Piece by Fragment - An audio play
FayeHoward for Valerie
[VALERIE] Female, a headstrong and opinionated alter in Daphne’s brain. She’s guarded, but she has a lot of love for Daphne and the other alters.
Must be comfortable with adult language. Must have strong acting capabilities. Must be comfortable talking about mental illness.
[Only read VALERIE's lines]
VALERIE: And I don’t go to team meetings because it’s only ever fighting. It’s always about putting some dumb rule in place.
KATHERINE: You never follow the rules we put in place…
VALERIE: Because I don’t go to the meetings.
[Only read VALERIE's lines]
VALERIE: Katherine, you’re the older one here. You shouldn’t be attacking Daphne like this.
DAPHNE: I told you that-
VALERIE: Daphne, if something upsets Katherine that much, you shouldn’t bring it up constantly. If you really need to talk about it, wait until you can give a full perspective. This isn’t a casual conversation for anyone, and you should know that.
DAPHNE: But Valerie-
VALERIE: No. I love you, kid. But you have to understand that we have feelings too. This hurts. You have to think about us sometimes too.
VALERIE: I don’t know, really. I think I just hope that one day, Daphne will feel all of those things. That even though I’m not there, that I’m not conscious, that Daphne will know that I would’ve loved it. I just hold on to a hope that I will be alive in Daphne. Just in a different way.
