See more scenes from Aaron Levy
Stuart is stuck in the limbo of his mind after a suicide attempt (his
READ MORE - PRO MEMBERS ONLY
Join the StageAgent community to learn more about this scene from Pizza With Shrimp on Top and unlock other amazing theatre resources!
Already a member? Log in
READ MORE - PRO MEMBERS ONLY
Upgrade to PRO to learn more about this scene from Pizza With Shrimp on Top and unlock other amazing theatre resources!
Start:
DANIEL: Hey, Stuart? How’d you learn how ta play the guitar? Take lessons like once a week? Your mom drive you to the teacher?
STUART: (laughs.) I taught myself. She wanted me to play the violin or the cello or something stupid you can stick against your neck.
DANIEL: But you taught yourself, ey? That explains a lot.
[... … …]
End:
STUART: … It’s just I get so down for so long and I keep thinkin’ the next day’s gonna be better than the last day, but it’s worse than the day was before, and you know, the spiral just … I don’t know.
DANIEL: I know.
For full extended scene, refer to the script edition cited here: Aaron Levy, Pizza With Shrimp on Top, Dramatic Publishing, 2006, pp. 38-41.
More about this monologue
