FLYING SOLO THE MONOLOGUES
MELANIE
KAILEY
XAVIER
AMARI
HANNAH
Flying Solo, a collection of original spoken-word pieces performed on February 11, 2022, marked the return of young performers to the Five Angels stage. Here are the transcripts of their monologues. If you'd like to see the video of the event and follow along with the text, just click the photo above or HERE!
KIARA'S POTENTIAL
Written and performed by Melanie Correa Directed by Michael Propster
Truth is, the night before I got no sleep.
Last night as I shuffled through my Broadway musicals playlist, I couldn’t stop thinking Sometimes I wish people understood me. I put about how that’s who I wanted to be. Take on up this mask to pretend everything is fine but a lead role. Singing, acting, Dancing, doing it’s not. Sometimes I wonder if it ever will be. something you love, that’s what I wanted. As I I fake this bubbly, always happy, never down take off my headphones I realize I’m still in my person but I know it’s all fake. Like yesterday bed, not on a stage, and my mom is screaming as I was in Study Hall no one looked like they “Kiara, come throw out the trash, stop listening wanted to be there. The room was dead. I think to that silly music.” even Ms. Smith didn’t want to be there. Ms. I roll my eyes a bit and my older sister Smith was the ELA teacher but loved to work complains “When I was your age I never had a overtime. When we went in the classroom, Ms. Smith said “Hello everyone, how are we,how attitude like that.” are we doing?” My mom says “You need to stop being lazy.” I simply said “Great everything's everything’s perfect whooo excited!” 40
FIVEY 2022
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When I’m at home my family thinks I’m rude and a brat. When I’m at school, almost all the
