I'm just trying to get out of here with a touch of dignity. "What's up with you?" <> Do it right. We're two adults. The daily language usage makes the Shape Of Things Neil Labute leading in experience. endobj They've got a pretty strict policy about that too actually. What was that all about? That was nice. Don't do that, okay? - Did you see a picture of what happened? all your own shitty little neuroses all over people's laps is actually art. But this, I'm afraid, was not done out of love or caring "Can I 'X' amount of change in this creature using only manipulation as my palette knife?". The trip into the city- that was fun. - I'm one of those people. I'd love to have it with you- uh, the discussion. She never had so sweet a changeling. [Jenny] Why is that? . Right. Me either. The play is about Adam, a nerdy, sweet literature major (MA) at an unspecified midwestern university who meets a young graduate art student, Evelyn at his job as a security guard at the art museum. <> Start: Do me a favor, dont fool yoursel Start: I wanna tell you something-and th Start: My task here tonight is to unveil Start: Heylook, I dont know why Im he Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall. you were supposed to be guarding it. and the Jon Bon Jovi hair are no big thing. I wasn't planning on it, but I'm not completely against it either. There is only art; art that must be created whatever the cost. Anyhow, who knows what the person was saying by it. I hit it- you know, I banged it up pretty bad at home. It'll help me keep some perspective here. Okay, can we just stop this now, please? Maybe we should- I don't really have the same reaction as--. It's never anything until it's something. There is only art. THE SHAPE OF THINGS Male Serio-Comic Contemporary Monologue.docx. Yeah. Starbucks or somewhere-- the mall maybe. Oh, no, no. She called me, okay? I mean, if you're gonna do it, at least do it-- Exactly. "What's goin' on?". <> Okay? [ Chuckles ] Yeah, it is. I mean, she did do that, but it-it was nothing. It stars Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Gretchen Mol and Fred Weller. it wasn't pornography, it was a statement. A short list of alterations I've induced would include eating better and losing weight--some 25 pounds or more--an exercise regimen that included both cardiovascular work and weight training, the purchase of contact lenses, a complete change in hairstyles and significant wardrobe alterations as well. All Play Text Property of Publishers. endobj - I mean, I can't tell, so I figured- - That's because you see you every day, shower, getting dressed-. Later, Evelyn cajoles Adam into undergoing plastic surgery to fix his large and naturally misshapen nose and succeeds in persuading him to cut himself off from Phillip and Jenny, whose relationship she ruins. Cillian Murphy and Flora Montgomery starred in the Gate Theatre production in Dublin in 2002. Today. In tears, he watches it over and over again. you picked that up all on your own. The Shape of Things, by Neil LaBute HI. Cute guys always have potty mouths. ^qlHs)9E:\Uti9YE$P 8V;Kt#Z{ E5M_(+5H22^/9ti[r^LG)H2(C(6!CESkLv1)9r;VEu It didn't for me. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Uh-uh. I do. He would be a jilted lover, a spurned fiance, etc. Stop me before I-. In essence, be at your mercy. That's what we're saying. 23 0 obj The plot line of The Shape of Things is deliberately disturbing and attention grabbing. 0% found this document useful, Mark this document as useful, 0% found this document not useful, Mark this document as not useful, Save The Shape of Things Monologue For Later, yku bmkw, wkrrjfc. 26 0 obj BERNADETTE (Lemons, Lemons, Lemons) I want you to tell me all your things. endstream I do like you. Yeah, its kind of horrible. These initial changes regarding Adam's physical appearance are well received by Adam's friend, Phillip, and Phillip's fiance, Jenny. View All Characters in The Shape of Things. 3C Brooklyn, NY (718) - PDF Free Download", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Shape_of_Things&oldid=1125637689, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 02:01. No, I-I'm- I'm sorry. No, I am just getting started on my thesis project now. I would never do that. - Okay, this is getting a little-, Adam, you can really pick 'em. you can write a manifesto on your thing, I'm sure I read that somewhere. What is that girl doing to you? Well, if they're deejays, they usually get asked to play " Misty" on the radio all the time. /Contents 20 0 R>> I'm not gonna mess up your stuff. 