Christian St. Croix

Christian St. Croix

Christian St. Croix (he/him) is a playwright based in San Diego, CA. The San Diego Union-Tribune has called him “one of the nation’s fastest-rising playwrights, thanks to his ability to write multidimensional characters with wry humor and truth, as well as unique stories told from his perspective as a queer Black writer.” His plays include "Monsters of the American Cinema", winner of Italy's...
Christian St. Croix (he/him) is a playwright based in San Diego, CA. The San Diego Union-Tribune has called him “one of the nation’s fastest-rising playwrights, thanks to his ability to write multidimensional characters with wry humor and truth, as well as unique stories told from his perspective as a queer Black writer.” His plays include "Monsters of the American Cinema", winner of Italy's Carlo Annoni International Drama Award, "We Are the Forgotten Beasts", a 2022 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference Finalist, and "ZACH", winner of the 2021 Young-Howze Theatre Award for Best Comedic Writing. His plays have been developed and produced by Blindspot Collective in association with the La Jolla Playhouse (San Diego, CA), ArtsWest Playhouse (Seattle, WA), Third Culture Theatre (Los Angeles, CA), Prologue Theatre (Washington, DC), Know Theatre of Cincinnati (OH), and HIT International Theatre Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark, amongst others. www.saintscrossing.com / IG: @saintscrossing

Plays

  • Monsters of the American Cinema by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: fathers and sons, fatherhood + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, horror, movement/physical, political
    Keyword: fathers and sons, fatherhood, teenagers, parenthood, bullying, grief, black, transracial families, gay, LGBTQ
    PRODUCTION (Upcoming), TBA, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2023
    PRODUCTION (Upcoming), TBA, Ithaca, NY, 2023
    PRODUCTION (Upcoming), TBA, Cincinnati, OH, 2023
    PRODUCTION (Upcoming), Prologue Theatre, Washington, DC, 2023
    PRODUCTION: Penny Seats Theatre Company, Ann Arbor, MI, 2023
    PRODUCTION: Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, CA, March 2023
    PRODUCTION: Different Strokes Performing...
    PRODUCTION (Upcoming), TBA, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2023
    PRODUCTION (Upcoming), TBA, Ithaca, NY, 2023
    PRODUCTION (Upcoming), TBA, Cincinnati, OH, 2023
    PRODUCTION (Upcoming), Prologue Theatre, Washington, DC, 2023
    PRODUCTION: Penny Seats Theatre Company, Ann Arbor, MI, 2023
    PRODUCTION: Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, CA, March 2023
    PRODUCTION: Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective, Asheville, NC, 2022
    WORLD PREMIERE: ArtsWest Playhouse, Seattle, WA, 2022

    WINNER, Young-Howze Theatre Awards, Stage Writing of the Year, 2023
    WINNER, Carlo Annoni International Drama Award, 2021
    WINNER, San Diego International Fringe Festival Award, Artists' Pick, 2019
    WINNER, San Diego International Fringe Festival Award, Cultural Exchange, 2019

    When his husband dies, Remy Washington, a Black man, finds himself both the owner of a drive-in movie theater and a caregiver to his late husband’s straight, white teenage son, Pup. United by their love of classic American monster movies, the two have developed a warm and caring familial chemistry – but their relationship fractures when Remy discovers Pup and his friends have been bullying a gay teen at his school. Told through dueting monologue and playful dialogue, "Monsters of the American Cinema" is a haunting and humorous tale about fathers and sons, ghosts and monsters.

