The following monologue is an excerpt from Girl Talk and are for audition material only, courtesy of The Play Group Theatre. Performance rights may be requested by contacting The Play Group Theatre at 914-946-4433 or by filling out the performance rights application.

My Brother

Lucy
I always wanted a little sister. I can remember when I was eight I went around telling all my friends that I was getting a sister. One of them must have told her mother and it made it's way back to my mother and I got in trouble for lying. But nobody ever bothered to ask why I had lied. I saw my friends with their sisters. And I wanted that. My friend Elsa was always making up plays with her sister, and then performing them for their parents. They even charged admission once. I just wanted — a partner. Anyway, when I was ten, the great miracle happened. My parents told me they were having a baby. They looked like they had been run over by a truck. Definitely an accident. But I didn't care. Accident or not, I was getting a sister. So I planned and I prepared. I secretly spent my allowance money on stuff for the baby — toys, lollipops and even a little pink outfit with lace and ruffles around the collar. I stashed it all away under my bed, just waiting for the big day. Well, of course, it finally arrived. 9 pm, Thursday, March 18. My parents went to the hospital and I went to Elsa's house. Every time the phone rang, my heart skipped a beat. It was the next morning when my father finally called. I heard Elsa's mother — "Oh, that's just so wonderful. And they're both okay? Oh, Lucy will be so excited. Have you chosen a name? Jeffrey. What a beautiful name." Jeffrey? They're naming my sister Jeffrey? How cruel can they be? (a long beat while she mulls this over) Jeffrey is two years old now. He's okay, I guess. One night, when he was still a baby, I snuck into his room and slipped the little pink outfit on him. He looked as cute as a sister. I took a picture, too, so someday, when I really need something from him, I'll have bribery material. Lately, Jeffrey and I have been bonding over Sesame Street. He was really into Big Bird until I explained the finer points of Grover. Now, he's crazy for Grover. He seems to think that I know everything. See... my brother is shaping up to be a pretty good partner.