15 0 obj [ Clears Throat ] Well, that's always what they say, though, isn't it? New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall - What is she-- - It's not, like, totally official yet. The Shape of Things develops through a series of short scenes against a spare, clever, fluid and suggestive set. I'm amazed. I peeked. <> There is minimal adaptation in the movie version, something for which LaBute has been criticized. He is a living, breathing example of our obsession with the surface of things, the shape of them. No, you're probably right. The Shape of Things is published in an acting edition by Broadway Play Publishing Inc. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Before responding, she invites him to her thesis presentation. I didn't think you'd go in for the makeover thing. It wasnt to me, therefore it wasnt. What, like, color it? [ Laughs ]. - [ Sighs ] - I've just been busy with work and all. you always wait at the doctor's office. - Drama, teen, any age, female/male/neutral/blind casting March In Line: you know that. When nerdy Adam Sorenson, an English Literature major at Mercy, a fictitious Midwestern college, meets Evelyn Ann Thompson, an attractive graduate art student, at the local museum where he works, his life takes an unexpected turn. Is this, like, my last meal or something? No, I-- It's all right. Ah, now you're gonna get all scientific on me. I was wondering if you had any suggestions or could point me in the direction of a good play/playwright? [ Man ] # I won 't walk with my head bowed#, # your love walks where three 's a crowd#, [ Continues On Headset ] # Making promises that they can't keep #, # Love is gone and it's no one's fault #, # Now love's limpin' on a lovers crutch #, # Lookin' for a hand with a personal touch #. So be itthat's the system and one person can't change itbut perhaps they can make you question that system and your values just a little bit. As for me, I have no regrets, no feelings of remorse for my actions, the manufactured emotions - none of it. This play will mean something different to each person who reads it. - It was still wrong to treat her like that. I made sure that nothing was ever forced during our sessions or sittings together-. I mean, he's only been like this once before, maybe twice. At first, its little things like losing some weight and letting his hair grow out. I'll tell you something real. I mean, almost everyone I've ever gone out with. 19 0 obj The Shape of Things, written by Neil LaBute, discovers the deceitfulness and manipulation that symbolizes relationships. Which "Take Back the Night" rally did you find her at, Adam? He calls it a heartless joke, not art, and asks for the ring back, as it was his grandmother's. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. She said- and I paraphrase-. See, it's right behind the leaf there. I can't. Am I missing something here? As I looked around my world for something to change, I knew I'd been given a tall order. This is she. The other one. Anyway, Phil picks him up from class one day, sees me. Wh-What, you worried I'm gonna steal her? Somebody misplaced it. - No, no, no. But, hey, that's subjective. More often than not, human's immediate reaction to threatening forces is to escape from it. Hey, artiste, how did you know it was a woman who painted the cock? homework. Oh, yeah, right. What would be the point of that? Owned by Bethany Kennedy, 808 Sage Meadow Dr, Glenn Heights, TX, 75154, 402-630-0823 Well, it is not an simple inspiring if you in reality realize not past reading. [10] In January 2011, The Gallery Soho in London staged a production directed by Tom Attenborough. I can be late if I have to. I remember vaguely. When writing The Shape of Things, the first play in his trilogy, LaBute, who'd been working in London at the time, was inspired by British conceptual artists like Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, whose works both incorporate found objects and the idea of appropriation. I can't tell. Right. That's fine. I follow in a long tradition of artists who believe that there is no such concept as religion, government, community, or even family. on which I've worked these past 1 8 weeks it will mean something different to each of you [ Whispering ] Can I get a spot- [Switch Clicks ]. Hey, I'm not trying to be anything. This was a completely startling and unexpected gesture, but obviously, I can't accept. if you could alter just one thing about them or even to get them to stop wearing sunglasses up on their head all the time. All she said that night-. Because you don't say "penis" in Jenny's house. [ Whispering ] Did you tell her? No, another time we'll definitely discuss it. His relationship with his best friends girlfriend, Jenny, gets a little ambiguous. Art that must be created. She thinks of the fire and its light on her book, and the three chrysanthemums. - Oh, but, hey, that's subjective. Are you disfigured because ofit? (Smiles). The four-character play explores how far someone is willing to go and how much they change for who (or what) they love. Anything. Now, you may have a different opinion, feel differently, I welcome that. /Contents 12 0 R>> And then finally she told me about it. The Shape of Things Monologue By: Neil LaBute Jenny: No, we are, it's what we're doing, I'm just I don't know. [Footsteps Departing] Well you said you would. And is that terrible? We just don't agree. 