    CURRENT DRAFT: The Mummy Draft - 3-26-23
  • We Are the Forgotten Beasts by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: comedy, drama + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, movement/physical
    Keyword: comedy, drama, Fantasy, brotherhood, LGBTQ, queer, gay, black, African-American, magical realism
    On a scorching summer evening at a Riverside, California motel, Archie, a gay Black man reaching the ends of several ropes, upends his life (yet again) to save his straight white step-brother Nick from the rock bottom of a cross-county bender. As the heat rises and painful memories of their shared pasts begins to surface, the brothers rediscover an imaginary world they’d created together as children. Both indie...
    On a scorching summer evening at a Riverside, California motel, Archie, a gay Black man reaching the ends of several ropes, upends his life (yet again) to save his straight white step-brother Nick from the rock bottom of a cross-county bender. As the heat rises and painful memories of their shared pasts begins to surface, the brothers rediscover an imaginary world they’d created together as children. Both indie and epic, "We Are the Forgotten Beasts" is a slice-of-life story about fathers and brotherhood, childhood and the imagination. 

    This script is undergoing a *MAJOR* revision. Please check back.

    *Formerly titled, "The Forgotten Beasts"*
  • ZACH by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, movement/physical + 4 more
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    Keyword: comedy, 90s + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, movement/physical, parody/spoof, period, satire, young audiences
    Keyword: comedy, 90s, teens, tokenism, bullying, LGBTQ, racism, bipoc, black, Latinx
    WORLD PREMIERE, ArtsWest Playhouse, 2023
    DIGITAL PREMIERE, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 2020
    WINNER, Young-Howze Theatre Award, Best Comedic Writing, 2021

    A satirical comedy that lovingly skewers the popular tropes of the 90s teen sitcom, "ZACH" introduces us to the lives and loves of two teens of color at an affluent, majority-white Southern Californian high school. P.J.,...
    WORLD PREMIERE, ArtsWest Playhouse, 2023
    DIGITAL PREMIERE, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 2020
    WINNER, Young-Howze Theatre Award, Best Comedic Writing, 2021

    A satirical comedy that lovingly skewers the popular tropes of the 90s teen sitcom, "ZACH" introduces us to the lives and loves of two teens of color at an affluent, majority-white Southern Californian high school. P.J., a lovesick surfer boy, and Gina, a budding fashionista, are overjoyed when they're invited into the inner circle of Zach, the white, charismatic, prank-happy new kid at school. But when Zach plans a prank that goes too far, P.J. and Gina must race to stop him before it's too late - and along the way, learn to see their peers, and themselves, with fresh eyes.

    CURRENT DRAFT: The I Love Your Smile Draft - 5-21-23
  • Princes by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: gay, queer + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, movement/physical, romantic comedy, satire, young audiences
    Keyword: gay, queer, LGBTQ, fairy tale, fairy tales, adventure, comedy, romance, teen, teens
    WINNER, San Diego International Fringe Festival Award, Outstanding LGBT Performance, 2017

    In this twist on our most beloved fairy tales, four actors in street clothes use hand puppets, Zippo lighters, plastic Halloween masks and steel folding chairs to tell the lost story of Prince Charming.

    Prince Charm has a magical gift: he can break curses with his kiss. He’s the go-to royal...
    WINNER, San Diego International Fringe Festival Award, Outstanding LGBT Performance, 2017

    In this twist on our most beloved fairy tales, four actors in street clothes use hand puppets, Zippo lighters, plastic Halloween masks and steel folding chairs to tell the lost story of Prince Charming.

    Prince Charm has a magical gift: he can break curses with his kiss. He’s the go-to royal for lifting sleeping spells on helpless maidens. When Charm dreams of his own magical kiss, however...it's not from a maiden.

