How do other people get happy? I look at people laughing and smiling and enjoying themselves and try to get inside their heads. How do Bridget, Manda, and Sara do it? Or Pepé? Or everyone but me? Why does everything I see bother me? Why can’t I just get over these daily wrongdoings? Why can’t I just move on and make the best of what I’ve got? I wish I knew.
In 2018 I adapted SLOPPY FIRSTS into a stage play that made its debut by the Teen Perfor-mance Company at Round House Theater in Bethesda, Maryland. This is one of the longer pas-sages that I took almost word for word from the book. Most of the play is pretty snappy, so this monologue provides one of the most powerful hear-a-pin drop moments. As a former teenage drama person, I’d love to see more performances of the show. If you are in any way involved with youth/school theater and are interested in staging a production, contact me at megan@meganmccafferty.com with SLOPPY FIRSTS ON STAGE as the subject.
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