22 0 obj And do I appear to like you? - Let's grab two close to the exit. No way, man.". No. - I don't see you shower or getting dressed. And it was here that I coaxed hi m into eating his first vegetarian meal. No, we're seeing Medea. As . [8][9] Brian Rhinehart directed a production at the Bernie West Theater in New York City in 2007. The story is set in a small university town in the American Midwest and focuses on the lives of four young students who become emotionally and romantically involved with each other. Invitations to get out, arrangements to make. This girl is the messiah. stream (Beat) Like, nice Yeah, you know sweet. Adam and I had a class together, and he never got up the nerve to ask me out. She did. Non-stepper, I mean. ( W_T2c@C"6EAMH/aV(X(;Us But in THE SHAPE OF THINGS, Neil LaBute's absolutely chilling report from the sex war's frontline, where stratagems for sexual humiliations are planned, Adam, the shy chap concerned, takes the video-camera, so to speak, lying down. Phoenix, AZ, Freaky Friday Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! Yeah. <> endobj Then there were two mainstream films, "Nurse Betty" (2000) and "Possession" (2002). Alice in Wonderland 4. <> - Well, um, I pretty much let these things end. I feared. The play was directed by LaBute himself. fish around slowly until he figured out if it was her or me. Hmm. I just had to be at work by 12:00. It touches the escalating relationship between Adam and Evelyn, who met at an art museum on a college campus. and he's this total monk the whole semester. I think it was a sort of statement, a kind of--. - Well, we should probably find a place too. The Shape of Things culminates in an eponymous long poem that asks if a poiesis of "network being" is possible and suggests that there might be some other way to dance to the sounds of our present. I could've told her about the blow job I gave him. you've had it since, like, birth. But given its applicable setting, Cesnik is excited to do a script that has a . In The Shape of Things, that darkness is undeniably there, but its simmering just underneath the surface until it boils over in a gut-punch ending. Jesus, why don't you just call me gay and get it over with? WARNING: This play is all about the twist, and Im going to give it away in the paragraph below because its relevant (if not necessary) to the monologue. Not once. 3 0 obj please stop by and take a look at your convenience. Last updated: Sep 13, 2021 5 min read. - True? If a phrase is used as a noun, tell whether it is the subject, the direct object, or the predicate nominative. Monologues are also known as dramatic soliloquies. The Jewish slope, we called it in Lake Forest. "The Shape of Things," a contemporary story of love and art set in a college town, follows the steadily intensifying relationship between Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and Adam (Paul Rudd). Uh, do you guys want a salad or something? - Cosmo story in the making, huh? He's the least adventurous person I know. I can't really show my face in the streets, so it seemed logical. Well, just, you know, he's changed. At the end. The story is set in a small university town in the American Midwest and focuses on the lives of four young students who become emotionally and romantically involved with each other. That's mine. to look a little silly or different or anything. Subject: RE: Tune Req: Ballad of the Shape of Things From: Allan C. Date: 27 Sep 99 - 11:34 AM An alternative might be to go to The Kingston Trio Pick of the Week Page and request that what the KT recorded as "The Shape of Things" be next weeks Pick of the Week. Someone who delivers a monologue is called a monologist or monologuist . I could tell for, like, a week somethin' was goin' on. It is a human sculpture on which I've worked these past eighteen weeks, and of whom I'm very proud. They took issue with his thing- you know, the shape of it. I tripped, I fell. (Laughs) Which is fine, since I realize I have been my entire academic life--at someone's mercy, that is--which reaches back to when I was five. Okay, so you can speak for her then? I mean, doing great things with yourself. I only did it for the effect. when "what" is right in front of you. It stars Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Gretchen Mol and Fred Weller. Thoughtful. Hmm. Therefore, it was real. It's "the edge of the" that I'm a little