    While crossing an enchanted forest to attend a ball in a neighboring kingdom, Charm and his faithful pet cricket rescue a handsome, red-hooded rogue from the jaws of a vengeful wolf. As the trio journey through the rest of the forest together, an adventure ensues, new friends are made and a secret is revealed.
  • We Lovers by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 2 more
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    Keyword: one act, LGBTQ + 6 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, verse
    Keyword: one act, LGBTQ, supernatural, Fantasy, storytellers, storytelling, romance, love
    ONE ACT. On a late summer’s evening in a wildly lush clearing in the middle of the woods, four young adults gather to tell their best, most fantastical love stories. In the tales they tell, a man falls for an earthbound angel in a laundromat, a woman searches for the ghost of her dead lover in a desert of monsters, a sweetheart in an 80s slasher flick makes the ultimate sacrifice, and small town lovers escape a...
    ONE ACT. On a late summer’s evening in a wildly lush clearing in the middle of the woods, four young adults gather to tell their best, most fantastical love stories. In the tales they tell, a man falls for an earthbound angel in a laundromat, a woman searches for the ghost of her dead lover in a desert of monsters, a sweetheart in an 80s slasher flick makes the ultimate sacrifice, and small town lovers escape a falling sky. Based on Christian St. Croix's 2017 chapbook of short stories, "We Lovers" is a blisteringly beautiful one-act play about cinematic love tales and the way they can bring the most unlikely of people together.

    LATEST DRAFT: 5-2-22
  • Normal Heights by Christian St. Croix
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 9 more
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    Keyword: San Diego, normal heights + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, farce, horror, movement/physical, mystery/thriller, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: San Diego, normal heights, one act, bipoc, people of color, spooky, Bizarre
    PRODUCTION, Loud Fridge Theatre Group, San Diego, CA, 2023

    ONE ACT. Simple homes. Quiet streets. An ice cream shop. A record shop. A coffee shop. The faces are friendly. The schools are clean. A nice little neighborhood. But don't look too closely. Things are not what they seem. Beneath the neon blue lighted neighborhood sign on the intersection of Adams Avenue and Felton Street, a welcoming...
    PRODUCTION, Loud Fridge Theatre Group, San Diego, CA, 2023

    ONE ACT. Simple homes. Quiet streets. An ice cream shop. A record shop. A coffee shop. The faces are friendly. The schools are clean. A nice little neighborhood. But don't look too closely. Things are not what they seem. Beneath the neon blue lighted neighborhood sign on the intersection of Adams Avenue and Felton Street, a welcoming committee gathers in the middle of the night to tell bizarre stories of sci-fi, fantasy and horror, all set in the historical San Diego, California neighborhood of Normal Heights.

    Current Draft: The Mars Draft - 3/10/23
  • The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, movement/physical + 1 more
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    Keyword: teens, friendship + 8 more
    Genre: drama, movement/physical, young audiences
    Keyword: teens, friendship, teenagers, Drugs, addiction, Latinx, black, Lesbian, gay, LGBTQ
    ONE ACT. When Quincy is assigned to work with Victor in a weekend program for teenagers who have been arrested for drug related crimes, a friendship is the last thing she sees with him. The pair soon discover two stray cats in need of food, and Quincy finds that she and Victor may work well together after all. "The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats" is a humorous and heartbreaking tale about...
    ONE ACT. When Quincy is assigned to work with Victor in a weekend program for teenagers who have been arrested for drug related crimes, a friendship is the last thing she sees with him. The pair soon discover two stray cats in need of food, and Quincy finds that she and Victor may work well together after all. "The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats" is a humorous and heartbreaking tale about friendship, choices and cats.

    Note: This is a play for teen audiences meant to fit within a class period or school assembly, but all theatres are welcome to take it on.
  • The Oakland Society of Supernatural Beings by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, gay + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, horror
    Keyword: LGBTQ, gay, black, supernatural, Fantasy, Latinx, asian, South Asian, site specific, site specific play
    ONE ACT/SITE SPECIFIC. When a child witch performs magic in public, the safety and secrecy of all supernatural beings in the city of Oakland, California is threatened. Pearl, leader of the ghosts, calls an assembly of The Oakland Society of Supernatural Beings to request that the child’s powers be removed. Kyle, the stubborn and powerful leader of witches, refuses to perform the act. Providing the final votes...
    ONE ACT/SITE SPECIFIC. When a child witch performs magic in public, the safety and secrecy of all supernatural beings in the city of Oakland, California is threatened. Pearl, leader of the ghosts, calls an assembly of The Oakland Society of Supernatural Beings to request that the child’s powers be removed. Kyle, the stubborn and powerful leader of witches, refuses to perform the act. Providing the final votes are Anthony, Kyle's ex and werewolf pack leader, and Nico, a teenaged skateboarder and the leader of the vampires. With the lives of the city’s supernatural beings at stake, what will the four decide?

