnight of the Soul - solo stage script


This monologue for a man is from the play "Midnight of the Soul" by D. M. Larson ISBN-13: 978-1523724512



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"The Game of Risk"
by D. M. Larson


THOMAS
I worry I have done everything wrong... I took the wrong turn. Can I go back? Start over again? Or is it "Do not pass go"... Go straight to jail... I need a get out of jail free card.

Sometimes in life we need those little cards that give is a second chance... Were they called chance cards? I need a chance again.

Life is more like the game of Risk. Constantly fighting, trying to gain some ground. Conquering the world or being conquered. Making alliances only to be stabbed in the back.

It's a grim view of life, but life is full risks. If only there were more chances.

Chances are risky. But I took a finally took a chance on something. I have always been the one who followed the rules, never took chances, but in a way I wasn't alive anymore. A zombie... Lumbering alone among the living... Seeing but never touching... There but not able to communicate... My words an unintelligible moan to the living.

But someone heard me... Understood my cries as calls for help and reached out to me. And her touch brought me back to the living... My rotting flesh peeled away and I was reborn. She ripped away at the dead layers and reached the core of my soul... and breathed life into me again.

It feels so good to be back among the living. To have her at my side. Holding me by the hand... Leading me in to the light. Bringing me closer to you.

She is my angel... Your angel, sent to me in my time of need... A gift of new life.

You have given me a chance to wipe the slate clean. Begin again... Have my own life with my own choices... I am no longer pushed and pulled by the angry winds of life. You have shown me a way out of the storm and I have followed. And happiness. I finally feel happiness. Not the numbness of my emotionless past. Now I feel alive and I feel joy... Finally I feel joy and passion. You have given me so much... I am glad a took a chance. It is not easy but it is so good to feel again... No more letting life happen to me. I have taken hold of the reigns and will ride this tornado... Even if it kills me

Thank you for giving me life again. I am reborn.


END OF SCENE
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Inspired by the quote from the Book of James (1:5-6) "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."



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The One That Breaks the Camel's Back - dramatic monologue for male from the play Midnight of the Soul - solo stage script

This monologue for a man is from the play "Midnight of the Soul" by D. M. Larson ISBN-13: 978-1523724512



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"The One That Breaks the Camel's Back"
by D. M. Larson



THOMAS
Why am I happy? Because I am being tested. I am being pushed to my limits. I have faith that there will be no last straw... You know, that one that breaks the camel's back?

The camel is the most amazing beast of burden. Able to take on so much and survive on so little. I will be that camel. Surviving on so little yet carrying so much on my back.

This trial... This time in my life... is a trial where I must prove myself. It must be... It has to be...

I have to be strong. People are counting on me. I can't fail them.

But it feels like so much is out my control.

Can I really give God control? I want to let go and give my complete trust.. And unwavering, unquestioning faith .. But everything weighs down on me so heavily. I don't think I can hold on much longer. I am so weak.

Am I being tested? But what if I fail? I feel so close to failure. I feel like everything is crashing down on me. I feel like I am losing everything...

Faith... I have my faith... I need to let go of the worry and have faith... There are a few things they can't take away from me ...Faith... And love. No matter what the world threatens to do... I can still love... And still have faith in you...

I seek peace in your arms. Protect me from the turmoil of my life. In your arms are where I find joy. You are the eye of the storm where I calmly surrender myself to you. Hold me... Please hold me close... And never let me go.

Sheltered in your wings, I find serenity and happiness.


END OF SCENE
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Inspired by the quote from the Book of James (1:2-3) "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance."



In the book “Midnight of the Soul” ISBN-13: 978-1523724512 



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Friday, March 27, 2015

Slave to the World - dramatic monologue for male from the play Midnight of the Soul - solo stage script




This monologue for a man is from the play "Midnight of the Soul" by D. M. Larson ISBN-13: 978-1523724512



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"Slave to the World"
by D. M. Larson


THOMAS

What does it mean to be a servant of God? What will it mean for our life?

I don't know if I can live that way.

I want to ... I really do... But I don't know the way. I don't know how. I feel like I always go about it the wrong way.

I want to follow... But all I hear is distant echoes... I'm never sure where they are coming from or where to turn. I want to turn to you... I really do. If only I knew the way. I feel lost... Without a real connection to this world... Or the next.

Lead me... Take me under your wing... I wish to follow... To serve.

I have served many masters in my life but never the right one.

