Notes from a Wandering Laptop

Week of June 28 to July 11, 2009

My latest endeavors...

FRINGE BLOG 2009...

The Fringe site goes live this week (July 1, if all goes as planned). The trickle of press releases into my e-mail box has begun. I finally sat down and perused all the facebook invites I've been getting lately, some for forward-thinking Fringe shows. More coverage is imminent. Handy links to the archives of all past coverage of the Minnesota Fringe Festival are now available. Click on the year to gain access to the coverage of 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003. Time to begin digging into 2009 in earnest, I guess. To think that six years ago, I had no idea what a blog was. Of course, new posts will go up regularly on the Twin Cities Daily Planet, new home of the blog as of last summer, so check back there regularly. It'll all end up here again eventually, too, but handy linking ability on my site posts is still a website redesign away. Thanks, as ever, for reading. I'll try to make it worth your while as Mom and I navigate through our seventh Fringe together. Yikes. As of 6/28/09, we're just 31 days away (yup, a mere month away. Wow)...

MONOLOGUE OF THE WEEK

Not a lot has changed since Cian's friend Byron died, but when pressed with the question, he does come up with a sign of the evolution of his grief, in a speech from the award-winning haunted love story Heaven and Home (the full script of which is available for purchase here)...

"...I don't cry anymore. I don't know when or how. It just stopped."

MONOLOGUES AND SCENES FOR ACTORS, ACTRESSES, AND DIRECTORS

The centralized searchable database for all the scenes and monologues on the site is up and running!

Monologues for men. Monologues for women. Scenes for men. Scenes for women. Scenes for men and women together. It's all here for your perusal. Click on the "Monologue Search" or "Scene Search" functions in the menu at the left, or just click here. (Find something you like? Full scripts are also available online here)

SCENE OF THE WEEK

Medea hatches her escape plan, involving the cautious Aegeus, in a scene from the mythological dark romantic comedy, Medea & Jason: Rubicon Watlz (the full script of which is available for purchase online here)...

"I’m getting too old to drive the getaway chariot."

PLAY OF THE WEEK

An estranged mother and daughter are reunited by a talking purse (no, seriously) in the 24 Hour Play Project creation (penned with Anne Bertram) called Touched By A Handbag (the full script of which is available for purchase as part of volume 1 of the 24 Hour Play Project collection, supporting Theatre Unbound, available for purchase here)...

"The doctor told you not to anthropomorphize."

Click on the links and pictures above or visit these plays by going to the Plays & Musicals or Screenplays & TV Scripts sections and clicking on their titles there.

INTERESTED IN PRODUCING ONE OF THESE PLAYS?

Please contact me.

Feel free to use the scenes and monologues for auditions or classes if you like (and drop me a note and let me know how it went).

So, take a look around and tell me what you think. I'm going to get back to work on those upgrades.

MY FAVORITE SEARCH PHRASE OF THE WEEK

abigail

which leads to the Christmas musical, and a tradition of family names passed down, here...

SAMPLE SONGS...

from the Christmas musical, The Hopes and Fears of All the Years

Find, download and listen to these songs in the Hopes and Fears... section of the Plays and Musicals area of this site or just click here.

MONOLOGUE SEARCH - FOR ACTRESSES

I thought I'd do the same thing I just did for my actor friend (below) - pulling together a short list of monologues I recommend on the site as likely prospects for audition material. (If you have other suggestions for ones you like, drop me a line...)

First, a couple of published monologues, here and here, from the award-winning haunted love story Heaven and Home (the full script of which is available for purchase here). Then some unpublished ones from The Surface of the World - here, here, here, here, and here. Then two different versions of same character and same opening speech across two different plays - the Duchess appears in the one-act But Not For Love (full script available for purchase here), and also in the full-length Love's Prick, and her opening salvo can be found here as well as here. Three more unpublished speeches from Heaven and Home, here, here, and here. Also one from The Hopes and Fears of All The Years here. Then, something new here from the latest play, Leave. After the production of "Leave" was tucked away, the list was restarted with a trio of related monologues from Roz in the Thirst play Dents - here, here and here. (the full text of this and other Thirst plays is available for purchase as part of Short Plays Volume 2 here). Followed by speech here from the romantic comedy Studpuppy (the full script of which is available for purchase here). A couple - here and here and here - from the screenplay Make Me. Plus, two more - here and here from the TV spec script Ally McBeal - Posthumous Love Songs.

MONOLOGUE SEARCH - FOR THE GUYS

An actor friend of mine emailed me the following plea recently...

