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.