A disorganized professional organizer shares a bit too much personal information while conducting a workshop. A girl in a doctor’s office imagines her boyfriend getting pregnant instead of her. A harried mother tells her daughter a story using a bag of groceries.
Nine monologues presented in no particular order, Get Organized! is a flexible play for females from teenagers to grandmothers and covers the victories and disappointments of working and privilege.
A mixture of comedy, drama, movement and object puppetry makes these monologues challenging for actors and creates a full evening of thoughtful entertainment for audiences. Each of the monologues can be acquired separately or combined as a whole production.
The Get Organized! Complete Production.
This play is a collection of 9 individual monologues, they are listed below. The complete production includes all of them. You can purchase individual monologues if you wish.
Get Organized!
(age 30’s – 50’s)
A professional organizer conducts a workshop for which she is not prepared, turning it into an opportunity to talk about her life, which seems to be falling apart.
Blink
(age 40’s – 50’s)
After a visit to the nursing home, a woman reflects on her father’s life before and after Alzheimer’s.
Teacher’s Lounge
(age 20’s – 40’s)
A high school English teacher is furious when she suspects that one of her colleagues stole her lunch from the staff refrigerator.
Secret Shopper
(age 40’s – 60’s)
Trying to do a good job as a secret shopper conflicts with a woman’s motherly instincts as she reviews the secrets she carries.
Cinderella Brings Home the Groceries
(age 20’s – 30’s)
This mother of a young girl is sick and tired of princess stories.
No Dying
(age 20’s – 40’s)
Addressing her local library board of trustees, a mother asks for a popular children’s book to be removed from the shelves.
Inner Child
(age 15 – 20’s)
While waiting to see her doctor, a girl imagines what her pregnancy will make her look like and what would happen if her boyfriend had gotten pregnant instead of her.
Gift Horse
(age 40’s – 50’s)
A woman packs a box with Christmas gifts to mail to her mother-in-law and imagines how each of them will be criticized when opened.
Scam
(age 60’s +)
When a widow receives a call from someone claiming to be her grandson, she has to confront her own disappointments and wants him to call back.