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You didn't survive the Holocaust

from Gloria

Written by Branden Jacobs Jenkins

Kendra brutally deconstructs Dean's trauma and his attempts to capitalize on a workplace tragedy. She challenges his sense of victimhood and mocks his aspirations of becoming a memoirist in an increasingly desensitized world.

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KENDRA: You know, a bad thing happened to both of us! -to all of us! -but you seem to think it happened only to you. And why is that? Because you went to Gloria's dumb party and she saved you? Because you were "a witness" to everyone's last moments? Or because you're entitled to think the world auto

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CharactersKendra
Duration2-3 minutes
Age Range20s-30s
Genderfemale
Genredrama
PeriodContemporary
Formatmonologue
SourceGloria
Tonesarcastic, bitter, confrontational, cynical
AccentGeneral American
Suitable Fordrama school audition, agent showcase, self tape
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