Before the Storm, a Monologue

by Francis RTM Boyle

An emergency: the Chief of Surgery briefs the ER and hospital staff as the President of the United States and her husband are arriving with gunshot wounds.

Reading: Back Porch Theatre, December 2020.

An emergency: the Chief of Surgery briefs the ER and hospital staff as the President of the United States and her husband are arriving with gunshot wounds.

Reading: Back Porch Theatre, December 2020.

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  • Iyna Caruso: Before the Storm, a Monologue

    The weight of the moment is palpable in Francis Boyle’s monologue about a trauma unit as it awaits two victims –- a situation with the power to change history. It will certainly change the lives of those about to be part of it. A chilling piece that will leave you with a pit in your stomach.

    The weight of the moment is palpable in Francis Boyle’s monologue about a trauma unit as it awaits two victims –- a situation with the power to change history. It will certainly change the lives of those about to be part of it. A chilling piece that will leave you with a pit in your stomach.

  • Scott Sickles: Before the Storm, a Monologue

    Chaos is mentioned. The chaos that is about to happen to the trauma team about to treat a female POTUS and her First Gentleman. But the chaos that goes unmentioned hangs over this piece like a storm cloud starting to funnel: the chaos that the nation and the world must now be in.

    And yet we focus. The Chief focuses on the incoming, gets their staff to focus on the incoming, not only that it's about to happen but what will happen when it does. And it is RIVETING!!!

    An adrenaline-fueled high-tension glimpse into the eye of devastation.

    Chaos is mentioned. The chaos that is about to happen to the trauma team about to treat a female POTUS and her First Gentleman. But the chaos that goes unmentioned hangs over this piece like a storm cloud starting to funnel: the chaos that the nation and the world must now be in.

    And yet we focus. The Chief focuses on the incoming, gets their staff to focus on the incoming, not only that it's about to happen but what will happen when it does. And it is RIVETING!!!

    An adrenaline-fueled high-tension glimpse into the eye of devastation.

  • Steven G. Martin: Before the Storm, a Monologue

    There is nothing more riveting than watching someone successfully do what they are good at.

    Francis Boyle's short, dramatic monologue is a portrait of a person successfully doing what they do best: lead. The Chief of Surgery protagonist is decisive, empathetic, a sharp planner, a fine communicator, and tolerates no bullshit. The protagonist in "Before the Storm" truly is in command.

    I watched a terrific reading of "Before the Storm" from Back Porch Theater on its Facebook page in December 2020.

    There is nothing more riveting than watching someone successfully do what they are good at.

    Francis Boyle's short, dramatic monologue is a portrait of a person successfully doing what they do best: lead. The Chief of Surgery protagonist is decisive, empathetic, a sharp planner, a fine communicator, and tolerates no bullshit. The protagonist in "Before the Storm" truly is in command.

    I watched a terrific reading of "Before the Storm" from Back Porch Theater on its Facebook page in December 2020.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Back Porch Theater, Year 2020