"Hey Babe...do you have a good 2 - 3 minute serious monologue??? I LOATHE having to find new monologues. I think I would rather vomit like 8 times...ok, maybe just once-but you get my drift!!! LORDY! I am trying to expand my rep and I am coming to a road block! YIKES!"

First, I offered up this one (from the original version of The Surface of the World) and this one (from But Not For Love) as a couple of my favorites. Next up, four published ones here, here, here and here, (the first three from Surface, the last from Heaven and Home). Followed by two more from But Not For Love, here and here (the full script of which is available for purchase here). Then a couple from the award-winning haunted love story Heaven and Home here and here (the full script of which is available for purchase here). Then one from The Surface of the World (here), and one from Studpuppy (here - the full script of which is available for purchase here). Finally one from the Dandelion Snow cycle of short plays (here) and one from the Thirst collection (here - both full scripts are available in Short Plays Volume 2, available for purchase here)

DESPERATELY SEEKING STRAIGHT MEN (Monologues, that is)

I received an interesting challenge of sorts in my e-mail box...

"...I was just wondering if you had any monologues on your site that did not concentrate on homosexual relationships..."

Why, yes. Yes, there are. Click here to learn more about the results of the scavenger hunt...

THEATER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TWIN CITIES

A random sampling, or what I'm seeing this week...

The Guthrie trots out the 1930s comedy by J.B. Priestley, When We Are Married, when couples who think they've been married for many years find out - well, maybe not... (7/4 thru 8/30)

Thursday, 7/2 at the Bryant Lake Bowl - 7pm - Allegra Lingo does a preview of her upcoming final solo show in the Fringe, Crescendo - audience discussion afterward, which I shall be helping to moderate - come take a peek, and offer your insights as she makes her final decisions on how to fine-tune the thing ($6 to $12, pay what you can)

Next Week Only...

Wednesday & Thursday 7/8 and 7/9 - A double-shot of Helen Mirren performing at Racine's Phedre - a filmed presentation of England's National Theatre's production at the Guthrie Theater (sort of like theater and a movie crammed together - plus, you know, Helen Mirren)

Closing This Week...

nuthin' - they all shut down last week - phew :)

Also Opening This Week and Next...

What promises to be another dazzling turn from Girl Friday Productions tackling Thornton Wilder - this time, The Skin of Our Teeth (the cast list alone has me kind of giddy) (7/2 thru 7/25)

Theatre In The Round Players (TRP) goes the screwball comedy route with Room Service (7/3 thru 8/2)

The new play Dawn's Inferno by Ruth Virkus & Brenna Jones, directed by Paul von Stoezel, from The Flower Shop Project at the Bryant Lake Bowl - the publicity says "Dawn’s Inferno is an update of Dante’s classic trip through Hell, re-invented as another kind of divine comedy." The hell this time - a high school reunion (7/9 thru 7/25)

Hans Christian Andersen's The Nightingale sings at SteppingStone Theatre (7/10 thru 8/2)

One of my favorite plays, Shakespeare’s romantic comedy "As You Like It," is being presented by new theater comapny The Strange Capers, headed up by actor/director Randy Reyes. Six weekends of free outdoor performances, Saturdays and Sundays, on Boom Island Park (724 Sibley Street) in Northeast Minneapolis. All shows begin at 2pm. (7/11 thru 8/16)

Continuing...

Mu Performing Arts hits the Ordway again with David Henry Hwang's new adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic musical Flower Drum Song (thru 7/12)

They're off to see the wonderful Wizard of Oz at Stages Theatre Company (thru 8/2)

Frank Theater is screening its archival video of performances of past productions every Monday throughout the summer in their rehearsal space in Suite 208 of the Ivy Building for the Arts, 2637 27th Avenue South, in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis, hosted by artists who participated in the productions - June is full of Frank's Beginnings - This week, Monday, June 29th, 7pm - Medea (6/29) - The July lineup includes The America Play (7/6) Threepenny Opera (7/13) Venus (7/20) and Mother Courage (7/27) (thru 8/31)

Commonweal Theatre down in Lanesboro has to old style shows running from the summer into the fall - the comedy The Odd Couple, and the drama The Rainmaker (thru 10/24)

Paul Bunyan Playhouse in Bemidji continues its June to August summer season, also with The Odd Couple (thru 7/3) - next up is Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (7/8 thru 7/18)

Always... Patsy Cline bursts into song at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre (thru 10/31)

