Zach

Monologue Zach Duncan Goodbye, Until We Meet Again (It’s a sunny summer day in Nashville when Dolly Parton decides to leave the Porter Wagoner Show. Porter Wagoner is sitting at his desk, cigarette in one hand and a pen in the other. He is patiently waiting on the appointment that Dolly had made with him. Dolly finally arrives in a pink Cadillac. She enters through stage left, or through Porter Wagoner’s door.) Porter, can you believe it has been seven years since I came to work with you on the show? It’s been fun. You have opened a lot of doors for me in the music business. (Dolly finally sits down in the white leather chair opposite from Porter’s desk. She stutters as she begins to talk.) Well…. I uh… You see, the thing is… Well what I’m trying to say is that, I’m leaving the show. Now I know this is going to be hard for us, heck especially for me. I think that you have shown me enough of what I need to know about this business. I’ve been in it for seven years with you, I think it’s time for me to become solo. This has been my life long dream, to come to Nashville and to sing. It’s been great singing and working with you over the years, but my dream was not to be someone’s sidekick for the rest of my life. My goal was to sing on my own and for me to be my own boss. I think I have the potential to record my own records now, and you said yourself from day one that you believed in me! (Dolly, nervous as ever, is sitting in the white leather chair picking at her long acrylic fingernails. Then she finally gets enough strength to stand up.) So I wanted to break the news to you in person that I am leaving the show and our duet. But in the future, when I get on my feet, I would love to record some more duet albums with you. If you ever need anything at all, please let me know. Well, I guess it’s time to say goodbye. But before I leave I would like to say a few things. For starters, I hope life treats you kind, and I hope that you have all you’ve ever dreamed of. I also wish you joy and happiness, but above all of this I wish you love. (Dolly stands, walks over to the door and opens it. She turns around to tell Porter goodbye.) And for the record, I will always love you. Goodbye, until we meet again. (Dolly leaves the office with tears in her eyes. She wipes the tears with her white gloves she was wearing. She turns around to take a long last look at the studio. She then opens the door to her pink Cadillac, steps in, and drives away.)

Ashley Royalty- I don't know what the Porter Wagner show is about, so maybe you could say what happens on it. Also maybe you could make the actual dialogue a little longer, because their is alot of stage directions.

Sarah Jones- I agree with Ashley, there is a lot of stage direction and could use more dialogue. It would probably help to have the Porter Wagner character a little more realistic, he needs more emotion.

Ms. Schoen -- You need to remember Sarah that this is a monologue concerning Dolly Parton. There should be MINIMAL dialogue between Porter and Dolly if any.

Corinne- I think the major question is not what she does afterwards, but what had happened before this event?

Zach- the focus is Dolly leaving the Porter Wagoner Show. She is the main character,and the main point of this peice is herleaving Porter's Show.

Monique - Zach I like your piece. I like how you give Dolly a voice because what I know about her is that she does say heck alot and you did include that in your piece. I dont know maybe you could have a little line or two on how Dolly was feeling before she went in the room. Like her mentally preparing for what she was about to do. But overall I like ie.