Honey Comes From Bees

In Honey Comes From Bees, Lora talks with her eldest son Seamus about how she plans to rehabilitate his brother Earl through love.

Featured Monologue – Honey Comes From Bees

LORA:  What could you possibly imagine? Heโ€™s been gone for nearly five years. What did you expect to find here? I warned you. I told you. Itโ€™s better to have him the way he is now than to not have him at all. (beat) What they did to my boyโ€ฆthey broke himโ€ฆ

Those sons of bitches broke him down to dustโ€ฆbut I am his mother and Iโ€™m going to rebuild him. Ainโ€™t no son of mine gonna wash up to shore forgetting how to swim. I raised him once, Iโ€™ll raise him again, stronger, wiser, with all the love I have in me to give him, cause thatโ€™s what he needs from me, his mother, a warm heart to rest his tortured spiritโ€ฆthereโ€™s hope, they say heโ€™s a miracle but they ainโ€™t seen nothinโ€™ yet. Just give me time with him. Youโ€™ll see. Earl is coming home for sure.

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Monologue Summary

Honey Comes From Bees features aย 1 minute dramatic monologue for female actors, wherein Lora talks about how she needs to make it her mission in life to bring her son back to full health.

  • Genre:ย Drama / Family Drama
  • Length: ~1 Minute
  • Monologue Character:ย Lora
  • Age Range: Any
  • Themes:ย family, love
  • Best For:ย female dramatic monologue, drama school practice, audition monologue

World of the Play

  • Cast Size:ย 1 woman, 2 men
  • Characters in Play:ย Lora, Early, Seamus
  • Time Period: Modern day
  • Synopsis: In the one act eplay Honey Comes From Bees, Earl has returned home after going missing for five years.ย  His mother Lora is left to take care of him and bring him back to who he once was.ย  His brother Seamus isnโ€™t sure thatโ€™s possible.ย 

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Honey Comes From Bees, a one-act ePlay by Joseph Arnone, 2025.

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