Also on tap right now, productions at... Plymouth Playhouse (ongoing), and Actors Theater of Minnesota (bingo edition, ongoing) and Deer Camp edition at the Camp Bar (ongoing)

Plus, an ever-changing and diverse roster of good stuff on hand at venues such as Balls, Bedlam, Black Forest Inn, Brave New Workshop, Bryant Lake Bowl, Center for Independent Artists, Cinema Lounge (every third Wednesday at the Bryant Lake Bowl) Death Comedy Jam (every Wednesday at 10pm at Grumpy's Bar - hosted by the Grin Reaper), Dreamland Arts, Hennepin Theater District (Hennepin Stages, Orpheum, Pantages & State Theaters), Improv-A-Go-Go (every Sunday), Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Intermedia Arts, The Lab Theater, The Loft/Open Book, Lowry Lab, Monday Night Improv, poetry readings at Nina's Cafe, Old Arizona, Ordway, Parkway Theatre, Patrick's Cabaret, the Paul & Sheila Wellstone Center, the Ritz, Riverview Theater, Sample Night Live (first Wednesday of the month), Six Ring Circus (Tuesday night long form improv), Slam MN (2nd Tues of the month at Kieran's Irish Pub) with your hosts Allison Boeren and Wonder Dave, the Southern Theater, Walker Art Center, and the West Bank Arts Quarter at the U of M, in addition to the open mic travels of award-winning local comic Ben Sandel, the storytelling workshops and performances of Nancy Donoval, musical theater creator Kenny Kiser, former Minneapolis (now LA based) actor/magician/comedian Derek Hughes, and a whole lot more...

For instance, check out the links to the following theater, dance and other performance companies and see what what they're up to next - Actors Theater of Minnesota, Alternative Artist Collective, ARTisphere Theatre, Ballet of the Dolls, Bedlam Theatre, Alan Berks, Black Label Movement, Bloomington Civic Theater, Blue Umbrella Productions, Bridge Productions, The Brink, Buckets and Tap Shoes, Buffalo Gal Productions, Burning House Group, CalibanCo Theatre, Cantus, Carlyle Brown & Company, Chicago Avenue Project, Children's Theatre Company, Cityceased, Civic Stage, Commedia Beauregard, Cromulent Shakespeare Company, 8 Ball Theatre, Emigrant Theater, Ensemble Productions, Ethnic Dance Theatre, Jon Ferguson, Flaneur Productions, Flying Foot Forum, Fort Wilson Riot, Four Humors Theater, Gallery Theater Company, Gremlin Theatre, Hang Kitty Productions, Hardcover Theater, History Theatre, Huge Theater, Illusion Theater, In The Basement Productions, In The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, John Hassler Theater, Jungle Theater, Kaleidescope Theatre, Kaotic Good Productions, Katha Dance Theatre, Keane Sense of Rhythm, The Lab Theater, Lamb Lays With Lion, Elise Langer, Lex-Ham Community Theater, Lili's Burlesque Revue, Live Action Set, Martini & Olive, Maximum Verbosity, The Mechanical Division, Minneapolis Musical Theatre, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Minnesota Jewish Theatre, Minnesota Shakespeare Project, Mixed Blood, Dave Mondy and friends - The Radio All Stars, Mounds Theatre, Nautilus Music Theater, New Theatre Group, Nightpath Theatre, Nimbus, No Refunds Theater, Off-Leash Area, Old Gem Theater, Old Log Theater, Olson Brothers Entertainment, Open Book, Open Eye Figure Theater, Outward Spiral, Paneer Project, Pangea World Theater, Park Square Theatre, Pendulum Theater, Penumbra Theatre, People Sittin' Around Doin' Theatre, Perpetual Motion Theater Company, Pigs Eye Theatre, Pillsbury House Theater, Ragamala Music & Dance Theater, Red Eye, Rockstar Storytellers (check out their new video and CD, or the 3 Minute Egg coverage), Ronin Theater Company, Sabes JCC, Sandbox Theatre, the Scrimshaw Brothers, James Sewell Ballet, Skewed Visions, Sossy Mechanics, Spirit In The House, Starting Gate, Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater (SPDT), Swandive Theatre, Swearing Jack, Teatro del Pueblo, Tellabration, Ten Thousand Things, Theater for the Thirsty, Theater Latte Da, Theatre L'Homme Dieu, Theatre Limina, Theatre of Fools, Theatre Pro Rata, Theatre Unbound, Third Rabbit Dance, Thirst Theater, 3am Productions, 3 Sticks Theatre Company, Torch Theater, TU Dance, 20% Theatre Company, Twin Cities Chekhov Festival, Twin Cities Improv Festival, Twin Cities Magic, Twin Cities Metropolitan Ballet, Upright Egg, Urban Samurai Productions, Tim Uren, Vilification Tennis, Walking Boxes, Walking Shadow, Wild Yam Cabaret, Women Stand Up, Workhaus Collective, Workhouse Theatre Co., Yellow Tree Theatre, Youth Performance Company, zAmya Theatre Project, Zenon Dance Company, Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre, plus my friend Jesse's Obie-winning NYC company Red Bull, my friend Heather's NYC theater Retro Productions, and the group my friend Galway works with in NYC, Stone Soup, and in Chicago, our Fringe friends from Shantz Theatre

