←Recommendations of Before the Storm, a Monologue

  • Iyna Caruso: Before the Storm, a Monologue by Francis RTM Boyle
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    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.

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  • Scott Sickles: Before the Storm, a Monologue by Francis RTM Boyle
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    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 by Francis RTM Boyle
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    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.

    ”
  • Monica Cross: Before the Storm, a Monologue by Francis RTM Boyle
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    BEFORE THE STORM is a high octane monologue! The Chief of Surgery projects an even keel but underneath are rip currents of emotion. This is a great monologue for a woman, and works just as well on Zoom as it would on Stage!

    Read it! Produce it!

    BEFORE THE STORM is a high octane monologue! The Chief of Surgery projects an even keel but underneath are rip currents of emotion. This is a great monologue for a woman, and works just as well on Zoom as it would on Stage!

    Read it! Produce it!

    ”
  • Philip Middleton Williams: Before the Storm, a Monologue by Francis RTM Boyle
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    Sometimes the greatest distance between thought and spoken word is the moment a breath is taken before we speak. This monologue carries the weight of the world and wastes not a word. This would be a fine piece for an audition to demonstrate the actor's ability to show the ability to control their urge to "act."

    Sometimes the greatest distance between thought and spoken word is the moment a breath is taken before we speak. This monologue carries the weight of the world and wastes not a word. This would be a fine piece for an audition to demonstrate the actor's ability to show the ability to control their urge to "act."

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  • Asher Wyndham: Before the Storm, a Monologue by Francis RTM Boyle
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    Calm under pressure, steeliness against a pending storm. The volume shifts would be a great challenge for an auditioning actor. Makes you think of the trauma nurses and doctors that treat each patient with the same care and attention as someone as the President. Give it a read.

    Calm under pressure, steeliness against a pending storm. The volume shifts would be a great challenge for an auditioning actor. Makes you think of the trauma nurses and doctors that treat each patient with the same care and attention as someone as the President. Give it a read.

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