    [You have the playwright’s permission to change “Oakland” to a city or neighborhood of the producers’ choice, both in the title and script. "The Sacramento Society of Supernatural Beings", "The Nashville Society of Supernatural Beings", "The Las Vegas Society of Supernatural Beings", etc.]

    LATEST DRAFT: 10/25/21

    *adapted and expanded from an earlier Zoom-only version
  • You've Reached Justin by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 22
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, Sci Fi + 5 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, horror, radio drama, romantic comedy, science fiction, zoom
    Keyword: LGBTQ, Sci Fi, horror, thriller, Scary, poc, bipoc
    10 MINUTE. Daniel only planned for a night out of clubbing with his best friend and crush, Justin. But before they can meet, monsters fall from the sky and begin attacking the city. When Justin won't answer his phone, Daniel starts out through the carnage and chaos to rescue him, leaving voicemails along the way. "You've Reached Justin" blends sci-fi and horror with romance to deliver a...
    10 MINUTE. Daniel only planned for a night out of clubbing with his best friend and crush, Justin. But before they can meet, monsters fall from the sky and begin attacking the city. When Justin won't answer his phone, Daniel starts out through the carnage and chaos to rescue him, leaving voicemails along the way. "You've Reached Justin" blends sci-fi and horror with romance to deliver a heart pounding short about the complexities of crushes and monsters.
  • Tiana by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: mother, son + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, zoom
    Keyword: mother, son, family, LGBTQ, gay teen, Disneyland, Incarceration, prison, bipoc, black
    10 MINUTE. At a dining table in Disneyland, a formerly incarcerated woman tries to connect with her estranged teenage son over pizza, Street Fighter II and Princess Tiana.
  • Keoni by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: comedy, romantic comedy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, experimental, movement/physical, romantic comedy
    Keyword: comedy, romantic comedy, gay, LGBTQ, bipoc
    10 MINUTE. You lead us through a series of micro-vignettes starring your man-child boyfriend, Keoni. Keoni dreams of Jay-Z riding the back of a manatee. Keoni won't throw his socks away, even though one has a hole on the toe of it. Keoni’s detector app spots a ghost right next to you. Keoni told your mother you were adopting twins. Keoni tests your patience, but you love him.
  • Darth & Luke by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: drama, brothers + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, movement/physical
    Keyword: drama, brothers, brotherhood, hip-hop, gay, LGBTQ, black, all black cast, poc, bipoc
    10 MINUTE. Darwin and Lucas, brothers and b-boys, were on the rise to early 2000s fame as dance duo, Darth and Luke. But when Darwin came out of the closet on live television, it put an end both to their dreams of stardom and their relationship. Years later, Lucas makes an unexpected visit to the Los Angeles pizza shop Darwin runs with his husband, Yona, offering a proposal and hiding a secret.
  • You're Working the Checkout at Albertsons by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, experimental + 3 more
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    Keyword: comedy, Fantasy + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, experimental, fantasy, movement/physical, zoom
    Keyword: comedy, Fantasy, bisexual, LGBTQ, monologue, male monologue, female monologue, one person show
    “ ...pitched somewhere between 'Welcome to Night Vale' and Tennessee Williams... ” - The Daily Princetonian

    10 MINUTE. A grocery store clerk leads you through a series of touching and hilarious second-person vignettes. The hot guy who works across the street buys a can of AriZona Iced Tea and a pack of Juicy Fruit. A customer drops her bottle of Barefoot Chardonnay. The hot girl who...
    “ ...pitched somewhere between 'Welcome to Night Vale' and Tennessee Williams... ” - The Daily Princetonian

    10 MINUTE. A grocery store clerk leads you through a series of touching and hilarious second-person vignettes. The hot guy who works across the street buys a can of AriZona Iced Tea and a pack of Juicy Fruit. A customer drops her bottle of Barefoot Chardonnay. The hot girl who works across the street buys a bottle of Diet Pepsi. Your co-worker adopts an alien. You slip into a parallel universe where everyone has the head of a tabby cat. You're very lonely and you just want to be touched.

