There's Something About a Ginger

by Philip Middleton Williams

Monologue: (2023) Fond recollections about a boy named Sean with that special something.

An excerpt from "Cabana Boy." Included in the Best Women's Stage Monologues 2024.

Monologue: (2023) Fond recollections about a boy named Sean with that special something.

An excerpt from "Cabana Boy." Included in the Best Women's Stage Monologues 2024.

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There's Something About a Ginger

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  • Daniel Prillaman: There's Something About a Ginger

    Yes. Full disclosure, here: As a ginger, I'm certainly biased towards the titular statement of Williams' beautiful monologue. But beyond that, there's also something about the speaker's musing that gets to the very heart of love and yearning. When that certain someone (or something about them) strikes you, almost inexplicably, and gently burrows their way into your essence, it stays with you. It travels with you across time and distance. Infectious in its simplicity and insight, just a divine monologue all around.

    Yes. Full disclosure, here: As a ginger, I'm certainly biased towards the titular statement of Williams' beautiful monologue. But beyond that, there's also something about the speaker's musing that gets to the very heart of love and yearning. When that certain someone (or something about them) strikes you, almost inexplicably, and gently burrows their way into your essence, it stays with you. It travels with you across time and distance. Infectious in its simplicity and insight, just a divine monologue all around.

  • Scott Sickles: There's Something About a Ginger

    There’s nothing like the early crushes. The long ago infatuations. The details you that bridge the distance of time and keep your heart afloat. Williams has gifted us with a lovely nostalgia piece that also dares to go places that sometimes even memory doesn’t like to admit to. But there is love and kinship and a spark and regret, all of which are even easier to remember than some of those details.

    There’s nothing like the early crushes. The long ago infatuations. The details you that bridge the distance of time and keep your heart afloat. Williams has gifted us with a lovely nostalgia piece that also dares to go places that sometimes even memory doesn’t like to admit to. But there is love and kinship and a spark and regret, all of which are even easier to remember than some of those details.

Character Information

  • Sean's Friend

Production History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Valdez Theatre Conference, Year 2023