Skip to main content
Defamation logo

I’m thirty-eight years old. I was raised...

Regina Wade

Defamation

Todd Logan

Explore this monologue

Monologue Overview

Note: We are not able to display the full text for this monologue.

Character
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act One
Time & Place
Chicago courtroom, 2012
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

More Monologues

Context

Text

Note: We are not able to display the full text for this monologue. However, to assist users who already have access to the script, starting and ending lines are presented below. Please visit our monologue database to find monologues that include text.

I’m thirty-eight years old. I was raised by my mother and grandmother. I’ve never met my father. We lived in Lawndale, one of the poorest most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago.

[... … …]

End:

I might have been born into a situation, but through sheer determination I believed I had overcome my situation.

For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Todd Logan, Defamation, Dramatic Publishing Company, 2018, p. 18.

Videos

Related Products

Related Articles

Related Learning Modules

All monologues are the property and copyright of their owners.

Monologues are presented on StageAgent for educational purposes only.