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Scream

Genre
Drama
Female cast
Male cast
Original language of the play
Details
multi-voice monologue for a man
Original title
Krzyk

A study of the psyche of a sexually abused child - written without pompousness. During the casting for a TV series, the adult Marian praises his vocal qualities and teases the committee to make them interested. From word to word, from demonstration to demonstration, Marian unexpectedly begins "the confession of a child of the century". He plays the role of a small, naive Marian, who he once was. The viewer has an opportunity to learn that once inflicted wounds do not heal easily, forming an adult, disturbed individual.

The play was written for one actor who imitates all other voices. It is also possible to introduce to the stage the characters recalled in the memories of the main character: father, mother and sister. Marian is an angry, disturbed man - about 40-50 years old. His apparent cheerfulness and exuberance serve to drown out the traumatic memories of his childhood, spent in a dysfunctional family. Slowly, he reveals to the audience those experiences which lead him to the most aggressive ways of reacting to his reality.

For as long as he remembered, he, his sister and mother were burdened by the threat of his father's leaving. The mother was ready to make many concessions, just to stop her husband and show her neighbors that she was living according to "God's way". Time passed by for Marian on waiting for his father, who introduced himself to him as an extraordinary sorcerer. However, the sorcerer turned out to be an evil one. The hero was sexually abused by him. Growing up, he realized that he had been subjected to sinister black magic. In children's visions, erotic codes become fairy-tale-like, taking the form of animals and other creatures. It is suggested that the sister was aware of what the father was doing. The mother would extol his affection and paternal care. At the age of thirteen, however, Maniuś changed from a polite little boy to an unruly boy who dreamt of only one thing: killing the abuser. The malicious God, however, took care of that by "inflicting" a stroke on his father's brain. At the same time, he made it impossible for the Son to administer his own justice.

What happened after the funeral? Mother and sister calmed down. They preferred the father dead, they no longer had to be afraid of him leaving them behind. And teenage Marian?

        I immediately ran to the station and calmly allowed a guy to fuck me in the ass in the restroom. I easily found a willing guy. He even looked a bit like him.

One day at the Central Station he met someone who told him a similar story. The only difference was that Marian's new friend was a father - a father who ran away from his family when he realized that he was sexually attracted to his own son. In his first instinct, Marian wants to kill him. In this way, he wants to kill his own father, luring him to the station toilet. But he can't do that.

        We've been sitting around for a long time. We hugged each other and cried...  Two pieces of trash... two station rats, one worthy of each other...

What is Marian doing now? He goes to all the casting calls, trying to get cast in a series. But the best roles are those that take advantage of his extraordinary voice capabilities. For example: wolf howling. That's the only way Marian has a chance to be heard, and he's unrivalled at screaming...

        Because perhaps the only recipe for life is howling?