hazy on here. Then it should be fine if we were to [Man ] # Oooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh#, # Oooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh #, # Oooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh #, # Oooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ##. And yet open any fashion magazine, turn on any television program and the world will tell youhe's only gotten more interesting, more desirable, more normal. - Well, I should probably grab a seat. We met, and he told me all about it. He's just I dunno, being funny. be completely out of the question here? Goodwill, actually. I can't believe it. Moana 17. His changes have been her project over the year, and the ways in which he has become more appealing overall are evidence of her sculpting. At the end of the presentation, she rejects his proposal. I mean, granted, I usually love it when a woman removes her tampon in front of me. Only to indifference do I say, "**** you". 14 0 obj Anyway, he told me that, for him, it was a huge deal and it does mark the beginning of my systematic makeover-, of my two very pliable materials of choice--, [Audience Murmuring] [Footsteps Departing]. Touch device users, explore by touch . That's all. I have always stood by the single and simple conceit that I am an artist. you know. I know. Yeah- No, you're right-. to find anybody willing to take a risk these days. I mean, w-who wouldn't want to pay a lot of money to get their nose chopped off? Zfae, yku bmkw swfft. When? That's the idea, isn't it? Bet I can make you squawk a little. It's a guess- what it was, where it was placed. Thank you. I'd probably just stand here, make sure you didn't touch anything. Do you have a shovel in your car? *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. . That's why the tape's going back to my place. All of yours and. kmhf, wefm wf wfrf jrst lkjml kut amc ef was sffjml skofnkcy fdsf, ktefr Gfmmy, fxahtdy. I just don't think that's a thing other people need to see, ever- my ass. A complete database of Shakespeare's Monologues. endobj Why do we act the way we do around certain people? Seriously. The original play The Shape of Things premiered at the Temporary Almeida Theatre at Kings Cross, London in 2001, with Paul Rudd as Adam, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, Gretchen Mol as Jenny, and Fred Weller as Phillip. Sorry. Exactly my point. Lz)Y/:Xu4I&B. you'd tell me if there was anything seriously wrong. 5 0 obj but it really is the capper to my time here at Mercy. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. It must have been winter, for they'd finished their tea and she . stream walk away without any further contact leading me to an assumption of further wrongdoing because it seems to be motivated, in my mind at least. endobj New York, NY, Linda Ray As with Sarah Ruhl last week this will. This is a beautiful monologue for a female audition in the age range of the thirties, forties, and fifties. <> We are. You can examine the stone and setting further when it's placed in the exhibit. Oh, that spill you took must have done it. Yeah. - And if I don't? Neil LaBute. 9DI6+[uV>; x;X=s:Pa]`s[su7tg Rz6{U4Wu,tn{sik($.#O,R.5:#Gh With that in mind, I present you with my untitled sculpture and supporting materials tonight. The mall. On the line in the sentence below, write the form of sit or set that correctly and sensibly completes the sentence. What does that mean anyway- " I'm an artist"? She also announces that she is not going to marry him and the engagement ring he offered her is simply one of the exhibits of her art installation, the "capper to my time at Mercy". endobj So don't you trust me, then, to know how I feel? - Now she knows. The only thing that would help him is a fuckin' knife through his throat. Seth Meyers took on President Trump, Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein and more in his monologue at the 75th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night. Look, I'm off in 10 minutes. /Contents 10 0 R>> I think what you've done with Adam-- it's really great. you don't hold a grudge, do ya? He also had a salad.(Jenny leaves)(Evelyn smiles) Anyway, he told me that for him, it was a huge deal and it does mark the beginning of my systematic makeover, or "sculpting", if you will, of my two very pliable materials of choice: the human flesh and the human will. What I've done? The website's critics consensus reads: "LaBute returns to his earlier themes of cruelty in relationships, and the results hit hard. stream you're gonna look stupid in one of it hose wet suits. In The Shape of Things, that darkness is undeniably there, but it's simmering just underneath the surface until it boils over in a gut-punch ending. 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