This emphasizes just how young Li’l Bit was at this time-eleven-and how, in Li’l Bit’s own words, it was the “the last day I lived in my body. Most poignantly of all, the teenage chorus plays Li’l Bit’s own voice in the play’s penultimate scene, which depicts the first instance of abuse by Uncle Peck. The teenage chorus also plays some of Li’l Bit’s high school companions. In the most jarring chorus role, the teenage chorus plays Li’l Bit’s grandmother, who vividly likens Li’l Bit’s grandfather’s sexual behavior to that of a “bull” and accepts her husband’s view that a woman’s main purpose is to “have the table set and the bed turned down.” Perhaps, by being played by the youngest actress, Vogel is signaling toward the cyclical nature of behavior within a family-though the grandmother is old, she presents unequal gender roles that, though perhaps changed in one or two ways, are still entrenched. If you would like to give a public performance of this monologue, please obtain authorization from the appropriate licensor. Monologues are presented on StageAgent for educational purposes only. The teenage chorus is instructed by Vogel to be significantly younger, or at least younger-looking, than the other choruses. All monologues are property and copyright of their owners.
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