Monologue 2: "Don't you dare walk away from me" - Amy monologue - 'And turning, stay' by Kellie Powell

I thought about doing the monologue "Don't you dare walk away from me" speaking from the character of Amy from a monologue created by Kellie Powell. Unfortunately, the monologue was not from a published play. Therefore, this monologue wasn't suitable for me to do as I wasn't been able to develop and explore the back story of the character. However, from reading the monologue alone, I thought doing the monologue would be great for me to do as the character is a teenaged girl in high school.

The synopsis of the monologue is about a girl named Amy who is angry at a boy named Mark who led her on and has now let her down. Due to this, Amy finally speaks out to him and lets out all of her anger that has formed inside of her and cannot contain it any longer. 

What I liked about this monologue is that it explored the angry side of a teenager going through a typical situation of a teenaged girl. However, this monologue did contain limitations of being able to explore a variety of emotional states as the monologue only explored two emotions: anger and vulnerability. Nonetheless, if the monologue was from a published play, it would be a perfect monologue to use for a girl who is my age.

The monologue: 

Don't you dare walk away from me! And don't tell me you're sorry! And don't tell me to forget it, and don't you dare tell me to "let it go." God knows, I'd like to. I wish I could, but I can't! I can't forget that we had something, and you're running away. You're running away! Don't you see, Mark? You're running from what I've searched for all my life! Why, because you're scared? Well, I'm scared too, but you and I - we have something worth fighting for. We could make it work, I'm not saying it would be easy, but I care about you. And I know deep down, under this (Spitting out the word.) bravado, you care about me. And that's what it's all about, Mark, don't you get it? It's the human experience. You can pretend all you want, but you're only lying to yourself. You're denying the simple and wonderful fact that you are emotional, and vulnerable, and alive.

Can you honestly stand there and tell me that I mean nothing to you? That everything that happened that night was a lie? That you feel nothing? (AMY is crying or close to it. The following is a painful statement that she makes not to attack or threaten Mark but rather, to allow herself closure with the situation.)I feel sorry for you, Mark. I'll move on. I'll find someone else. I'll be all right, because I will know that I tried. That I did everything I could. But someday you will look back, and you will realize what you threw away. And you will regret it always.