←Recommendations of Your Gaze (a monologue)

Well...that's me crying! This monologue is truly beautiful in the raw way that the characters exposes their vulnerability when it comes to one of the most powerful emotions we posses. You feel for the character and with them because while you, as a reader may not have ADHD, people do question why a person loves them and that is the feeling Scott has captured so beautifully here. I think if read by a young person it could be a very powerful audition piece and definitely brought tears to this readers eyes.

A beautifully authentic, honest monologue from a person with a unique and valuable perspective on love. Well done.

Neurodivergent love is real. But is it easy? In Scott Sickles riveting monologue, we get to experience the tender boundaries and electric currents of an emotional landscape that run deep, fretful and full of hope. A short, wonderful journey into a brave heart.

"Your Gaze," for all its brevity, shows us a great deal about the ADHD mind and the challenges of constantly dealing with emotions that "go to eleven." Heartbreaking and beautiful — as are so many of Scott Sickles' plays — this monologue about self-esteem and neurodiversity captures all the challenges of loving oneself. I keep coming back to the phrase "tundra of your gazelessness." Fantastic!

I read this because I was looking for a PGE Faces of America sneak peek and I can’t wait to see this during Saturday’s performance. This character is so beautifully self-aware and doesn’t know it. I love how his thoughts steam roll out when he’s letting loose and I’m left feeling many emotions for what must be his quickly beating heart while under that gaze. Oh and the dialogue pops. Beautifully done.

Monologues by Sickles always have a piercing quality to them, you're transfixed by his characters because the voices feel so authentic or stylized in a way that reveals heartache and real emotions that can't be dismissed. Another complex character, a rare one indeed, in a growing gallery of monologue characters. Enough for an evening of theatre.

This painfully open monologue brings us the frustration of a person with ADHD -ME, addressing YOU. Beautifully terrifying, it represents us all - using the higher hurdles of ADHD - to map the feelings of being desired. So honest. So well written. As Scott Sickles takes the lid off of desire in YOUR GAZE, you will tremble with ME. A beautiful piece.

This intense moment reminds me of every time I've tried to express my own feelings to someone I love: vulnerable, unsure, afraid, yet hopeful, anticipatory, and grateful. Scott Sickle's exploration of this moment within the framing of ADHD makes it even more immediate and terrifying, yet completely relatable.

SCOTT SICKLES brings his tremendous talents to bear in a powerful, intimate, and thought provoking two-minute monologue. “Your Gaze” touched me with its realism, as it made me think about how a similar experience has impacted me. Love is not always easily expressed, but it can be even more difficult for a person with ADHD.

The emotion of Love is so elusive. It is impossible to understand the effect it has on us humans, and if you're already dealing with ADHD or any other type of neurodiversity, it complicates that understanding all the more. Sickles brings all that confusion, illumination, and beauty to the forefront in this piece. This monologue is so "nail on the head" perfect in its explanation of how someone with this affliction processes how and why someone could love them. I teared up reading this. It is universal. It is a beautiful, uncomfortable truth. Highly recommend!