The First Time
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THE FIRST TIME
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(There are two versions - one male, one female - this can also be done as a duo. It has an incredible effect on the audience.)
THE FIRST TIME
a monologue by Janet S. Tiger (c) March 13, 2009
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(This has two versions - the female is first, male is below. A woman comes out onstage. She can be anywhere from 25 on up. This can be performed as a duo, too.)
Woman
The first time....
The first time you take a breath.
The first time you smile.
The first time you eat something very delicious.
The first time something hurts.
The first time you walk, the first time you run....
The first time you fall.
The first time you realize you love someone.
The first time you are very mad…. at someone you love.
The first time....you're afraid.
The first time you go to school.
The first time someone pulls your pigtails, the first time you learn something so interesting it changes your life, the first time you realize teachers aren't perfect, like you thought…..the first time you realize your mother isn’t perfect like you thought…..
The first time you make a friend.
The first time you realize that friend kissed the guy you like.
The first time you cry.
The first time you graduate.
The first time you fall in love,,,,,,,The first time you have sex.....the first time you have an orgasm. (an aside) Those three can be in any order.
The first time...you are very scared you could be pregnant.
The first time you are happy to find out you are not pregnant.
The first time you really hate someone.
The first time someone hurts you.
The first time....(slowly) .you hurt someone.
The first time you realize you did something really bad and you can't fix it.
The first time you cry....so deeply that it's not crying anymore, it's sobbing.
The first time you know you are over the problem....and you still hurt.
The first time you get a job.
The first time you meet someone and spend the whole day talking to them and you know that you are going to marry them.
The first time you get married....
The first time you are sad to find out you’re not pregnant…
The first time you get pregnant.....and all the other firsts that go with that .....all of which connect you to every other woman that has ever lived and had a child.
The first time you......you see your firstborn.
The first time you fall in love with someone you have never seen before.
The first time.....you realize your children are grown.
The first time you realize that someone you have known for 50 years can drive you insane when they are around all the time because they have retired and do not have a hobby.
The first time you realize that someone you have known for 50 years is still a mystery
The first time you lose someone you love.
The first time....you realize someone you love is never gone.
The first time you forget something....
The first time you are so sick that it is scary.
The first time you realize that everything you know is ....nothing.
The first time you see your grandchild.
The first time you want to see your great-great grandchild.
The first time you get tired – really tired! – of saying ‘the first time’
The first time ….I’m sorry, I can’t remember…. The first time you .....I'm sorry I can't remember this line……
(This has two versions – if done together, the female is first, male is below. This can also be done as a duo. A man comes out onstage. He can be anywhere from 25 on up.)
Man
The first time....
The first time you breathe.
The first time you know it's your mother smiling at you.
The first time you eat something very delicious.
The first time you walk, the first time you run....
The first time you get hurt.
The first time you want to hurt someone.
The first time you realize you would die to save your Mom.
The first time you are very mad at your Mom.
The first time....you're afraid.
The first time you go to school.
The first time you have to be so bored that you could jump out a window.
The first time you get in trouble and go to the principal's office.
The first time your Dad is really mad at you because you got in trouble.
The first time you make a friend.
The first time you realize that friend likes the same girl you do....and neither one of you goes out with her and you are still friends.
The first time you drive...the first time you drive really fast! ....the first time you hit something and you have to fix it with your buddy so your parents don't find out...but they do.
The first time you have to pay your own insurance.
The first time you camp out under the stars and go fishing.
The first time you find out that you really like to build things.
The first time you get drunk.
The first time.....you do it.
The first time you do it ....with a girl.
The first time...you are very scared she could be pregnant.
The first time you are REALLY relieved someone isn't pregnant.
The first time you graduate.
The first time you fall in love,,,,,,,
The first time you really get hurt and you stay in your apartment for days and eat delivery pizza and don't shave and don't recognize yourself in the mirror.
The first time you really hate someone.
The first time....(slowly) .you hurt someone.
The first time you realize you did something really bad and you can't fix it.
The first time you .....(hard to say this) ....cry....
The first time you stop getting drunk to ease the pain because the pain is gone.
The first time you get a job.
The first time you see someone walking down the street and she is so beautiful and you know this is the woman you are going to spend your whole life with
The first time you get married....
