←Recommendations of BOOM - monologue about loss for any gender, any age

Every word of this monologue of numbness and encroaching grief rings true. The specificity of the details are heart wrenching (Oh that Pippin t-shirt ...). I was moved to a place beyond tears.

Arianna Rose takes you right to the event...the feelings...the grief...with this monologue. I found my heart beating faster as the fireworks boomed. A heartwarming piece of writing.

What a powerful monologue of grief and loss - so very raw. We encounter Frankie is the depths of numbness and we feel what Frankie cannot. A wonderful reminder that we never know what a stranger near us is experiencing.

I love Arianna Rose's plays and this monologue is so powerful, visceral and truthful. I love the brilliant and poetic conjunction of watching fireworks--all that light and noise, the here-and-then-gone of it all--with a character in deep mourning for someone they've only recently lost. Beautiful.

A profound and powerful dramatic monologue. I love how Arianna Rose has the main character reflecting on loss while a fireworks show is going on. Theatrical in every sense in the word and will resonate with any audience. Excellent job!

As intimate as a journal entry, BOOM provides a shared experience of grief and loss as endured in a teeming crowd. Intimacy sans privacy. Privacy that manifests like a miracle from its own absence. Frankie is alone in a holiday crowd, untethered yet secure, held up because it’s impossible to fall. Yet unutterably alone.

Rose conveys this with extraordinary balance, complexity and emotion. The details are striking. The acknowledgment about the things we never liked about the person we lost, things we suddenly can’t live without because now we have to.

Reading this was an honor.

What a great piece! Feels very personal, even confession-like. The main character has a lot of feelings that Arianna Rose does a great job of articulating so clearly and in such a moving fashion. Great work. You will definitely enjoy.

Vivid, personal, near and real. The monologue articulates the story of the character's emotional journey beautifully and leaves the reader wanting more!

Fireworks explode and memories cascade in this moving monologue about the loss of a friend and the legacy he left behind. Poetic and poignant, and above all… personal. You’ll share in the love and suffer the loss… and feel richer for having experienced both.

There is that saying that a person dies twice. Once when they physically die and then that second time when the last person says or speaks their name. Grief is such a powerful demon that it can sweep in and take over, but sometimes, it can wake you up in a way that is good and all powerful. Rose's monologue strikes a balance between Frankie's loss and the hope that Dennis will never be forgotten and with this powerful monologue he will not be.