I spent so much of my life serving others. A servant to everything. A slave. So many of us are slaves to our passions. They master us...

But there is one master who is merciful. Mercy master... Mercy please... I am a slave to the world around me. Deliver me... And I will follow.


END OF SCENE
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Inspired by the quote from the Book of James (1:1) "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings."



In the book “Midnight of the Soul” ISBN-13: 978-1523724512 



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The Weakest Link - dramatic monologue for male from the play Midnight of the Soul - solo stage script

This monologue for a man is from the play "Midnight of the Soul" by D. M. Larson ISBN-13: 978-1523724512



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"The Weakest Link"
by D. M. Larson



THOMAS

This is your fault. You know I can't handle this kind of temptation. You tricked me. This is entrapment!

Why do you do this to me? I can't handle the temptation. I am weak. I always give in. You know that. So why bother doing this to me?

Save your trials and tribulations for the saints... I don't want tests. I don't want to prove myself. I can tell you now I am not worthy. So if you want this lost lamb in your flock, don't tempt me with sweeter grass... Because I am a grass is always greener kind of person.

I do actually think things can get better... I never want to settle for second best. So I go searching... I am always checking things out, looking around. Things have to be better than this. I keep hoping there is something better. If not, then what's the point? What's the point of all this?! Tell me!

If you know what's right, why even have a wrong? You shouldn't even give the choice. Make it nice and neat and easy. I don't want a challenge. I don't want to be tested.

And don't throw me to the wolves... I can't handle it. I will get eaten. I am the weak one in the herd. They will pick me off and surround me. Easy pickins.

Please ... I have nothing to prove... I know I am the weakest link.


END OF SCENE
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Inspired by the quote from the Book of James (1:13) "When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;"



In the book “Midnight of the Soul” ISBN-13: 978-1523724512 



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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Pull My Strings - dramatic monologue for male from the full length play Midnight of the Soul - solo stage script

This monologue for a man is from the play "Midnight of the Soul" by D. M. Larson ISBN-13: 978-1523724512


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"Pull My Strings"
by D. M. Larson


THOMAS

Who am I? What am I? Tell me what to be! Tell me who I am!

I try to be what everyone wants... And what you want... but it's never good enough... Never enough for any of you!

I am never good enough. How can I be all things to all people? I am the man of a thousand faces... Clay face... Molding myself for each and every one of you. How can I do so much and get so little? Why won't anyone mold themselves for me? Be what I want and need? Especially you... You're the worst of them all. You demand so much. How can anyone live up to that?

But you can make it all better. You have the power to do that for me. You can make all this pain inside me go away. So I give you my devotion. I will get down on my knees and beg. I will be anything you want me to be... That's what you want right? Be your puppet. Pull my strings and I will dance for you.

(Does a haunting dance like they are hanging from strings. Then falls)

Tell me what to do. I will do it. Just tell me... please.


END OF SCENE
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From the play, "Midnight of the Soul": http://www.freedrama.net/midnightsoul2.html


Inspired by the Book of James (1:8): "Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do."



In the book “Midnight of the Soul” ISBN-13: 978-1523724512 



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Friday, March 20, 2015

Myth and Legend - reflective monologue for male from the play "Midnight of the Soul"

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"Myth and Legend"

by D. M. Larson


THOMAS
Life really sucks sometimes. I feel like that guy that pushes the giant rock up a mountain over and over just to have it roll down again... Sisyphus? I think that's his name. Anyway... It's really how life feel sometimes... Rolling that big rock to the top of a mountain... And right when you reach the very top, when you feel like you finally accomplished something... You brush yourself off... Take a moment to enjoy the view... Then it rolls back down again. Back to square one. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

It starts over again... And again... And again. Repeating the same patterns over and over like some arcade games... And when you make it to the top there is some gorilla there throwing barrels at your head knocking you down again.

And sometimes I feel like Atlas... Holding the world on my shoulders... Weighed down by it all... But worried if I shrug it off, everything will come crashing down around me.

They were pretty hopeless in Greek times weren't they? But life is like that and -it's all Greek to me.

Well it felt hopeless until I found you... You made it all worth while. I feel like I have something to live for... To strive for... The reward at the end of the trials of life. No matter how bad it gets, I finally have a reason to go on fighting.

And sometimes fighting is not always the answer either. Like Hercules and the hydra... We want to fight and chop off the heads but things get worse and grow more heads. You have to take a new approach... Realize things need a new view.

