![]() ![]() What is that? What buttwipe is setting off fireworks during a meteor shower?Īlethea, a mindfurl of an intergalactic supercomputer (who looks like a teenage mean girl with awesome hair), responds to Annie’s questions.ĪLETHEA: I can’t tell you that. You only see the stars, and the meteors and… ![]() If you sneak out of your room and go out to Hamlin’s field at midnight and look up, you don’t see planes, or pollution, or buildings glowing on the horizon. there’s no city on earth that can compare. And on the first night of the Perseids, when the moon is new. Do you think there’s anything I could do to prevent Peter Stockholm and his cronies from stealing my gym shorts, besides being totally and completely someone other than me?Īnyway, it might be packed with mouth-breathers and oil brats, it might have no Starbucks and only one yoga class a week- church basement, five pm, Fridays- but if there’s one advantage to living in the middle of absolute nowhere, it’s that Strawberry, Kansas has a dark-sky rating of two. ![]() I mean, I have a 185 IQ, I got a perfect score on the SATs- last year, I put a hard boiled egg into orbit. I try to take comfort in the thought that, even if he was totally and completely normal, no-one would like me anyway. It’s not easy being a teenage science genius in a small town, especially when your dad believes in aliens. I’m not mean or anything, I just don’t remember. My mom is from Chicago, but she’s dead now. I’m thirteen years old, I’m about to go to high school in the fall, and I’ve lived in Strawberry, Kansas for most of my life. I’m Annie Jump, and this whole story is about me. So all of that stuff was by way of introduction. Lights shift as Annie steps forward and addresses the audience.ĪNNIE: Yeah. “Shut up! Shut up! Just please stop talking!”Ĭomedic/dramatic * angry * fed-up * righteousĪnnie Jump, a 13 year old science genius, introduces herself.įrom Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven ( Buy on Amazon) ( Buy from Publisher) There’s a slight chance you’ll understand it.” “I’m Annie Jump, and this whole story is about me.”Ĭomedic * direct address * smart * prickly I’ll add more as more of my plays become available for purchase. Need monologues for auditions that suit a teenage female? The following monologues from published plays are free to use for class, competitions, or auditions. ![]()
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