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    Gretchen Wieners Monologue - KJ Gatenby

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    Gretchen delivers a monologue expressing her deep insecurities and need for approval from her friend Regina. She questions every aspect of her appearance and personality, wondering what faults Regina sees in her. Gretchen lives in constant fear of being judged and ending up in Regina's burn book. By the end, she begins to question if the problem lies with Regina's toxic friendship rather than herself.

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    Gretchen Wieners Monologue - KJ Gatenby

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    Gretchen delivers a monologue expressing her deep insecurities and need for approval from her friend Regina. She questions every aspect of her appearance and personality, wondering what faults Regina sees in her. Gretchen lives in constant fear of being judged and ending up in Regina's burn book. By the end, she begins to question if the problem lies with Regina's toxic friendship rather than herself.

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    Short monologue written by KJ Gatenby based upon the Mean Girls movie and musical

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    Gretchen delivers a monologue expressing her deep insecurities and need for approval from her friend Regina. She questions every aspect of her appearance and personality, wondering what faults Regina sees in her. Gretchen lives in constant fear of being judged and ending up in Regina's burn book. By the end, she begins to question if the problem lies with Regina's toxic friendship rather than herself.

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    Gretchen Wieners Monologue - KJ Gatenby

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    What’s Wrong With Me?

    Gretchen Wieners Monologue

    Did Regina seem mad at me? … She did seem mad at me I think. It started when I
    burped in the car… I’m sorry Regina for burping in the car, it’ll never happen again…

    But I’m talking too much, let’s talk about you Cady, are you a virgin? … You don’t have
    to tell me, but just know that I’m very trustworthy, Karen’s had sex with 11 people and
    I’ve never told anyone.
    …
    They’re laughing! Wait, what happened that was funny!?! (Awkward laughing) …

    I’m okay… mhmm, mhmm, I’m okay. … It’s just sometimes I feel like an iPhone without
    a case. Like, I know I’m worth a lot, and I have a lot of good functions, but at anytime I
    could just shatter …
    (Run to door)

    Regina, let me in!

    Tell me what’s wrong with me! My body, my face, my hair! Tell me all of my many, many
    faults and tell me like you care. We both know you’re cruel, but we both also know that
    you’re right. You know that I could listen to you like a fool all night.

    What’s wrong with me? Is it how I speak or how I dress? I can take it! Just tell me! I
    don’t even wear my beautiful white gold hoops anymore.

    Two years ago, Regina told me that hoops earrings are her thing I wasn’t allowed to
    wear them anymore. And then for Hanukkah, my parents got me this pair of really
    expensive white-gold hoops and I had to pretend that I didn’t even like then and it was
    so sad!
    Regina, I hate these shoes but I still wear them as otherwise I’m too short to be with
    you! Why do you always keep me guessing! First you tell me your deepest secrets like
    when you got your nose done [turn to audience or ‘Cady’] Oh my gosh! Pretend you
    didn’t hear that! [back to Regina] And then the next day, you shut me out like this!

    You know that I only listen to you! My Mama calls me beautiful, but I don’t believe her
    anymore! This morning I walked down the stairs and she says to me, ‘Gretchen baby,
    you look so beautiful! I can’t believe my little girl’s all grown up!’ But is she blind! Can
    she not see these hideous calves! Or how weird my hairline is! Like what is this! She
    doesn’t see the double layered spanx underneath my skirt holding everything in!
    Regina, listen to me for once! I always listen to you!...What on earth do I do that for! …
    Please, don’t ignore me!

    (Grab burn book)

    Tell me who we hate today! [Flick through burn book] Trang Pak! [snort] grotsky little
    byotch! Dawn Schweister! Fat virgin! Janis Ian! Space dyke! You know that I will fall in
    line! I would never want to end up in here! Imagine the things Regina would say about
    me! Gretchen Weiners! Stage Five Clinger! [Shivers]

    Oh, you’re leaving too, okay, bye Cady!

    What’s wrong with me? Even Cady’s leaving me! She’s so nice and always looks out for
    me, but there’s got to be something wrong with me for her to leave me too! Is it my hair,
    my stomach, my voice! What is it?

    Even when Regina hugs me, my shoulders tense! But we just ignore it and pretend
    we’re fine! We both know that one day they’ll be blood on the floor. But the real question
    is, which one will betray the other more? The devoted follower and best-friend or the
    cut-throat dictator and leader of the school…
    What is wrong with me! Where is my mind? Where does it end! (Pause) No, it couldn’t
    be! Do I need to find a better friend? She tells me what to wear, who I can and can’t
    date, shuts me out, judges what I eat! Is she even my friend? But I can’t leave Regina! It
    is so much better to be with Regina and hate myself than to not be in at all! But it
    doesn’t matter how much I try to win her back, she still treats me the same! Should I be
    standing up for myself? (Pause)

    Oh my gosh, Gretchen! What is wrong with you? Where is your mind? What can I do?
    What is wrong with me? (Pause) Could it be you! (Pause)

    No, no, it’s probably me! I see that, I see it. What’s wrong with me?

    What’s wrong with me? Where’s my mind? Where’s it end? Maybe I need to find a
    better friend. What’s wrong with me? What can I do? What’s wrong with me? Could it be
    you? … It’s probably me! I see that, I see. What’s wrong with me?

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