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Monologues for Rehearsing Cyrano
Authors:
Linda Eisenstein
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Character Name:
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N'omi
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Gender:
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Female
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Age:
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Young Adult
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Type:
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Comedic
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Length:
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5 minute(s)
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Time Period(s):
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Post-Modern 1990 - present
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Occurs in:
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Act- 1
Scene- 4
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"The Five-Minute Cyrano". Stage manager N'omi performs a whirlwind comedic tour-de-force: a parodic 5-minute version of "Cyrano de Bergerac", playing all the characters, including love scenes, sword fights, and death scenes.
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Character Name:
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Maya
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Gender:
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Female
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Age:
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Young Adult
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Type:
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Serious
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Length:
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1 minute(s)
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Time Period(s):
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Post-Modern 1990 - present
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Occurs in:
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Act- 1
Scene- 2
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Maya tries to convince her college script committee of her idea to do a women's version of "Cyrano de Bergerac". Impassioned and funny.
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Character Name:
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Dr. Powers
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Gender:
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Female
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Age:
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31-50
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Type:
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Serious
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Length:
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1 minute(s)
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Time Period(s):
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Post-Modern 1990 - present
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Occurs in:
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Act- 2
Scene- 12
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Dr. Powers, the college drama club advisor, muses about the difficulty of mentoring her women students, especially head-strong ones.
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