PAYTON: A BACK-TO-SCHOOL MONOLOGUE

by Asher Wyndham

SHORT. A child doesn't want the shoes with LED blinking lights. For an actor 6-8 or a child that can come across any age between 6-8.
Part of 'Playwrights Say Never Again to School Shootings' curated by playwright Rachael Carnes.
PART OF VOLUME 28 OF SOME AMERICANS: SOME MONOLOGUES.

SHORT. A child doesn't want the shoes with LED blinking lights. For an actor 6-8 or a child that can come across any age between 6-8.
Part of 'Playwrights Say Never Again to School Shootings' curated by playwright Rachael Carnes.
PART OF VOLUME 28 OF SOME AMERICANS: SOME MONOLOGUES.

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  • Cheryl Bear: PAYTON: A BACK-TO-SCHOOL MONOLOGUE

    A frightening and powerful monologue that should call adults to shame and attention at the lack of response to enforce better gun regulations. Well done.

    A frightening and powerful monologue that should call adults to shame and attention at the lack of response to enforce better gun regulations. Well done.

  • Nelson Diaz-Marcano: PAYTON: A BACK-TO-SCHOOL MONOLOGUE

    Damn it Asher! How are you going to make a grown man feel this emotional this early in the day! Truly a masterpiece of the monologue sub genre. Mr. Wyndham exposes our current state with minimum effort, creating both a heartbreaking story and an adorable window into childhood innocence. Even if that innocent is compromised by today's threats. Bravo!

    Damn it Asher! How are you going to make a grown man feel this emotional this early in the day! Truly a masterpiece of the monologue sub genre. Mr. Wyndham exposes our current state with minimum effort, creating both a heartbreaking story and an adorable window into childhood innocence. Even if that innocent is compromised by today's threats. Bravo!

  • Rachel Bykowski: PAYTON: A BACK-TO-SCHOOL MONOLOGUE

    I felt this play in my heart. Wyndham demonstrates control over the dynamic ebb and flow of the script. Building you up with a lighthearted jaunt through a mall to go shoe shopping for back to school, only to let a wave crash into you as you realize the young child's reasoning for the shoe they want. Suddenly, innocence is lost in a single moment.

    I felt this play in my heart. Wyndham demonstrates control over the dynamic ebb and flow of the script. Building you up with a lighthearted jaunt through a mall to go shoe shopping for back to school, only to let a wave crash into you as you realize the young child's reasoning for the shoe they want. Suddenly, innocence is lost in a single moment.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Playwrights Say Never Again: Staged Readings, The Palace Theater, Chattanooga, TN, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Gun Control Theatre Action, Minnesota Theatricals, Phoenix Theater, Minneapolis, MN, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Protest Plays Project, Nu Sass Productions at the Pinch, Washington DC, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Gun Control Theater: A ReACT Reading, Anderson Sculpture Garden, Focal Theatre Lab, Ames,IA, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Playwrights Say No More Shootings, Commonwealth Theatre Center, Louisville, KY, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Playwrights Say #neveragain to School Shootings, Cedar Rapids Theatre Company @ RHCR Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA , Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Not Another Statistic, Theatre 167, West End Theatre, NYC, NY, April 29th, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Code Red Plays, Steel River Playhouse, Pottsdown, PA, Sept 22nd, Year 2018

Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization #Code Red, Mystic Vision Players, Linden, NJ, April 26th & 27th, Year 2019