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Emily Dickinson Talks to God, Now (A Monologue) by Lee R. Lawing

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  • Charles Scott Jones:
    18 Mar. 2022
    “ Spiritual, moving, measured, pensive, insightful, quietly dramatic, evocative - EMILY DICKINSON TALKS TO GOD, NOW is a monologue in the voice of Fredericka Barnes, a neighbor of the reclusive poet. What I most admire about this piece is how much it allows you the imagery of the silent rapport between the monologuist and her subject, and hence through our imagination - as led by Fredericka's words - Emily comes back to life. ”
  • Steven G. Martin:
    27 Oct. 2018
    “ Lee Lawing's insights into love, writing, silence and loneliness flow like water in this monologue. They quench the audience and his character, 50-something Fredricka Barnes. Lawing has insights into loss, too, and regrets as well as coming to terms with those regrets and that loss. Barnes is a marvelous character, certain about many things as a woman that she had been uncertain about as a teenager. That knowledge is worth everything. This is a lovely script. ”
  • Jennifer O'Grady:
    23 Oct. 2018
    “ As a huge Emily Dickinson fan I was immediately drawn to this monologue play, which shows the mysterious and reclusive Dickinson from the perspective of one of her neighbors, who has troubles of her own. This is a beautiful and haunting piece that would no doubt transfix an audience, and which would be a joy for an actor to perform. I'd love to see it on stage. ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman:
    17 Aug. 2018
    “ Wonderful work - Emily Dickinson Talks to God, Now - has such intriguing subtext, and there is so much to play with here, it is a rich, exciting piece of theatre! ”
  • Sharai Bohannon:
    28 Jul. 2018
    “ This is a really intriguing monologue that I'd really love to see done. I appreciate that Fredricka has a lot of feelings about Emily Dickinson and we get to watch her navigate her way through them. Death has a way of bringing up a lot of unexpected thoughts and feelings (most of which don't always make sense) and I think Lawing nails that in this monologue. ”
  • Emily Hageman:
    5 Jul. 2018
    “ INCREDIBLY beautiful. What a gorgeously written monologue. The prose here is just magnificent, flawlessly rendered with beautiful precision. But more than that, it is historical and educational, full of heart and feeling and longing. Wonderfully composed, really highly recommended, this feels like this came out of a book of top notch monologues. GREAT piece! ”
  • Rachel Bublitz:
    2 Jul. 2018
    “ EMILY DICKINSON TALKS TO GOD, NOW has a easy and beautiful moments of discovery scattered throughout it, that any actor would be excited to jump into and explore. Lawing has us looking both through history and into ourselves at the present, particularly at those lessons it takes most people a lifetime to understand that a few are just born knowing. Lovely writing, really well done. ”
  • Asher Wyndham:
    1 Jul. 2018
    “ Wow. Beautiful. The richness of spirit this playwright's lines summon, even if the topics are mourning and life after the loss of a lived one, is impressive. There's a Dickinson-like intensity to this monologue, a world building of the past in the smallest details that was breathtaking. The part about the woman seeing Emily in candlelight was...wow. If you're producing a showcase of historical monologues or just monologues on women, pick this. I want to read more monologues by this playwright! ”