Frog Band-Aid: New dark comedy monologue
What do you do when you’re confronted with a jealous force in your life who demands that you abandon your new and precious human connection? And what do you do when this jealous force happens to be…um…a bingo chip?
Yeeeess…
This is part of the story of my full-length dark comedy/absurdist thriller, Free Space. Amelia views hosting her own Bingo Night as a way to escape her lonely life. Not only does she have the excitement of planning this magical night, but planning this night has led to a growing bond between her and Ricky, a kind-hearted boy who works at the local cannery. But as Amelia starts to envision a brighter future, a talking Bingo Chip begins calling the shots. Amelia is losing control of her own Game—and relationship with Ricky.
Frog Band-Aid is a monologue from Free Space. Ricky has just given Amelia a private tour of the cannery he works at. During the tour, the two joyfully plan the event, and discuss visiting a pet store together. After Amelia leaves the cannery, she walks home, speaking to the mysterious Bingo Chip in her pocket which has become increasingly demanding.
This dark comedy/dramatic monologue runs around 3 minutes and is appropriate for an older teen through adult actor. Enjoy the excerpt below and check out Free Space to learn more about Amelia and her story.
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AMELIA
(to a bingo chip) He wants to show me an albino frog! I— (pause) Oh, you’re right. I guess I don’t know how to act in a place like a pet shop. With Ricky. And around all those frogs. I wouldn’t want to hurt them, but sometimes I do things I don’t mean to. And Ricky said that’s not my fault. (pause) But I did step on a frog once and—I think I broke his paw. Or his leg. But I didn’t kill him, and I even took off the Band-Aid I had on my own knee and put it on the frog’s little leg. I wish it’d had a picture on it. Maybe a picture of a mouse. Or a ‘possum. He would have looked cute with a ‘possum Band-Aid on him. But it was just a brown one. Plain. So then I sort of—pointed him toward the road and gave him a little push, to help him get started on his way…And I knew even as I pushed him, I was directing him toward that road. And I don’t know why I did that, because I knew he was going to get hit by a car. Maybe I wanted to see if the Band-Aid would save him, if he’d escape from under a car…But he didn’t…maybe he escaped from something else though… (looks down at chip) No, I wouldn’t! I wouldn’t do that at the pet shop! I don’t want to push any more frogs in that direction. I’ll just go with Ricky and he can help me— END OF EXCERPT MONOLOGUE
Click below to get the entire monologue, Frog Band-Aid. To learn more about Amelia and Free Space, from which this monologue comes, click here.
To learn more about Amelia and the full-length dark comedy, Free Space, from which Frog Band-Aid comes, click below:
Amelia spends her days under the watchful eye of her mother, doing the same nothing she has done for years. Yet when Bingo arrives at her local community center, a talking Bingo chip convinces Amelia that forming her own game is the way out of this life and away from her controlling mother. However, as her mother begins acting like her newly arrived sister, and the chip becomes increasingly dominating, Amelia discovers her new life is nothing as she imagined.
-This is a full-length dark comedy/absurd/thriller play with a running time of approximately 95-105 minutes, with 4 actors (3 female, 1 male). The set is minimal.