So many people are stuck in their old ways of thinking. They willingly go through the motions, bringing the monster their tributes... Bow down to the monster of smoking... Bow down to the monster of alcohol... Now down to the monsters of shopping and sports. Pay your tributes but beware... The monster will demand a sacrifice.

But that sacrifice is you... You sacrificed yourself for me... I will never forget that. The final sacrifice.



The creatures have no power now... Distant fantasies. Disappeared in to myth and legend. Because of you, now we are free.

END

Inspired by the Book of James (1:12) "Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him."


In the play “Midnight of the Soul” ISBN-13: 978-1523724512 



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Stealing moments by D. M. Larson - short comedy scene for two actors - duologue stage play script skit


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"Stealing Moments" 
by D. M. Larson 

(The scene begins in an empty living room with a sofa in the middle. It's night. Mel and Nell back toward each other slowly away from something scary in front of them on each side of the stage. They stop when they meet in the middle, back to back, looking scared at something off each side of the stage)


NELL
I think the baby is finally asleep.

MEL
The terrible two is too.

NELL
And we're actually awake.

MEL
What do we do?

(Nell turns and faces Mel. Taps him on the shoulder and he turns)


NELL
I think this is our first moment alone since the baby was born.

MEL
Who are you again?

NELL
Nice to meet you. I'm Nell.

MEL
And I'm Mel. Come here often?

NELL
Not often enough.

MEL
Did it hurt?

NELL
Did what hurt?

MEL
When you fell down from heaven?

NELL
Yuck... worst pick up line ever.

MEL
Well, you look like an angel to me.

NELL
Oh stop.

(Nell sits on the sofa. Mel joins her)


MEL
Would it be too forward to ask for a kiss?

NELL
But we just met.

MEL
No, we have met before... once upon a dream.

NELL
A grown man quoting Sleeping Beauty is not romantic.

MEL
But I love kissing you when you're asleep.

NELL
That's about the only chance we get.

MEL
How about now?

NELL
Dare we?

MEL
I'll check on the kids.

(Mel sneaks up to each side of the stage and checks the sleeping kids)


MEL (CONT.)
They're asleep.

NELL
It's been so long. Kiss me you fool.

(They go in slowly for a kiss and the baby cries)


MEL
How does she know?

NELL
She doesn't want any more babies in the house.

MEL
It's working.

NELL
She's quiet again.

MEL
Dare we try?

Nell
I'm scared.

(They lean in for a kiss - baby cries - they move apart - baby stops crying - they look at each other puzzled - Mel holds out his hand to Nell - baby cries - he quickly pulls away - baby stops crying - she sticks out her hand quickly and back again - baby does a quick cry along with her)


MEL
This is crazy.

NELL
Maybe we should just go to bed.

(He looks hopeful)


NELL (CONT.)
And sleep.

(He looks sad)


NELL (CONT.)
She won't let us do that either.

(Nell drags Mel after her. They stop at one side of the stage)


MEL
Being a parent is so hard.

NELL
But look at her sleeping - she's so beautiful.

(Mel gives Nell a kiss on the cheek)


MEL
Ha - I snuck that one in.

NELL
She didn't cry.

MEL
Let's see what else we can sneak in.

(They hold hands and rush to the bedroom - silence a few moments - then a cry)


END OF SCENE

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“When Mel Fell for Nell“
ISBN-13: 978-1512007183

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Reading plays can help reluctant readers - reader's theatre helps with literacy - #k12 #education

I have witnessed many times how using a play can get someone to read who might not enjoy it otherwise.  Sometimes become a character and reading dialog can really help a reluctant reader get excited about reading.


Here is a wonderful letter from someone who used my plays to help a group of adults get excited about improving their literacy skills:


"Thank You for your contribution to prison education!  Your plays have given courageous voices to reluctant readers with the boldness of your characters from your FreeDrama.net plays.  Music-Maybe, Fart-Zen, and Somebody Famous have been especially well enjoyed in a classroom full of felons reading the scripted roles you laid out for actors.  Your playful characters lines empower men who struggle to read out loud.  Your written words encourage men to read your words with gusto without fear of ridicule and to openly embrace the freedom of emotion and joy that otherwise they would never exhibit from themselves. The irony of men in prison playing the parts of women prisoners cleaning a theater while devising plans for escape for a play makes a reading of “Somebody Famous” even better than winning the biggest lottery prize of all time.  Your inspirational creativity and gifted imagination is appreciated by men who are striving for educational goals before getting out of prison.  Not only do the men gain courage and voice from reading your scripts, but after each reading of your plays in the prison classroom, there is always an active conversation among inmates about their own struggles and future ambitions in real life. Your plays are like a 'free-pass', for important conversation after each reading.  For these men, the active reading of your plays always has an ‘after-reading’ effect of introspection giving them unusual confidence for self evaluation and open discussion."