The first time she gets pregnant ......the first time she has a miscarriage.
The first time you are really relieved when she is pregnant - and she has your son, and you see him and something happens inside and you are never the same and for the first time you know how much your father loved you even if he never told you.
The first time you....say I love to your son.
The first time.....you realize your kids are grown.
The first time you retire.
The first time your wife almost kills you because you're driving her crazy so you get a hobby that you really love.
The first time you lose someone you love.
The first time....you realize someone you loved is never gone.
The first time you forget something....
The first time you get that pain in your chest that feels like an elephant is sitting on you....
The first time you realize that everything you know is ....nothing.
The first time you see your grandchild and you see your grandchild graduate.
The first time you .....I'm sorry I can't remember this line.....I do know I am so tired....really tired.....of saying 'the first time'
(Starts to walk off, looks back)
Now I remember….
The first time......you die.
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by Janet S. Tiger
I've seen many actors do thousands of monologues - some of them mine. I've learned a few things - and I have a great deal of admiration for all actors. (A special thank you to DJ Sullivan, who gives a fantastic acting class - her home was the location of my first reading!)
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THE AFFIDAVIT
Running time – 15 minutes $6.00/script
Set – pawnshop 1940’s
2 characters 1 man – 40s
1 woman – 25-35
A desperate woman brings a cherished family heirloom to a pawnbroker to try and get money to rescue her father from Nazi-occupied Austria. Will she get the money? And at what cost? Fast-paced with a surprising end.
This play has won numerous awards including DFAS National 1-Act Playwriting contest –(First Place)and Gassner Memorial One-Act Playwriting Competition (Honorable Mention.)
THE AFFIDAVIT is published in ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR ACTING STUDENTS edited by Norman A. Bert (Meriwether Publishing, Colorado)
The productions are too numerous to list at this point, but include New York (Off-off Broadway, New Zealand, Canada, Austria…..if you have had a production in another country and want it listed here, please e-mail tigerteam1@mail.com
BLIND WOMAN’S BLUFF
Running time – 25 minutes $8.00/script
Set – living room, semi-rundown
2 characters 1 man – early 20s
1 woman – late 60s
An old blind woman puts a classified ad in the paper and a young man answers the ad - but is he there to buy or to rip her off? Quick, funny and a good showcase piece for actors.
Winner DFAS National One-act Playwriting Contest 3rd Place
Published in PERSPECTIVES THREE
(HBJ, Canada -8th grade textbook)
Since its first publication, BLIND WOMAN'S BLUFF has had numerous productions. If you would like your production included in the upcoming page 'where in the world have I seen this play?', please e-mail the details to tigerteam1@gmail.com
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CURSE OF THE DUCHESS(monologue)
Running time – 15 minutes $8.00/script
Set – minimal - chair, table, lamp
Lighting and sound effects very important
Character - The duchess - in her late 80s, very British
A duchess recounts how a curse changed her life. Touching- a tour de force for an older actress.
Winner - DFAS National 1-Act Playwriting Contest 2nd Place
Produced - Five Flags Theatre, Dubuque, Iowa
Televised - Public Access Cable Channel Iowa
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DAY OF ATONEMENT
Running time – 15 minutes $10.00/script
Set – kitchen, living area middle-class New York late 1970s
2 characters 2 women, both 60s, both with Polish accent
Finalist - Fritz Blitz Contest for One-Act Plays, San Diego, CA
Two women, lifelong friends, face Yom Kippur (the Jewish New Year also known as the Day of Atonement) with different ideas. Great showpiece for two older actresses.
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DON’T YOU CRY FOR ME
Running time – 35 minutes $10.00/script
Time- 1966 Late summer evening of a very hot day, almost dusk
Set – Sitting room in a gracoious house in a rural Atlanta suburb
Characters - 2 men, 2 women all with Southern accents
The death of his father - and an unusual request in the will - leads a young man to deal with major issues in his life, and his family, in a very Southern finale.
Strong language
Award -Fritz Blitz of New Plays
Produced- The Seventh Annual Fritz Blitz of New Plays, San Diego, CA
This play is part of the TRANSFUSION trilogy. (The other is OH, SUSANNAH) There is a discount if all three plays in the trilogy are purchased at the same time.
