Monologue

I am in a theater acting class at my college.
We are required to perform a monologue, and then, later, we will perform a scene. My monologue was chosen today as I read through the Faber Book of Monologues for Women. Sarcastic, bitter, with a touch of humour to it. I will be performing the opening monologue to Wit, by Margaret Edson. The opening monologue is delivered by the lead character, Vivian, a 50 year old professor of 17th Century Literature. She has been diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic ovarian cancer.

The opening lines are thus:

[In false familiarity with the audience, waving and nodding]Hi. How are you feeling today? Great. That's just great.

[In her own professorial tone.]

This is not my standard greeting, I assure you.

I tend toward something a little more formal, a little less inquisitive, such as, say, "Hello."

But it is the standard greeting here.

I love this monologue. I just hope I can pull off the character. She's fantastic!