5/20/2023 0 Comments Cool girl monologueAnd it’s in their bedroom, where it’s so loud you can hear it, but they’re the only ones who can feel it. My Father doesn’t believe in air conditioning. She walks to the edge and takes a deep breath.)ĭown there, it’s like you’re trapped on the A train, in the tunnel, under the river, packed with people and it’s a hundred and fifty degrees with no air. (SOUND of a trap door lifting as THE LIGHT from the closet shines straight up into the night sky. Yank it open, then climb hand over hand pulling myself up out of quicksand to get to the top, then both hands flat against the ceiling PUSH as HARD as I CAN to OPEN it. Reaching through her scratchy coats and polyester pants suits I find the ladder. Except-there’s not always enough warning, before things catch on fire. We could jump roof to roof to roof until we got to safety-or Atlantic Avenue-whichever came first. Like if there was a fire, we could escape onto the roof. There is a ladder in here, too, if, we want to get out. My parents’ wedding pictures, all of our baby pictures, every school picture since kindergarten, the red construction paper Valentine’s Day hearts on white doilies. Photographs, drawings and homemade cards, like the little soap fish my sister made in Brownies. It’s hot and I’m sitting in my mother’s closet where she stores all of her things. It’s okay-you don’t have to understand everything right now. A strong performance can evoke the heat, the scratch of the coats, and the smell of the distant sea breeze. The monologue transitions spatially from the back of a closet, up an escape ladder, and onto the titular tar beach of her rooftop during a sticky hot summer. This provides a great opportunity for a young performer to showcase their ability to bring descriptive speech to life. In the monologue that opens the play, Reenie paints a gorgeous picture of where she is. It opens with a particularly strong one from Reenie, a true heartbreaker of a character. This gorgeous memory play is full of monologue options for teen girls. The following monologues are compelling, well-crafted pieces that fulfill these elements and, therefore, are especially suitable for teen girls. This usually means it’s age-appropriate and depicts common struggles and situations faced by those fitting the teen girl demographic.
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