Dancing With Elephants
In seriocomedy monologue Dancing With Elephants, Doug talks to his wife about why his friend Rupert can’t help her book get published.
Featured Monologue – Dancing With Elephants
DOUG: He hasn’t died, no. Except Rupert is no longer Rupert. He’s gone full throttle, drowning in an overindulgence of medication and booze.
What was once an eloquent-speaking man of the highest order has reduced himself to an infant, trying to utter his first words. He’s become a robe-wearing, unshaven, unwashed, whiskey-obsessed – and – the last time I visited him, it took at least thirty minutes before he finally recognized who I was. Imagine?
(beat) What a fear – to let oneself go.
Ellen, promise me now that if something were to ever happen to me, if I were to transform, if you will, into some unrecognizable creature, promise me, Elle, promise me that you will see to it that I get help.
(beat) I couldn’t fathom the thought of it. How could he have let himself go like that?
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Monologue Summary
Dancing With Elephants features a 1-minute seriocomedy monologue for male actors. This is a character driven monologue that provides more on the surface than meets the eye. Doug is a character that has much more going on than he reveals.
- Genre: Seriocomedy, Drama
- Length: ~1 Minute
- Monologue Character: Doug
- Age Range: 40’s-50’s
- Themes: marriage, friendship
- Best For: seriocomedy/dramatic male monologue, drama class, acting practice
World of the Play
- Cast Size: 2 woman, 2 men
- Characters in Play: Doug, Ellen, Darlene, Rupert
- Synopsis: In the one-act eplay Dancing With Elephants, Doug tries to help Ellen get her book published, but the way things turn out isn’t what anyone could have imagined.
FAQ
A: Doug is beside himself when he visits a friend and barely recognizes who he is.
A: If you are looking for a comedic monologue with a twist, this monologue is an interesting character to portray.
A: The monologue Dancing With Elephants presents a character who on the surface tries to do the right thing but beneath it all he is quite the opposite.
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Monologue Source: Dancing With Elephants
This is a monologue from Dancing With Elephants, a one-act eplay by Joseph Arnone, 2025.
