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I'm in love with Ikemba

from Three Sisters

Written by Inua Ellams, after Anton Chekhov

Masha confesses her secret love for Ikemba to her sisters, contrasting the electrifying connection she feels with him against the suffocating misery of her marriage to Onyinyechukwu. She defends the raw passion of their affair against her sisters' perceived judgment and intellectualism.

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MASHA: Okway my sisters… I have a confession to make. I have kept it from you for so long. I’m sorry. I’m in love. With Ikemba. I thought he was strange when we first met but now I love… his voice, his sadness, his two little girls. We can sit, counting boxes of bullets and it is the most electrifyi

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CharactersMasha
Duration1-2 minutes
Age Range20s-40s
Genderfemale
Genredrama
PeriodContemporary
Formatmonologue
SourceThree Sisters
Tonepassionate, defiant, romantic, emotional
AccentNigerian
Suitable Fordrama school audition, agent showcase, self tape, competition
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