    *You have the playwright's permission to change “Albertsons”--in both the title and the script--to any recognizable supermarket chain in the region it's performed. “You're Working the Checkout at Foodtown”, “You're Working the Checkout at the Piggly Wiggly”, You're Working the Checkout at Fairway”, “ You're Working the Checkout at SpartanNash”, etc.
  • And All the Birds Loved Her (audio/radio play) by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: all black cast, trans + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fantasy, radio drama
    Keyword: all black cast, trans, black, Fathers and Daughters, forgiveness, fairy tales, audio play, radio play, zoom
    AUDIO/RADIO PLAY. Mia, a trans teenager and aspiring makeup artist, has talked her single father, John, into letting her practice her skills on his face. Mia's mother has taken a temporary nursing job in the Philippines and Mia’s been sent to live with him until she returns. When John learns that his resentful daughter’s been avoiding her mother's phone calls, he asks Mia to join him in revisiting a...
    AUDIO/RADIO PLAY. Mia, a trans teenager and aspiring makeup artist, has talked her single father, John, into letting her practice her skills on his face. Mia's mother has taken a temporary nursing job in the Philippines and Mia’s been sent to live with him until she returns. When John learns that his resentful daughter’s been avoiding her mother's phone calls, he asks Mia to join him in revisiting a fairy tale he used to tell her when she was a child. As she does, memories from the past are revealed and an apology is made. "And All the Birds Loved Her" is a bittersweet drama about fathers and daughters, fairy tales and forgiveness.
  • Follow the Fireflies (monologue) by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 3 more
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    Keyword: black, bipoc + 8 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, political, tragedy
    Keyword: black, bipoc, black lives matter, racism, afterlife, magic, ghosts, male monologues, monologue, monologues
    MONOLOGUE. In this enchanting short, a troubled new friend welcomes us to The Grove, a place of wonder and rest for the souls of murdered Black people. When you’re ready, you just follow the fireflies out. Look. Ain’t they something?
  • Cold Foam (monologue) by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: racism, women + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: racism, women, white privilege, police, Karen, black lives matter, monologue, female monologue
    MONOLOGUE. Sarah Cooper, a white woman, loves sweetened cold foam on her coffee, voted for Hilary Clinton and just called the police on a Black man inside of a Starbucks.
  • Brev (monologue) by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Sci Fi, Romantic + 5 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, science fiction
    Keyword: Sci Fi, Romantic, comedy, aliens, LGBTQ, monologue, zoom
    MONOLOGUE. Following an alien invasion, a starry-eyed member of the rebellion tells us all about their hot, new alien boyfriend as they prepare to storm the mothership.
  • Four Things I Never Ask About (monologue) by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: romance, drama + 5 more
    Genre: drama, horror, zoom
    Keyword: romance, drama, horror, zombies, supernatural, monologue, zoom
    MONOLOGUE. There are four things your lover will never ask about as you shelter together during a zombie apocalypse. This is no longer a world for lovers.
  • Duffel Bag (monologue) by Christian St. Croix
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: memory, memories + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, zoom
    Keyword: memory, memories, grief, friendship, monologue, zoom
    MONOLOGUE. You’re having a memory of your best friend, Brian. You were both in the locker room, you’d just finished playing basketball and he was reaching into his duffel bag...for what? Brian coaches as you try to remember.

    “Duffel Bag” is a touching and humorous monologue about memories and what to hold onto when the details start to fade.