New comedic monologue for women: Freshly Squeezed
If you’re looking for a free, new (let’s say, um, “fresh”) comedic monologue for a female actor, check out Freshly Squeezed below. It’s a 1940s version of a someone who might sound a little stuck on herself, hence the comedy as she compares her “noble” qualities to the “poor” girls around her. But if you read the entire 10-minute piece from which it comes, Ruth and Harry & The Dinner Party, you see Ruth reveals a huge insecurity about her inability to become a mother, and strength despite society’s pressure, and her character takes on a much deeper note. This monologue runs about 1.5 minutes.
While Ruth prepares the dining table for a small dinner party, her husband, Harry, enjoys a glass of her fresh lemonade. He compliments her refreshment and she explains to him the burden of excelling at so much, yet managing to remain kind despite the jealousies of others.
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RUTH
It’s freshly squeezed. That’s the difference. That’s what you’re tasting. You can’t compare anything really to homemade lemonade from homegrown lemons. It takes an awful lot of care, Harry. They’re not natural to this region. I’ve really garnered a green thumb these past few years. Everyone on Halstead knows my garden is the most plentiful. Now, that’s not bragging, Harry. You’d know I’d never brag. I’m not crass like Betty with that perfumed hair at church and muttering those cuss words in the powder room. It’s just the truth and if I can’t speak the truth to my own husband, who can I?
(pause)
Some of the girls are resentful though. It comes with the territory of being the best at anything, shame as it is. I’ve encountered—END OF EXCERPT
Click here for the free monologue, Freshly Squeezed.
Click below for the entire 10-minute play, Ruth and Harry & The Dinner Party, from which Freshly Squeezed comes.
(The 10-minute play, Ruth and Harry & The Dinner Party, is part of a collection of shorts from The Victory Garden Plays). Click below to purchase the entire collection of The Victory Garden Plays (5 10-minute pieces and 2 monologue plays)