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FORGETFULLY YOURS - a monologue by Monica Cross

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  • Andrew Martineau:
    2 Sep. 2023
    “ I watched this as part of the Talking Horse Monologues Season 4. It does what every excellent monologue does—it shows someone who has an immediate, clear objective and gives us an emotional drive embedded with honesty and need. Combining a first date and a man explaining (or in his mind over-explaining) his ADHD makes for an insightful message that is really eye-opening. Wonderful! ”
  • Lee R. Lawing:
    2 Sep. 2023
    “ Saw this performed beautifully as part to the Talking Horse Monologues Season 4. First dates are always such a hard thing to even prepare yourself for and when it comes to opening up about yourself under those harsh settings, it can be eye-opening but also enlightening about the true wonder that a person can give to a friendship or relationship when they just they can honest about themselves with you and you in turn do the same thing. ”
  • Christopher Plumridge:
    26 Nov. 2022
    “ As writers, we need to write things which need to be told, so I congratulate Monica for this. I have very little understanding of ADHD, so I thank the author for this valuable insite. On an aside, if someone I met on a first date said this to me, I'd say something like: "Thanks for letting me know, now let's go to dinner together." An excellent monologue. ”
  • Hilary Bluestein-Lyons:
    28 Sep. 2022
    “ Monica Cross so perfectly captures both the heightened sense of awareness and also the complete and utter lack of awareness that is ADHD, right to the very end of the monologue. It’s a train wreck that you can’t look away from, both sad and deeply endearing. ”
  • Scott Sickles:
    28 Sep. 2022
    “ There but for the grace of God…

    I can attest that when you have ADHD, and you learn what it’s actually doing to you, YOU TALK ABOUT IT! You constantly feel you have to defend or at least explain your idiosyncrasies, which are a result of your neurology. Cross captures this perfectly in this “oh dear god why am I speaking my own subtext and explaining my backstory when I could be enjoying myself?” hellscape. Supremely relatable and if you aren’t among the afflicted, very educational! It should amp your empathy. I mean, she explains it all! Bravo! ”