Looking Back

Looking backward can be a very important thing, unless you are walking or driving.
A humorous monologue with a message about looking backward.

Perhaps you are celebrating a significant milestone such as birthday or anniversary. Whether this milestone is for yourself, a friend or other, or whether it is a church or ministry that is celebrating, it is natural and good to look back at what has taken place, as a guide to going forward.

Cast: 1, monolog, m or f

Bible Reference: Genesis 19:26

Set: standard

Sound: wireless mic if available

Song: none

Lighting: standard

SFX: none

Props: none

Costumes: standard

Special Instructions: none

Time: 5

Sample of script:

actor comes on stage, looking behind, talking to imaginary offstage person

Hey, listen, we will for sure get together first chance, maybe next week and we will . .

“trips” on an imaginary thing, almost falls

Wooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww! . . Almost fell there and I . .

looks into audience and gets embarrassed

Whaaaaaaaaaa? . .
Where did you guys come from?
I mean I was just here talking with this guy and . . And I come in this room and I . . .
I trip around like some geek that can’t seem to know which end’s up . .
I’m not that type a guy I mean like I’m . . . together . .  well, I mean like, mostly together . .Mostly . .

Oh sure, like there was that time when I was washing my hair and I by accident grabbed the bottle of furniture polish instead of the shampoo and I . . .
But that’s like a natural mistake . . .Kinda . . .
Give me a break I mean . . .I didn’t have my glasses on and I . .
But plus is, for weeks after I just swing my head around on the furniture and my hair would . .

But . . . whoa . .  that could be way past the need to know and . .
shakes head, nervous smile
But this . . . tripping over my own feet coming in the room . . . I mean . . Silly me is all I can say!
Fact is, my bad for walking on here, not looking where I was going, looking back . .
Dangerous thing that, looking back . .can be . .
I mean, you don’t know where you are going,  . . unless you got eyes in the back of your head . .

Which I don’t . .

turns back to the audience

Check it out.

turns to audience

Most don’t have eyes in the back of their heads . . Well, maybe my Mom . .
I swear that woman could detect crinkling of a candy bar wrapper at 300 paces, I mean . .
But, I digress . .  see fact is . . I shouldn’t’a been looking back.

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