100 Monologues is a project where I’m writing monologue scripts, performing, and filming the pieces. Since I’m beginning to dabble in acting, the project is meant as a means for me to acquire more acting experience where I can work on refining my craft. You can find out more about the project here.

Below is the script from the “Upset at Myself” monologue. If you’re a student who would like to perform this monologue for class, just make sure you credit me, Maggie Coyle, as the author. For any other use of the script, please contact me.

100 Monologues: #28 Upset at Myself

Why do I always do this to myself? I don’t understand why my mind works this way. Why do I keep telling people what’s on my mind? Can’t I filter anything? I’m always putting my foot in my mouth. I’ve turned awkwardness into an all-new art form. No one else can fail as beautifully and tragically as I can. You’d think I’d learn by now…but years of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time always gets forgotten. And before I know it, I’m back to my old ways. Ugh, one of these days I just gotta change. I can’t keep turning moments into horrifically awkward nightmares that follow me for years. I’ve got to do something…I just got to.

100 Monologues is a project where I’m writing monologue scripts, performing, and filming the pieces. Since I’m beginning to dabble in acting, the project is meant as a means for me to acquire more acting experience where I can work on refining my craft. You can find out more about the project here.

Below is the script from the “Constant State of Confusion” monologue. If you’re a student who would like to perform this monologue for class, just make sure you credit me, Maggie Coyle, as the author. For any other use of the script, please contact me.

100 Monologues: #27 Constant State of Confusion

I’m always in this constant state of confusion. I walk around, move about, lost in my own world. I get lost in my thoughts a lot, which is probably why I’m always disoriented and confused if someone interrupts my inner monologue. I momentarily forget what I’m doing, where I am, and who is talking to me. It takes me a minute to adjust, to realize that I’m no longer in my own sea of thoughts – that someone has dipped their feet in the waters to see how the surface ripples. And even though I get thrown at first, I’m always pleasantly surprised to see who has interrupted my silent dialogue this time around. Whoever felt the need to say hello, to extend a hand in my direction. It makes me smile, you know, because someone took the time to turn away from their world…to say hello to me in my world.

100 Monologues is a project where I’m writing monologue scripts, performing, and filming the pieces. Since I’m beginning to dabble in acting, the project is meant as a means for me to acquire more acting experience where I can work on refining my craft. You can find out more about the project here.

Below is the script from the “It’s not easy finding work” monologue. If you’re a student who would like to perform this monologue for class, just make sure you credit me, Maggie Coyle, as the author. For any other use of the script, please contact me.

100 Monologues: #26 It’s not easy finding work

Yeah, it’s soul crushing – you know, looking for work. Job interviews and the never-ending copies of resumes and cover letters. The fake smiles and fake enthusiasm. The showmanship. The conversational tap-dancing. The pretending that you want a job even though it’s below you. It gets embarrassing.

One time I went to an interview where the minute the interviewer met me, I could tell she instantly didn’t like me. She dismissed me as a person. And then I proceeded to sit through an entire thing, just fake smiling and trying to be likeable. It was a disaster. I just ended up being an awkward mess. I would have been better off if after I shook her hand and introduced myself, I had just said, “You know what? This isn’t going to work. You clearly don’t like me, so let’s not waste each other’s time.”

Instead it was fake conversational tap dancing. And then a week later, a rejection email. What a waste of time…

100 Monologues is a project where I’m writing monologue scripts, performing, and filming the pieces. Since I’m beginning to dabble in acting, the project is meant as a means for me to acquire more acting experience where I can work on refining my craft. You can find out more about the project here.

Below is the script from the “A Mess” monologue. If you’re a student who would like to perform this monologue for class, just make sure you credit me, Maggie Coyle, as the author. For any other use of the script, please contact me.

100 Monologues: #25 A Mess

I’ve been a mess. And when I say I’ve been a mess, I’m not using that word loosely at all. It’s been a rough month. My friend…she died in a car accident. And then two weeks later, my three-year relationship ended. And then my body just started to revolt. First, I couldn’t sleep at all. Then next all I could do was sleep. I’d sleep through meals and life…In a couple of days I would lose seven pounds and gain the weight back in another two days. I was…I am just a mess of neuroses. Just all this emotion…it’s hard to handle. It’s hard to handle tragedy and heartbreak so close to each other. And despite how I’ve been feeling, I’m hopeful that things will get better. I just have to wait through this. Right now it’s a mess, a storm. I feel broken inside. But if I just power through it, you know, before I know it, I’ll feel whole again. Put back together. I just have to wait and see.