KarMel
Scholarship 2007
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Honorable
Mention: Best
Play “I
Symbolize” By Nicole
Scuderi - NV |
Desciption of Submission: “A scene from the play I
have written about the flight Homosexual’s go through.” - Nicole
Why Karen and Melody Liked It: It was very
unique way to bring so many GLBT and homophobic issues into one body of work.
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Act I Scene XII- (blank stage with pools of
light hitting each person as they speak.) Sam- Discrimination is
everywhere! I am the girl who doesn’t feel like apart of the family because I
confided in my mother that I think I’m gay. I’m a symbol. Mother- It’s not right! I
symbolize the mother that had to burry my daughter long before her time
because the discrimination ate at her. Denise- People die from the torture. Rachel- I symbolize the
sister who holds her gay brother tight through he painful, tear filled
nights. Steven- What is wrong with
the world today? James- I symbolize the boy
who will never finish high school because I got called a fag everyday. Sam- I am the person
ashamed to tell my own friend’s I’m a lesbian because they constantly make
fun of them. Steven- No one got it like
he did. I symbolize the two straight men that tied a boy to a fence, beat him
to a bloody pulp and left him to die because we wanted to “teach him a
lesson” Father- I symbolize the
man who died alone in the hospital because they wouldn’t let my partner of
twenty-seven years into the room. Nick- I symbolize the
domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am
male. Mother- Fear speaks from
limitations. Teacher- I symbolize the Denise- Love speaks from
possibility. Pedro- I symbolize the
person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I
didn’t have to deal with society hating me. Young Rachel- I symbolize
the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the
only people who have ever loved me, my fathers. Sam- I am a symbol! Ashley- I stand for hope! Pedro- For love! Sam- For the pursuit of
happiness that I was granted at birth! Denise- I symbolize the
person who has to hide what this world needs the most, love. Mother- I symbolize the
mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed and raised.
The courts say I’m unfit because I know live with another woman. Nick- I symbolize the
soldier that died for a country that didn’t want me to enlist. Courtney- I symbolize the
people who killed themselves weeks before graduation high school. It was
simply too much to bare. Father0 I symbolize the
father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show
affection to other men. James- I symbolize the man
who stopped attending church, not because I don’t believe but because they
closed the doors to my kind. Ashley- I symbolize the
domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grew suddenly cold
and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman. Sam and Denise- We are the
couple who had the realtor hang up on us because we
wanted to rent a one bedroom for two women. We are a symbol. Rachel- I symbolize the
prostitute working the streets because no body will hire a transsexual woman. Ashley- I symbolize the
person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting
the management called on me. Sam0 I am discriminated
against at the one place I felt safe, school. Ashley- My mother hates me
because I don’t like boys. Sam- I am a symbol! A symbol
for the fight gays go through. I cry and I have feelings. And I’m alone in a
high school that does not accept me. I’m a symbol for hope. |