Monologue -Buried Child

SHOW

Buried Child

CHARACTER

Shelly

GENDER

Female

AGE RANGE

Late Teen, Young Adult

STYLE

Dramatic

SCENE

Act III, Scene 1

PLAY SETTING

Old Farm House, Illinois, Present Day

TIME PERIOD

Contemporary

SHOW TYPE

Play

Don’t come near me! Don’t anyone come near me. I don’t need any words from you. I’m not threatening anybody. I don’t even know what I’m doing here. You all say you don’t remember Vince, okay, maybe you don;t. Maybe it’s Vince that’s crazy. Maybe he’s made this whole family thing up. I don’t even care anymore. I was just coming along for the ride. I thought it’d be a nice gesture. Besides, I was curious. He made all of you sound familiar to me. Every one of you. For every name, I had an image. Every time he’d tell me a name, I’d see the person. In fact, each of you was so clear in my mind that I actually believed it was you. I really believed that when I walked through that door that the people who lived here would turn out to be the same people in my imagination. Real people. People with faces. But I don’t recognize any of you. Not one. Not even the slightest resemblance.

The reason why i chose this monologue because i felt that this suitable for me and it also dramatic and they story behind it with the young girl going to visit her boyfriend family but the boyfriend family doesn't remember him  which made me want to do this monologue.