David Bibeau

Prison Educator







Tuesday, March 17, 2015

To the student who stole my play...

Heidi,

I'm sorry to hear that you took one of my plays and said it was your own. I love sharing my writing but not when people steal it.  This is a copyright violation and can have a fine anywhere from $200 to $150,000. Adults get punished badly for these kinds of things. It is better to learn about this now as a kid rather than make this kind of mistake as an adult.  

So here is your second chance. Make it count. Make something good of your life and create something new and wonderful! Be a positive force in the world. 

Stealing is lazy and hurts others. End the hurting and start healing by doing something good.

Sincerely,
D. M. Larson

Friday, March 13, 2015

"Little Pirate" Monologue - Male Version for Kid - from the Children's Stage Play Script "Pete the Pint Sized Pirate"

"Little Pirate" 

Monologue for Boy 

from the Published Play 

"Pete the Pint Sized Pirate"


PETE 
(To audience)
Hi, I'm Pete. Pete the... Well, I don't have a true pirate name yet.

Well, some of them call me... Pete the Pint Sized Pirate. But I'm tired of it. I won't stand for it anymore.

(Shakes his fist at 
someone in the audience)

Yes, I'm standing.

I'm so tired of short jokes. Anyway, Today is my big day. I finally am going to be a pirate. I've dreamed about this day since I was little.

Well, I'm still little... and I'm still dreaming. But finally the day has come. I'm going to do it. I'm going to be a pirate.

I am so excited. This is the first time I have tried out for a pirate crew. But after more and more pirates were picked, I got worried because no one was picking me.  And then they stopped picking and walked away.  They didn't even see me!

Wait! What about me?!

Now I'll never be a pirate.

(Pete fights back the 
tears and walks off sadly)

END
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Free Short Monologue for Female called "Trashy Romance Novels" from the scene Heart Attack

Here is a short solo stage play script called "Trashy Romance Novels" monologue from the scene called "Heart Attack" which is published in book "Secrets of my Soul" ISBN-13: 978-1493533589


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"Trash Romance Novels" by D. M. Larson

LISSY
No, I think she is for real.  I believe her story.  I've noticed him too.  He is a pretty neat guy.  He deserves to find someone who really appreciates him for who he is.  I think we all noticed him but she was the only one willing to say anything.  Women usually don't make the first move.  And he's a sweet guy so he wouldn't make his move.  So he was alone... until now.  And now he looks so happy.  That... what happened there... was way better than this book.  Trashy romances novels try to give us the perfect fantasy but that moment there was way better because it was so much more real.  Give me five minutes of seeing that over reading hours of this junk.


END
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The monologue is from the scene "Heart Attack" http://www.freedrama.net/heartattack.html

From the published play "Secrets of my Soul"




Tuesday, March 10, 2015

"A Sweetness About You" is a free monologue from a published play for a female

The monologue is from the scene "Heart Attack" http://www.freedrama.net/heartattack.html

From the published play "Secrets of my Soul"


*****
"A Sweetness About You" by D. M. Larson

Believe it or not, we ride this subway a lot together.  I watch you... because there's something about you that's different from everyone... a sweetness about you.  You always give up your seat for women.  You even did for me once.  If someone forgets a coat or a bag, you get it and chase after them.  If a woman is being bugged by some creepy guy and they don't like it, you'll interrupt and make sure the woman safely gets to a taxi, even if the woman doesn't know you're doing it.

But even though you do all these nice, sweet things, you always look so stressed and unhappy.  You look like you're about to have a heart attack at any moment.  I see the panic in your eyes sometimes.  I see the stress overwhelming you.  

So I told myself, next time you looked stressed and overwhelmed and on the edge of a heart attack, I was going to give you a great big kiss.  



Did you like it?


END OF MONOLOGUE
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Adapted from "Secrets of My Soul" 
ISBN-13: 978-1493533589
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