Melissa Schmitz

Monologue. F, age 40+. Demeter, the Greek goddess from mythology, tells us how her garden grows.

Monologue. F, age 17. I wrote this monologue for a Women in Theatre class in Grad School. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 – 1695) was a proto-feminist nun, writer, and scholar in Mexico or “New Spain.” She was an extremely brilliant child who mastered languages, philosophy, theology, and science in a time where girls were not allowed to attend university or receive a formal education. Word got around of her intellectual prowess, and at about age 17 (before the entered the convent), she was summoned by the local viceroy to test her intelligence. He invited many theologians, scientists, and scholars into a meeting to question her — unprepared — on a variety of topics. She nailed it, and impressed all the men. This monologue drops us in to the top of that meeting. And also I got an A+ on this assignment.

5 minute play. Three little kitties are playing a video game, but things are not as they seem. Bubba and Krystyl are Unraveling the Fabric of Reality and Playing with It Like a Ball of String is a short tale with long jokes and secret messages.

This play was written for the 2023 Secret Santa Exchange in the Playwrights Thriving group, and the title was gifted by Steven G. Martin.

Adapted from the anonymous Spanish Golden Age novella, this one-act follows the trials and tribulations of young Lazarillo and his first master, the blind man, as he does whatever it takes to survive.