←Recommendations of CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 - Monologue

  • Philip Middleton Williams: CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 - Monologue by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
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    The publication of the names of the dead from Covid-19 on the front page of the New York Times and the inspiration for this monologue came the day before my father died. He was not a body any more than the names and dates and figures on this list, so reading this moment of brilliant reflection touched me in a way we all should feel: bodies are one thing, but souls are another. I don't believe in coincidence. I do believe in inspiration, and this piece is proof of it.

    The publication of the names of the dead from Covid-19 on the front page of the New York Times and the inspiration for this monologue came the day before my father died. He was not a body any more than the names and dates and figures on this list, so reading this moment of brilliant reflection touched me in a way we all should feel: bodies are one thing, but souls are another. I don't believe in coincidence. I do believe in inspiration, and this piece is proof of it.

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  • Scott Sickles: CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 - Monologue by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
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    When I first saw the ocean of names on the cover of the May 25, 2020, edition of the New York Times, accompanied by brief tributes and descriptions, one phrase struck me harder than the others: "continued on page 12."

    Here was an itemized carnage of one percent of casualties in small pitch type and still... we needed the rented refrigerator truck of Page 12.

    At that moment, I couldn't breathe.

    Speckman's monologue inspired by those same words is calm and measured, like the one rational person in an emergency room after a pileup.

    It gave me back my breath.

    When I first saw the ocean of names on the cover of the May 25, 2020, edition of the New York Times, accompanied by brief tributes and descriptions, one phrase struck me harder than the others: "continued on page 12."

    Here was an itemized carnage of one percent of casualties in small pitch type and still... we needed the rented refrigerator truck of Page 12.

    At that moment, I couldn't breathe.

    Speckman's monologue inspired by those same words is calm and measured, like the one rational person in an emergency room after a pileup.

    It gave me back my breath.

    ”
  • Matthew Weaver: CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 - Monologue by Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
    “

    A powerful reflection on our latest American tragedy. Giffin Speckman speaks for all of us as The American expresses uneasiness, sadness, rage and grief.
    An essential addition to any evening dedicated to COVID-19 and its impacts upon our society and lives lost.
    Also, Giffin Speckman's title selection is somber, sobering and excellent. It really takes your breath away, as does this play, as do the circumstances that sadly inspired and necessitated a play such as this.

    A powerful reflection on our latest American tragedy. Giffin Speckman speaks for all of us as The American expresses uneasiness, sadness, rage and grief.
    An essential addition to any evening dedicated to COVID-19 and its impacts upon our society and lives lost.
    Also, Giffin Speckman's title selection is somber, sobering and excellent. It really takes your breath away, as does this play, as do the circumstances that sadly inspired and necessitated a play such as this.

    ”