![]() ![]() The other house belongs to Helen Potts, who lives with her elderly and invalid mother. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school teacher. Into this female atmosphere comes a young ma The play takes place on Labor day Weekend in the joint back yards of two middle-aged widows. And I walk to the bus stop ‘cause I gotta take a damn bus and I think, this kid almost runs me over and I’m the one who can’t drive anymore?Īnd I could tell you about how I served this country and put in my time and how Americans don’t give a damn about the elderly, when we should be respected because we’ve been places and built things and dammit we’re still here.īut it’s mostly…it gets me…because this is it- END OF EXCERPTĬLICK FOR THE COMPLETE THE BUS STOP MONOLOGUE.The play takes place on Labor day Weekend in the joint back yards of two middle-aged widows. She’s got her other hand holding some smart-allack kid’s hand and she says, “You all right?” and he copies her like some damn parrot and says, “You all right?” I jerk her hand off my damn elbow and tell her and her smart-allack parrot-kid I’m fine. Playing games on his damn iphone, no doubt. And some idiot with a Korean car almost runs me over! Some teenage kid driving, no doubt. ![]() I’m walking outta the damn food store carrying this bag of clementines-that’s all I got. He talks to a woman in her 70s or so, who is also waiting at the bus stop. ![]() Age range: 60-90 years old, mature adult monologueĭescription: LAWRENCE stands at a bus stop. ![]()
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