Don't Close The Doors: New 10-minute thriller/dramatic monologue
If you’re looking for a solo thriller performance piece, consider my new 10-minute monologue play, Don’t Close the Doors. There’s no gore, no blood, yet the ominous atmosphere is consuming. This is a perfect choice for spooky Halloween theater, but it is also powerful as a dramatic tragedy any time of year.
We’re familiar with the creepiness a bedroom closet can evoke: What’s inside those closed doors when we’re sleeping in our bed, when we’re practicing the violin, talking to a friend…? Does closing those doors keep out whatever it is that might be lurking from within? But what if that presence in the closet doesn’t want to be there any more than we want it there? What if that presence in the closet is the one being tortured, not us? In Don’t Close the Doors:
Abigail, a ghost in Stephanie’s closet, is sorry she must use her powers to freeze Stephanie in place, but what she must share with Stephanie is so dire that sometimes these things must be done. At first, it appears Abigail’s ominous presence is a threat to Stephanie. However, as Abigail relays the tragedies which have left her paralyzed in Stephanie’s closet, we realize it is Abigail who desperately needs Stephanie’s help to end her heartbreaking torture.
This monologue runs about 10 minutes long and is written for a female actor in her late teens to 40s. It’s about love, loss, grief, hope, despair, desperation and regret. It’s an intense piece rich for actors and directors looking to sink into some weighty drama that takes you on a thrilling ride and drops you off not where you expect to be.
*Note that this monologue refers to death and suicide.
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To read an excerpt of Don’t Close the Doors, click here.
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