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Retch Gag Spew Hurl Heave Eject by Samantha Cooper

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  • Scott Sickles:
    18 Oct. 2022
    “ YUP!

    Yes, indeed, this is the most accurate poetic expression (as it were) of how the mind and soul churns our digested life experienced and traumas and threatens to reveal them. Once revealed, is it still ours or will someone mop it up or flush it down?

    Of course, once you puke you feel better. But the wooziness and swaying, the reaching and heaving, the gagging and spittle… that’s PROCESS!

    I’m so glad this trauma made it to the page and one day I hope to see it come out of someone’s mouth. ”
  • Elisabeth Giffin Speckman:
    3 Sep. 2020
    “ This is a gloriously visceral monologue; a terrific piece for an actor to explore and an audience to experience. ”
  • Cheryl Bear:
    19 Jun. 2020
    “ Such a fantastic monologue that examines the inner complexity behind this act. Well done! ”
  • Emma Goldman-Sherman:
    11 Oct. 2019
    “ Fabulous! Just freaking awesome! Wonderful monologue! Thank you Samantha Cooper for imagining and writing this! This is exactly how I feel half the time. This is intensely theatrical, and I'd love to see this onstage, but just maybe not at an audition... ”
  • Steven G. Martin:
    7 Oct. 2019
    “ Damn, damn, damn! Self-expression can be a vile, excruciating act. Cooper's monologue shows the character's desperation very well. Audiences will long remember this short play. ”
  • Lee R. Lawing:
    16 Nov. 2018
    “ So glad this was the NPX play of the day. Perfectly executed and a great monologue to perform or see on the stage and I feel inspired to create now. ”
  • Sharai Bohannon:
    9 May. 2018
    “ I really liked this monologue and how it inspires just enough imagination. I would love to see this used in an acting class to see what choices actors make. ”
  • Bryan Stubbles:
    8 May. 2018
    “ Wow, this is intense. Definitely worth a read. ”
  • Asher Wyndham:
    21 Apr. 2018
    “ No stage directions needed: this monologue is a physical one, the perfect one for an actor to showcase his/her/their talent with movement and use of space and vocal range. ”
  • Rachel Bublitz:
    20 Apr. 2018
    “ This monologue is visceral and the right actor would just murder an audition with it. The imagery is disturbing, but also perfectly specific. Well done. ”