You can also find a lot of good information and links (plus handy discounts) in the button discounts section of the Fringe website and through the calendar on the Ivey Awards website, which I highly recommend as a handy tool. Sign up for their email updates and post your own reviews, too. A boatload of info (including podcasts with theater artists) lives on tctheaterconnection.com. Many reviews and further info also hangs out at howwastheshow.com. Still more can be found at MN Artists Online. And while you're at it, check out MinnesotaPlaylist.com or the delightfully snarky FringeFamous, or 3minuteegg.org , plus the show listings with UptownTix or Brown Paper Tickets (or, you know, all of 'em, just for fun)

I'VE BEEN PODCASTED...

I was invited recently to sit in as a guest on a podcast for Joshua Humphrey's site tctheaterconnection.com with Alan Berks of MinnesotaPlaylist.com and David de Young of howwastheshow.com, about performing arts coverage online - listen in, if you like...

THE ONLINE SCRIPT STORE JUST GOT CLEANED UP...

Medea & Jason: Rubicon Waltz

just got added to the library. And some online programming changes at the store had me needing to revisit and tidy up the sample pages available for viewing, as well as the synopses, and links. But it's all quite spiffy looking now. Give it a look. In addition to the newly added Medea & Jason: Rubicon Waltz, (sample scenes here on the site) we also have...

one of Lavender Magazine's Top 10 Theater Productions of 2008, the gays in the military drama, Leave (which Lulu decided to start marketing with Amazon as well, but it's cheaper here) - sample scenes can be found here on the site, and monologues here;

the award-winning full-length play, the haunted love story

Heaven and Home (sample scenes here, monologues here);

the Allegheny College commissioned one-acts -

Studpuppy (sample scenes here, monologues here), and But Not For Love; (sample scenes here, monologues here);

short play collections including The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon, All Hallows' Eve, and Blight (volume 1) (sample scenes here, here and here; monologues here),

and the Dandelion Snow cycle (Dandelion Snow, Across Their River, Extra Cheese, & Tools) (sample scenes here, monologues here) and Thirst plays (Invisible, Head Above Water, Dents, and Template) (all in volume 2) (sample scenes here, monologues here);

plays for young actors and audiences (sample scenes here, monologues here)

created for Starting Gate Productions (How The Coyote Stole Fire) (sample scenes here) and Pillsbury House Theater's nationallly recognized Chicago Avenue Project (Bethesda, Dr. Worm, Champion of Breakfast, and Snowball's Chance) (sample scenes here, here, here, and here);

and last but not least, a fundraising volume for Theatre Unbound, volume 1 of selected scripts from their 24 Hour Play Project,

written with Anne Bertram (Hunt For the Bus Monkey, Feather Duster, Touched By A Handbag, Accessories, and 2008's multiple road trip excuse, Dog Tag (sample scenes here, here, and here; monologues here) - all profits from the 24 Hour Play collection go to support Theatre Unbound).

Check out the offerings of the script store - click on the titles or script covers, or go to the main store page at http://stores.lulu.com/matthewaeverett

Of course, excerpts from all these plays will still be available for viewing here, but for the full text, you now have a place you can go. Can't wait for a hard copy? There's also a handy (and immediate) download option - cheaper, since you have to print that yourself.

Familiar with any of the plays? - Hop on over and post a friendly review.

MEDEA & JASON: RUBICON WALTZ

Just received the first batch of the published version of Medea & Jason: Rubicon Waltz, and now I've got to turn them around and get them back out the door to people. As you can see above, it's now available for purchase online as well. The local press called the Iowa Western Community College production "an actor's delight" and "a fresh take on love gone wrong" in reviews and articles archived here and here. And even though the production itself wasn't chosen to go on to the regional level, IWCC is submitting the script for consideration for one of the playwriting awards, which is nice of them. Hopefully just the first of many collaborations with IWCC. Time will tell. More pics to be posted. Meantime, I've managed to get some scenes posted here online . It'll be our featured script for the week again but click over and check it all out. More blogging ahead, too, but while waiting for the new content, you can read some of my initial musings on the process here, here, here, here, and here.

