Silent Thoughts
- ISBN-10
- 1630211958
- ISBN-13
- 9781630211950
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-03-23
- Author
- Kristy Thomas
Description
Lana is a beautiful woman who opens the scene humming and connecting with the audience. When she opens her mouth to begins singing nothing comes out. Lana has lost her ability to talk, sing and write due to a tragic accident that damaged her brain. But in this performance we see both sides of Lana, the side that can talk and communicate with s and the part that can't. She talks of the time that changed her life when her mother unexpectedly died and she made it her life's mission to make it on Broadway. It was that dream that had her attention the day she was in the car accident that took her voice. Now all she wants is to be able to speak and be heard. This is a powerful piece that deals with the human heart and our innate ability to recover while still fighting with out own demons. Not only must she accept her life's sentence but she must also be able to balance it with waking up every morning a different person than who she would like to be, acceptance for who she is presents a great challenge. Lana ends the scene much how she began it, with an inaudible song that transforms into a beautiful hum, which brings her closure. (*Performer is expected to make sounds that can not be understood, and hum beautifully.)
