“ Stand-alone historical monologues are rare, and those with a teenager are more rare. Warning Shorts by Everett Robert presents a girl's account of the attacks during Civil War. There is a sense of urgency in this monologue that is lacking in most monologues, a speaker who needs to tell her story. And there are some startling revelations of monstrous cruelty suffered by this girl that I didn't know happened during the war. The monologue reminds us that what we love most about someone who has passed was storytelling and also his/her fight for what is right. ”