DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT (a 2 minute monologue)

by Marj O'Neill-Butler

Carol has placed her husband into a Memory Care facility when he became a danger to her. Her son has difficulty in accepting that Mom has met someone online who is caring and kind.

Venus Theatre, MD (published)

Carol has placed her husband into a Memory Care facility when he became a danger to her. Her son has difficulty in accepting that Mom has met someone online who is caring and kind.

Venus Theatre, MD (published)

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DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT (a 2 minute monologue)

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  • Dean K. Karst: DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT (a 2 minute monologue) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
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    "Don't Look at Me Like That" is a feat of compression. In five paragraphs O'Neill-Butler encapsulates five lives: Carol (the narrator), her husband (an Alzheimer's victim), Edward (Carol's new companion), his deceased wife (cancer) and, in a one-sentence coup, Carol's son, who is reeling at his mother's admission of having moved on.

    "Don't Look at Me Like That" is a feat of compression. In five paragraphs O'Neill-Butler encapsulates five lives: Carol (the narrator), her husband (an Alzheimer's victim), Edward (Carol's new companion), his deceased wife (cancer) and, in a one-sentence coup, Carol's son, who is reeling at his mother's admission of having moved on.

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  • Jack Levine: DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT (a 2 minute monologue) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
    “

    MARG O’NEILL-BUTLER’s monologue, “Don’t Look At Me Like That”, is one that many elderly can relate to. When we get older, we wish for serenity, not fear. Unfortunately, the aging process can be daunting. When a spouse becomes intolerable, our love for them is tested. In the extreme, it is certainly not unreasonable to find a way to ‘move on’. Our best choices may cause us to feel guilty, yet in the only life we will have, we have the right to be happy. Nice work!

    MARG O’NEILL-BUTLER’s monologue, “Don’t Look At Me Like That”, is one that many elderly can relate to. When we get older, we wish for serenity, not fear. Unfortunately, the aging process can be daunting. When a spouse becomes intolerable, our love for them is tested. In the extreme, it is certainly not unreasonable to find a way to ‘move on’. Our best choices may cause us to feel guilty, yet in the only life we will have, we have the right to be happy. Nice work!

    ”
  • Kristin Olinger: DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT (a 2 minute monologue) by Marj O'Neill-Butler
    “

    O'Neill-Butler's monologue is extremely relevant and very much needed in a time when women are demonized whenever putting themselves first. The protagonist shows us that not every issue is black and white- what may seem like cruelty to others was actually her last resort at living her final days happily.

    O'Neill-Butler's monologue is extremely relevant and very much needed in a time when women are demonized whenever putting themselves first. The protagonist shows us that not every issue is black and white- what may seem like cruelty to others was actually her last resort at living her final days happily.

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CAROL: 75 year old woman who has placed her husband into a memory care facility.