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 “Ideal State of Happiness” 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: #33 Ideal State of Happiness

Before I found you, and before I could admit that you were the love of my life, I remember life was a dull, drab thing. It felt like I was a hamster running on a wheel. Every day I went through the motions, but I never really got closer to accomplishing much of anything. My love life felt the same way. I’d go on dates with different men, but they never went anywhere. I couldn’t find a moment that meant anything until I met you. You, the man who made me feel so nervous and giddy with excitement every time we went out during those first few months. And you know what? You still make me feel that way. When we’re walking home after dinner, and you reach for my hand, I still get that nervous jolt of excitement. Even after all this time – years and years of dining out and handholding, yet it still feels new every time. And that’s my ideal state of happiness – that feeling you give me that feels familiar and brand new all at the same 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 “It’s Not Rocket Science” 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: #32 It’s Not Rocket Science

I can’t stand it when people use that phrase, “it’s not rocket science.” I mean, come on! When someone tells me that a job at an accounting or law firm isn’t “rocket science,” it drives me crazy. Because they are insinuating that the job isn’t difficult. Well you know what? There are plenty of difficult positions out there, that aren’t the same as being a rocket scientist or engineer or whatever, but they are difficult in their own way. Using that cliché of a phrase undermines the work. I vote that we revise that phrase, and use “it’s like rocket science” instead—because every job or task has it’s own set of challenges.

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 “Content” 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: #31 Content

Growing up, I had all sorts of teenage angst. I was constantly heartbroken, and constantly writing bad poetry about how heartbroken and depressed I was. And now as an adult, I can say I’m finally content. I’m happy and in love. It’s not the ridiculous kind of passionate type of love you see in the movies – where everything is extreme and every emotion is exaggerated. I’m happy in the real world sense of the word. I’m content to be with someone who is there for me and loves me despite my flaws. We have seen the beautiful and the ugly in each other, and we’re still convinced we made the right decision being devoted to one another. To me, that is real love…true love. And it makes living easier. Everything is easier when you know there’s someone by your side—ready to catch you when you fall and applaud you when you reach great new heights.