AN ARTICLE ON MINNESOTAPLAYLIST.COM

Well, this was slightly newer news back when it first got posted, but it's still new to this site, so I'll plug the article I wrote for my friends' local theater site MinnesotaPlaylist.com (which I just remembered I need to renew my membership with - there, done... ok...). They asked me what I'd do if given the opportunity to program a season of theater. I'd get some local writers' work up on stage. Who, what and why? Well, read on, why don't you...?

THEATER WRITING FOR MNARTISTS.ORG

My latest is a feature on the Rockstar Storytellers. I'm actually starting to get paid to write about theater, which is really cool. Some other samples... The article I wrote for the community arts website MNArtists.org, covering last year's Twin Cities Improv Festival. You can view it here. And get out and see some improv comedy - it's incredibly active year round (not just on festival weekend), and a heck of a lot of fun. There's also write-ups I've done for MNArtists.org about Penumbra Theatre's production of Fences, Walking Shadow's production of Amazons and Their Men, Sandbox Theatre's production of The Horse, The Bird, The Monkey & The Dancer, a profile on Yellow Tree Theatre as they prepared for their recent unexpected world premiere holiday show, and a profile of the co-production by Workhouse Theatre and Hardcover Theater, adapting three "Beautiful Stories For Ugly Children" for the stage.... (I'll archive them here on the site, too, as their exclusive online runs come to a close...)

WRITING GROUP

The writing group I'm part of is always interested in some new blood. Check out the details and let me know if you're interested. We're also always looking for actor friends to come in and help us read the works in progress. Contact me about that, too.

WILL WORK FOR THEATER TICKETS...

One of my life's little ironies: If you work in theater, you often don't have the money to attend theater. However, I'm not above the barter system. Would you like to see a review of your production on this site? Offer me a ticket to come see one of your performances. Curious? For more details, click here.

LOVE'S PRICK

Time to review all the DVD transfers of the tapes of the workshop performances and post-show discussions to help jumpstart the rewrite process. Workshop done, paperwork filed with the Minnesota State Arts Board, time to gather the feedback, review the disks and gather together the ideas on the next phase of the development for Love's Prick. I think I know where the rewrites are going. We'll see how it turns out. The continuing blog on the process can be found here...

AUTUMN ROSES - THE VANYA PROJECT

Still prodding the new script into life via writing challenges from the biweekly group meetings. That, and the other side projects, make it all slow going, but at least it's progress. Taking the same approach as I just used on "As You Like It" with another of my favorite plays, Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya." The blog on the new play's progress can be found here...

WEBSITE UPDATE

Dang. The new site's gonna be gorgeous, but there's a heckuva lot of work to be done on my end, tagging blog material, uploading pictures and the like. Meanwhile, Oliver my programmer is my new personal hero, mowing down problems right and left, which then results in more work for me, but I don't mind. The thought of finally having this sucker upgraded is very exciting. More ease of use for visitors, more ease of maintenance for me. Coming soon. Watch this space...

MY FIRST BRUSH WITH PUBLICATION

The opening monologue from Studpuppy is part of Playwrights' Center Monologues for Men. You can go to Hienemann publishers website (www.hienemann.com) and get all the details there (you can download pdf of the table of contents to check out all the authors and plays involved - or just check out the links to my samplers of everyone below), and purchase your very own copy. There's also a companion volume, of course, Playwrights' Center Monologues for Women, featuring still more of my friends' work, so check that out and add that to your bookshelf as well.

In addition to the Hienemann site, you can also purchase the book at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com (just click those links or search for Playwrights' Center.) You can preview the Studpuppy monologue by clicking on the link below:

"So here's the story of how I turned into a dog."

SAMPLES OF OTHER MONOLOGUES

FOR MEN and...

