←Recommendations of A One-Minute Monologue

This harrowing and heartbreaking one-minute monologue about hidden familial sexual assault and trauma should be widely produced.

The hidden trauma captured in family photos. Raw, thought-provoking, and powerful.

Rachel Luann Strayer's writing is sharp and crisp, leaving us to fill in the dots to complete the character's puzzle for them. Speaking of the character, Strayer's choice to not assign a gender for Someone allows for any actor to bring Someone to life. Given the tragic statistics regarding victims of all genders, it's a powerful choice that will surely bring an audience to a pause.

Wow. Full power in less than a minute. Everything you can imagine with that title. Terrible to read, and heartbreaking to see. Everything a short monologue could be.

02/16/2025 - Wow. So much emotion, heartache, sadness, and a lingering sense of fear conveyed in just one page. This is a powerful, thought-provoking monologue that is bound to leave any audience talking long after the curtain falls.

Deceptively simple, but each sentence carries so much weight. Incredibly effective.

Wow. RACHEL LUANN STRAYER's monologue truly takes my breath away. It's a true kick in the gut. The cavalier approach to familiar sexual assault plays to the childlike perspective that makes this short monologue even more painful. Outstanding monologue for an audition or competition.

This is a monologue that you won't soon forget. Told from a child's viewpoint as she or he takes the new holiday photo, it will leave your heart frozen with sadness as you realize how brave it is for this victim to speak up.

The flat delivery makes this monologue of incest and sexual assault/rape even more powerful. Knowing this has been going on for years, decades leaves you so disgusted. And reminds us we must do more in our country so victims have the courage to speak up. A fine example of a short monologue, perfect for audition.

The devestating brevity and matter-of-factness in this monologue encapsulates such raw emotional power and it is a searing indictment of the systems of abuse and the silencing of victims.