Small Explosions: Bold and Combustible New Monologues for All Ages and Genders

by Adam Szymkowicz

Overview

One minute: that’s all the time an actor needs to make a scorching impression—to pull in an audience, make them care, laugh, cry, remind them that life is worth living, or help them forget that life is hard.

Small Explosions collects more than ninety entirely new monologues from acclaimed playwright Adam Szymkowicz (Hearts Like Fists, Clown Bar, Pretty Theft). Short, punchy, and thoroughly memorable, they traverse the extremes of heartbreak and joy, epiphany, and bewilderment, across a range of moods and voices. Perfect as audition pieces or training exercises, they hit hard, make their mark, and just as quickly get out of the way, leaving an indelible impression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493071371
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2023
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	646,799
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Adam Szymkowicz's plays have been produced throughout the United States and in sixteen countries. Twenty of his plays are published. He holds graduate degrees from Columbia and Juilliard and has interviewed over 1,100 playwrights on his blog. www.adamszymkowicz.com

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Monologues

130 3

Underwater 4

Morning Meditation 5

Parts of Me 6

Cassandra 7

Nonsense 8

False Cages 9

Vengeance 10

I Hate People 11

What Love Is 12

Hang In There, Champ 13

Different Things 14

Glittering City 15

Explosions 16

Song For 17

Love 18

Mourning Becomes Electric 19

Metaphor 20

The Night and All It Contains 21

Archaeology 22

Stasis 23

A Certain Set of Skills 24

What Did I Win? 25

Molten 26

Stew 27

Milo Said 28

Down 29

Or What If 30

So 31

Persist 32

Still Here 33

Drummer 34

Hate 35

Fish Fry 36

Today 37

Frog 38

Calm 39

Now 40

Sorry 41

Me 42

Inspiration 43

Break 44

Eat at You 45

Trials 46

Wonder 47

First Date 48

Well 49

New 50

Tempest 51

Breath 52

Cement 53

Too Much 54

Not My Fault 55

Moon 56

Nobody 57

Sex and Donuts 58

Alive 59

List for Tomorrow 60

2022 62

About You 63

Setback 64

Relationship Conversation 65

Breakup 66

Hats! 67

Not a Love Letter 68

MER 69

G.M. 70

Prank 71

Visible 72

Blank 73

Quiet 74

A Gift 75

Dirt 76

I Spy 77

Thinking Thoughts 78

Strong 79

Lost 80

Everything Okay? 81

I Repeat Myself 82

Wind 84

Argument 85

Left Out 86

AZ 87

Ventriloquist 88

Young Man 89

Presentation 90

Fuck 92

Was 93

I Would Like to Apologize 94

G.G. 95

For Whom 96

End 97

How to Write a Monologue 99

Acknowledgments 101