Wintertime by Charles Mee
Rosaria J.S.
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Both of the monologues that I performed are a connection to me. It shows the two sides of how I can express my art to myself and the audience. The process of being able to cultivate an emotional connection to these monologues started when I was in high school and had to audition for my first art school. The discovery of being able to become a different character through my own body motivated me to try pieces that reflect who I am. I chose these pieces because they're meant to contrast with one another to show the intricate side of my inner being. The first side of myself is shown in the monologue, Wintertime by Charles Mee. It starts with the character, Ariel, expressing her love to her significant other, but also reminding herself of how beautiful the little things in our world like music and painting. The emotion and poetic words in this monologue reflect how I can be loving, dreamy, and in awe of the possibilities that have yet to come. It is the side of me that is optimistic and has so much love for others, and the little things that make our world complete.
My other piece, Stickfly by Lydia R. Diamond shows the story of a girl, Cheryl, who finds out that the person she has been working for all her life is her dad. The monologue is about her confronting her father for the first time. This reflects parts of my life, as we went through similar events of confrontation with a loved one. It is what shows the rough side of me, the side I haven't quite healed, the side that is the most vulnerable. This side of me is what can make me stand up, and raise my voice. Our parallel stories make it so that I can create this monologue as if I am her, living in the very moment. Performing these 2 pieces together has taught me that with any piece I do, I can find a way to find a piece of me, and connect it to the character I play. These monologues were a journey to show the world who I am, while also discovering the pieces of myself that I have been eager to find all of my life.
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Every time that I do theater, I find a little bit more of the self I've been conditioned to hide. It makes me escape into worlds of imagination that I've kept in myself. These discoveries make me want to create a revolution within myself and use that deep imagination for art: to heal the world.