FOR WOMEN

I put together a set of sample lines from all the other monologues in the Monologues for Men collection from The Playwrights' Center (as well as Monologues for Women collection) to give you a look at the range of talent and subject matter on display (and to encouage you to hopefully buy the book for your own personal library). Check out the teasers in the In My Humble Opinion section or, for the Men, just click here, and for the Women, just click here

SIX MONOLOGUES FEATURED IN AUDITION ARSENAL SERIES

Four monologues in the Men in their 20s volume, one in Women in their 20s, and one in Women in their 30s (all noted below). These are collections of 101 Monologues each, split out by gender and age, and split within each volume into categories such as: Angry/ Fed Up; Blunt/ Direct; Haunted/ Guilt-Ridden; High Strung/ Neurotic/ Stressed-Out; Intimidating/ Tough/ Dangerous; Joyful/ Enthusiastic/ Excited; Lonely/ Yearning; Lost/ Confused/ Trying to Make Sense; Maternal; Melodramatic; Nervous/ Awkward/ Uneasy; Persuasive/ Inspirational; Romantic/ In Love; Sexual/ Flirtatious; Troubled/ Pained/ Rough Life; Vulnerable/ Hurt/ Exposed; Wacky/ Quirky/ Odd; and Youthful/ Naive. Drilling down one level further, each monologue in those sections is tagged as either Dramatic, Comic, or Seriocomic. So there's all sorts of ways to zero in on the type of audition material you're looking for.

I'm working on getting sample lines from all the work in each of the volumes posted for your perusal (one book read, another nearly complete, two more to go). Meanwhile, if you're interested in purchasing one for your own personal library, just follow the links below...

All four volumes in the set are edited by Janet B. Milstein and have the same subtitle - 101 Monologues by Type, 2 Minutes and Under

Audition Arsenal for Women in their 20s - purchase from: Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com

Audition Arsenal for Men in their 20s -

purchase from: Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com

Audition Arsenal for Women in their 30s - purchase from: Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com

Audition Arsenal for Men in their 30s -

purchase from: Barnes & Noble or Amazon.com (I don't have any material in this one but why not have the whole collection, right?)

Both B&N and Amazon have the books searchable under both Audition Arsenal and editor Janet B. Milstein.

The six chosen monologues break down into three from Heaven and Home, and three from Leave (The Surface of the World). There was also one that made the cut but had its category eliminated from this round of books (with luck, it'll be back for the next round) - it came from The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon. You can find more detail and links to those speeches further down on the front page here.

MY SECOND BRUSH WITH PUBLICATION

Audition Arsenal features two female monologues: both from Gabby in Heaven and Home - click on the quotes or pictures below to see the full monologues...

"It's just -- words. Three words. They don't mean anything anymore."

- found in the Lonely/Yearning category of the Women in their 30s volume

"I can't do this. This. What we're doing. You. Me. Movies in the dark on my bed."

- found in the Vulnerable/Hurt/Exposed category of the Women in their 20s volume

Four male monologues: one from Vincent in Heaven and Home - click on the quote or picture below to see the full monologue...

"There's this huge chunk of my life now that's gone completely out of focus." - found in the Angry/Fed Up category of the Men in their 20s volume

Two from Nicholas in Leave (The Surface of the World) - click on the quotes or pictures below see the full monologues...

"I can't be unselfish where you're concerned. I need you with me." - found in the Angry/Fed Up category of the Men in their 20s volume

"I need you near me in the dark. So I can feel safe again." - found in the Vulnerable/Hurt/Exposed category of the Men in their 20s volume

One from Seth in Leave (The Surface of the World) - click on the quote or picture below to see the full monologue...

"Except for loving you, being a Marine's the only thing I ever got right. It's the only thing that even comes close." - found in the Persuasive/Inspirational category of the Men in their 20s volume

As an added bonus - One from David in The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon - (when the Men in their 20s volume had a Sexual/Flirtatious category, this speech was slotted in. Right now it's in a holding pattern, publication-wise) - click on the quote or pictures below to see the full monologue...

"I mean, do you ever just do anything?"

ON A PERSONAL NOTE...

As of 6/28/09, it's Day 160 of the administration of President Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States of America - it's so nice to be able to say that. Counting up a presidency, rather than waiting for it to count down and run its course. I feel better by the day.

Oh, and you can also find various bits and pieces of me elsewhere on the web - still being upgraded (my first home in the ether still gets the bulk of my time and attention) - at Minnesota Artists Online, TCMusic.net, MinnesotaPlaylist.com, www.blogger.com, [I'm set up on Callboard.org, even though I'm not much of a message board person] and yes, even MySpace and Facebook

Thanks for stopping by.

"Oh, that’s right, even ELVIS WON’T MARRY US! And he’ll marry anyone! We should probably take that as a hint, don’t you think?!"

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"I’m not just out of the closet, I’ve completely dismantled it and put in some French doors. So who’s the coward?"

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