Little Fish
In the serio-comedy monologue from play Little Fish, Bryan talks to his wife Delilah about the stress he’s been experiencing in his life.
Featured Monologue – Little Fish
BRYAN: There has to be some way forward. There needs to be some tool that can help me pry things open just enough for me to enter. But enter in a way that I remain invisible, unharmed…I don’t wish to be harmed. I am so afraid that I will be harmed.
Do you think my turn will come? …Die before my time…isn’t that tragic? What sort of a cruel dump would that be? The mere thought of it angers me.
A person deserves the right to be heard! If not here, then where? Aren’t you fed up with this bottled up agenda? When is the real oxygen going to get pumped into this world. Deliberate confusion, half truths, fictional tales…aw, bloody hell, it does rain cats and dogs, don’t it?
Biff was hit in the head just last week with a bright orange cat. Bastard had no chance. He was too loud, you see? His tongue expanded over too many roads. It’s not that he wasn’t proper, he was a proper chap; but he was…puffy. Always thick. Too many clogged arteries, the bugger.
He’ll be missed…by no one…I’ll miss him…some…
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Monologue Summary
In this male serio-comedy monologue, Bryan tries to figure out why opportunities don’t ever seem to come his way in his life.
- Genre: Comedy
- Length: ~1 Minute
- Monologue Character: Derek
- Age Range: Any
- Themes: confidence, insecurity
- Best For: Male Serio-comedy Monologues
World of the Play
- Cast Size: 1 woman, 1 man
- Characters in Play: Derek, Jeanine
- Time Period: Modern
- Synopsis: In this one-act eplay Little Fish, a post-apocalyptic view of a how life has panned out for a young couple.
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Monologue Source: Little Fish
Little Fish is a serio-comedy one-act ePlay by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