INTERVIEW
Running time – 45 minutes $10.00/script
Set – Living room as talk show set
Characters - 2 men, 2 women
Strong language.
Finalist - 2nd Annual Robert R. Lehan Playwriting Awards,
Westfield State College, Westfield, MASS
Welcome to the Hornet's Nest - a radio talk show that can be very interesting - and dangerous. When Audrey Hornet hosts a political guest that used to be an old lover, anything can happen. And it does. Riveting suspense that build to an explosive climax - keeps audiences on the edge of their seats.
OH, SUSANNAH
Running time – 15 minutes $10.00/script
Set – Midwest middle-class living room
2 characters 1 man – Russian accent, 70s
1 woman- American, 70s
This play was completed with funds from a COMBO-NEA Grant.
Produced - Vintage Theatre, San Diego, CA 1993
Susannah returns from her husband's funeral to find a suitor at her doorstep.
– This play is part of the TRANSFUSION trilogy. (The other is OH, SUSANNAH)There is a discount if all three plays in the trilogy are purchased at the same time.
SAVE A PLACE FOR ME
Running time – 15 minutes $10.00/script
Set – Bus stop
Characters - 2 men, 2 women
This play was commissioned by the Aaronson Foundation.
SCRIPTEASE
Running time – 45 minutes $10.00/script
Set – modern living room
Characters - 5 men –30-s-50-s
4 women – 20-40's
Lead female needs British accent
A well-known playwright is found dead at the reading of his newest play - which of his 'friends' didn't like his latest literary offering?
Mystery with a DEATHTRAP twist - fast and funny with some good chances for stylist characterizations and staging.
***Janet S. Tiger's first full production! Southwestern College Chula Vista, CA
****Special note
This play was produced by Scripteasers, the well-known San Diego Writers-Actors group that has helped new playwrights for over 50 years! Janet S. Tiger had her first play read at Scripteasers in ....well, many years ago. It was very.......long. But the Scripteasers helped her improve her writing, and most of her plays had first readings at one of their meetings. SCRIPTEASE was written as a 'thank you' , and it was produced by Scripteasers in May 1981. For more information, you can visit the Scripteasers website www scripteasers . org.
SWEEPSTAKES
Running time – 45 minutes $10.00/script
Set – semi-rundown apartment
Characters - 2 men, 50s, 60s
Winner - 1986 West Coast Ensemble Festival of One-Acts
Produced - Playbill Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 1986 (extended run)
Strong language
THE WAITING ROOM (also available in full-length)
Running time – 45 minutes $10.00/script
Set – living room/dining room European, circa 1938
Characters 2 men –25-50
3 women – 25-75
A Jewish family in Vienna, Austria, just before World War II, is faced with crucial decisions about taking the opportunity to leave - or staying behind with an aged and ill relative. Basic human questions about the value of life and importance of family are confronted. Poignant drama.
This play has won many awards, including the Gassner Memorial and the DFAS National . THE WAITING ROOM has been produced numerous times, from San Diego to New York. For more details, please e-mail tigerteam1@gmail.com
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Plays by Janet S. Tiger have been performed throughout
the world including United States, Canada, England, Austria and New
Zealand. If your group has performed a play by Janet S. Tiger and
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Unusual facts about some of Janet S. Tiger's productions-
1st Reading - UGANDA at a Scripteasers meeting in....a long time ago. (See info about the one-act SCRIPTEASE.)
1st production - SCRIPTEASE (one-act) in 1981 was directed by William Virchis
Janet S. Tiger's plays have won awards five times in the DFAS National One-Act Playwriting Contest -
THE WAITING ROOM -2nd place 1982
THE AFFIDAVIT - 1st place 1983
BLIND WOMAN'S BLUFF - 3rd place 1984
SAVE A PLACE FOR ME - Honorable Mention 1989
CURSE OF THE DUCHESS- 2nd place 1990
The first three prizes were won by Janet Schechter (the 'S' in Janet S.
Tiger), the others after she married Stanley Tiger. Janet
traveled to Dubuque, Iowa to watch the productions in 1982, 1983
and 1984, and made many friends that she still is in touch with
today. For more info on the DFAS Contest, google Dubuque Fine Arts Players One-Act Playwriting Contest
Copyright 2005 Janet S. Tiger. All rights reserved.
