A CASE FOR ASTRONAUT CAROLING
A monologue from the one-act play, Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen
By
Tara Meddaugh
About the one-act play, Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen, from which the monologue, A CASE FOR ASTRONAUT CAROLING comes:
To four children, Christmas is no simple sleigh ride. Annie’s new best friend is a talking reindeer, and she’s not sure if that’s really okay. Sam is experiencing the pressure of being the Lead Shepherd in the church pageant. Dylan has a very secretive wish he hopes Santa can deliver. And Lauren needs to make sure someone is giving her little brother a very special Christmas. Experience the joys and challenges of Christmas through the eyes of these children in this monologue-driven one-act comedy.
About the monologue, A Case for Astronaut Caroling:
Sam really wants to wear his astronaut costume Christmas Caroling this year, but he needs to get his mom on board. His space helmet has a voice changer that would make him sound really cool singing Christmas songs. And if they’re singing to lonely people, wouldn’t they love to see a little child dressed up in such a cute way? He’s only looking to brighten their night! Can Sam make enough of a case for astronaut caroling to convince his mom?
DETAILS
Genre: Comedy
Age range: 5-10 (or adults playing children)
Setting: Home/out to audience
Time period: Contemporary
Running time: Around 2 minutes
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SAM (out)
When we go caroling, I really want to wear my astronaut costume from Halloween because it looks really cool, but my mom says it’s not Christmassy and I can’t wear it. She says I can wear my shepherd costume if I want, but I gotta ask Mrs. Wendell first if I can borrow it.
A shepherd is fine, but my astronaut costume actually has real buttons on it that beep, and a space helmet that makes my voice sound all weird and loud when I talk in the speaker. So I think it would be perfect for singing Christmas songs into. But my mom doesn’t get it when I explain it to her like that.
So I ask her, I say, “Who are we going to be caroling to again? I forgot.”
But I didn’t.
And she says, “The elderly”—that means old—“people from the church who have a hard time getting out in the snow.”
So I ask her if they get to see their grandkids much in the winter, and she says, probably not that much unless the kids visit them, because they don’t drive much in the snow.
And I say, “Well, that’s too bad because they probably miss all the cute funny things the little grandkids do.”
And she says, “I’m sure they do, Sam, and that’s very nice of you to think how they would feel.” And I say, “Sure,” or something like that.
And then I kind of walk away, sort of like I’m sad, and then I turn back and I tell her I have a great idea. And she’s like, “What?” And I say—END OF EXCERPT
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To four young children, Christmas is no simple sleigh ride. Annie’s new best friend is a talking reindeer, and she’s not sure if that’s really okay... Sam is experiencing the pressure of being the Lead Shepherd in the church pageant. Dylan has a very secretive wish he hopes Santa can deliver. And Lauren needs to make sure someone is giving her little brother a very special Christmas. Experience the joys and challenges of Christmas through the eyes of these children in this monologue-driven one-act comedy.
-This is a one-act Christmas-themed comedic play filled with great monologues. Running time is approximately 25 minutes.
-Cast: With doubling there is a cast off 5 actors: 3 male, 2 female - even with this breakdown, all roles are fairly gender flexible. Without doubling, the 1 adult character role may be split into 3 roles, so cast would be 7 actors: 3 male, 2 female, 2 male/female/neutral/flexible
Minimal set.