MAR
23

Perspectives on a Ban on Gum

Here’s some Monologue Mania fun for our younger followers!

Today’s pair of monologues are taken from our book Ups and Downs by Rebecca Wright.  In this unique book of elementary monologues that explore emotions, there are 30 sets of paired monologues, presenting the same situation from different points of view.  You’ll delight in today’s opposite perspectives on a school ban on chewing gum — one from a student’s point of view, one from a teacher’s.  Like many of the monologues in this book, they are both gender neutral.

Teachers, there are several ways you can get these monologues to your students.  Of course, you can forward this email to them, but even better, why don’t you have all of them subscribe to our newsletter themselves?  That way, they will have immediate access to every new monologue.  (They can always unsubscribe from the newsletter down the road.)  To have your students subscribe, just send them this link:  https://www.pioneerdrama.com/ContactUs.asp?id=7.

We’ll also post each newsletter in the archives section of our website.  To access our archives, go to www.pioneerdrama.com and click on the orange button that says RESOURCE ARTICLES in the very middle of the page.

So here we go...  We invite you or your actors to actually perform one of the monologues below, recording and posting it to share with us and others.

Here are the guidelines:

• Perform the memorized Pioneer monologue either with or without costumes and/or props.
• The posting must include #pioneerdrama and #monologuemania so we’re sure to see it.  We suggest posting the video on either YouTube or TikTok, as these are the two platforms we will be monitoring most closely.
• Uploading the video and tagging it with #pioneerdrama gives Pioneer Drama Service explicit permission to share the entire video on our own social media platforms.
• The video must start with the following:
• The performer’s name
• The full name of the play
• The name of the playwright(s)
• “Published by Pioneer Drama Service”
• A short introduction to set the scene.  For many plays, this can be done in just one or two lines.
• Do NOT include any school name or location since we want to protect everyone’s privacy.

Now start recording and break a virtual leg!  We can’t wait to see what you create!  Here are today’s monologues:

Student:  https://www.PioneerDrama.com/Newsletter/Teaching_Resources/Ban_on_Gum-Student.pdf

Teacher:  https://www.PioneerDrama.com/Newsletter/Teaching_Resources/Ban_on_Gum-Teacher.pdf