“One Drop” (drama) 2 Minutes

Monologue Description: “One Drop” is about, well, read it and draw your own conclusions.

Character Description: In this monologue, Thumper talks to himself from having a panic attack, which stirs a transformation into various characters due to his multiple personality disorder.  Thumper has his hair dyed red, he is slender and he stutters.  Lots of nervous energy is needed for this character.  His one true friend happens to enter the room in the mist of this.  His friend is as close as brothers can be and is also his roomate.  This scene takes place in the kitchen.

*Note:  The actor playing Thumper must play a total of THREE characters and imagine two additional characters, one in the flesh (the real friend) and the one imaginary (Tommy).

THUMPER:

Yeah, yeah, yeah.  It was yesterday but if it was yesterday how can it be today?  How can it be today, if it was yesterday?  If it was yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday.

Yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, YESTERDAY!! YESTERDAY!!! YESTERDAY IS NOT TODAY!!! IT’S NOT TODAY!!!!  IT WAS YESTERDAY…yesterday, yesterday, yesterday….YES, yes, yes, yes, yes it was, yes it was, yes it was, yes to yesterday, yesterday!

(enter friend)

(Thumper appears to change into a motherly figure)

Well, hello there handsome?  How goes it young man?  Did you rake the leaves outside like mommy told you?

(beat)

No, no, no!  I didn’t ask you to water the garden, just rake the leaves.  I watered the garden YESTERDAY and now, and now, and now your, your, your, your going to drown the poor little creatures.  You’re going to drown them dead!

(Thumper turns violently on his friend.  He is now an older, abusive southern man in his fifties)

Now YOU listen carefully boy.  I will hurt you today!  Now you go and take those towels and dry off the plants!  Go now!  Go and do it now boy!  You DO IT and don’t come back until all them plants are dry.  I’m gonna check and see and if there is ONE DROP of water, I am going to have YOUR HEAD!  You hear me?  Now get!  Get!!!

(Thumper changes again.  This time into a gangster)

Hey, leave the kid alone.  You heard me clown face?  He’s my friend.  You gotta problem wit him, you gotta problem wit me red neck.  You wanna fuck with me pop?  You wanna? 

(pulls out a knife)

Come on.  I’ll carve you real good.  So good, I’ll eat ya raw.  hahaha. 

(to imaginary friend Tommy)

Hey, you like that Tommy, you like that?  hahaha.  I told ‘em I’d eat ‘em raw!  hahahaha.

(howls)

hahahahaha.  That’s great. 

(to the friend that walked in earlier)

That’s fucking great kid.  Don’t worry about it.  I took care of it.  Ya arright?  Ya arright kid?  Ya arright.

…arright, arright, arright, arright…ya arright, I’m arright, we’re all arright, it’s arright…fucking arright.  Arright, arright, arright….arright….arright….arright…arright……..arright………………arright…..

(Thumper calms down slowly and then sits)

(end of monologue)