Midterm monologue?

Question:

Midterm monologue?

I'm in college right now. midterms are coming up, and for my acting class, I'll have to perform a monologue for my midterm grade. It CANNOT be from shakespeare or anything like that. can someone please suggest a monologue (FROM A PLAY) that I can use which is suitable for my age (18) and ethnicity (BLACK) thank you.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Adapted from the book
Don't Look and it Won't Hurt
By Richard Peck.
Carol is the middle sibling, a teenager who lives in a small town called Claypitts with her divorced mother who works in a "restaurant."

CAROL:

Out at the city limits, there's a sign that says: "WELCOME TO CLAYPITTS, PEARL OF THE PRAIRIE," and if you'd believe that, you'd believe anything. The truth is, it's the kind of town you drive right through without even noticing. But what can you expect from a town called 'Claypitts?'

It's where we live though, in the wrong end of it at that, in half a house, which makes sense, in a way, because...well, we're only sort of half a family: three not-exceptional daughters, and one exasperated mother.

Mom works at the restaurant out by the Interstate exit. It's called "The Pull-Off Plaza." (How's that for real class?) If you've ever been in the place, you've probably seen her. She's the lady with the orangey hair and the black dress, holding the menus and saying, "How many, please?" all night long.

When they get really rushed or shorthanded, she has to pitch in and help the waitresses. After nights like that, she comes home with this... destroyed look on her face, and sits in the living room with her feet in a pan of hot water.

One morning, I found her still sitting there, sound asleep. There she was, in her girdle and her black dress and her bracelets, with her feet swollen and dead-white in the cold water. I started to wake her up, but I was beginning to cry. So I left her where I found her. And I cried all the way to school.

There was a time when I thought the whole world began and ended right here. Believe me, this was not an encouraging thought, considering we're not exactly what you'd call Prominent Members of the Community.

I've lived in Claypitts for fifteen years. The only time I've ever been out of town was for one trip to Chicago. I went there a few months ago to see my sister. I'd like to go again someday and really have a look around. The trip I made was more of a mission.

I went up there to check on Ellen. She's seventeen (going on 12 the way she acts sometimes.) My other sister's Liz. She's nine, but a sort of... elderly... nine. She's half little kid and half little old lady. I'm Carol. The one in the middle. And being the one in the middle never seemed like much of a life to me.

~~It might be a little young but has a great confessional tone and a range of emotion