WRITTEN: 2007.
SUMMARY: Dogface is a journey through the life of an ugly girl, known only as "Dogface" after
being attacked by a dog when she was seven years old. She faces social ostracism as a child, peer
pressure as an adolescent, and romantic rejection as a young adult. There are five scenes, each four
years apart, beginning when she is seven and ending when she is 23. There is also transitional material
contributed by the ensemble. The scene on the right takes place when Dogface is eleven, talking to her
only real friend - a teacher at her school who she eats lunch with weekly.
CAST: 4-8 Females, 1 Male.
LENGTH: Full-length.
PAGES: 50.
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
These Aren't My Shoes Productions, January 2009.
PUBLICATION HISTORY:
A monologue from Dogface is featured in
The Theatre Audition
Book 2, a collection of monologues edited by Gerald Ratliff and published by
Meriwether Publishing.
PERFORMANCE FEES:
The fee to produce Dogface is $35 for each performance. To submit your request,
producers and directors may contact Kellie Powell.
PURCHASE:
An electronic copy of Dogface can be purchased for $8.00 as an instant download.
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DOGFACE
During the Earth Day assembly, last year. Some boys made a drawing, and they passed it to Julie
Fisher, and she took it from them and then she wouldn't give it back. And she showed it to me. It
was me.
MS. STEVENSON
Some boys made a drawing of you?
DOGFACE
It was either Tanner or Jonah, I think. But everyone was laughing at it. It was... very
mean. And I knew it was me because they drew my scars. And they labeled it. I tried not to look at it
too much, because it made me want to cry. I took it to Mr. Morris, and he said he would talk to them
and they would be in trouble and he would make sure they weren't ever mean to me again. Tanner doesn't
bother me as much anymore, except sometimes he asks me if I'm a lesbian.
MS. STEVENSON
What do you say?
DOGFACE
My mom told me to tell him that I'm too young to have a sexual orientation. I said that once, but he
laughed a whole lot. Now I just try to ignore him. But it's hard to ignore Jonah, because he has the
locker next to mine this year, and the desk next to mine, too, and he won't stop complaining to everyone
about how when he sees my face it makes him want to throw up.
MS. STEVENSON
That's awful. I think you should talk to Mr. Morris again. You shouldn't have to deal with this
kind of harassment. You should be free to learn and play and grow up in a place that's safe.
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