Monologue: Any Age, Any Gender, Complex Trickster Archetype

This is a monologue from I THINK WE'RE LOST  by Peter Fenton for the role of TINKER BELL. I THINK WE'RE LOST is a dark comedy retelling of Peter Pan that is set to make its professional premiere in April 2026 with Pier Players at Theatre Exile in Philadelphia. his copyrighted monologue is free for use in audition and educational settings. The full play can be read on New Play Exchange or read a sample on this website. © 2023 by Peter Fenton. All rights reserved.

About the Character:

TINKER BELL (Any Age, Gender, and Ethnicity) The feral manifestation of Peter's wish to be a boy forever. This ultra-powerful fairy created Neverland after the wish brought her to life and is bound to Peter's side until the dream is complete. She will do anything to keep her boy's dream alive, and that does mean anything.

About the Play:

A darkly comedic young adult remix of Peter Pan. In Philadelphia, when a despairing college senior processes his looming adulthood alongside a darkly comedic reimagining of PETER AND WENDY, he, along with his roommate's "perfect" fiancée, is pulled into Neverland through Peter’s seductive promises and Tinker Bell’s hidden agenda. With no one else to trust, the college kids band together as they work to resolve matters of their own identity and existential baggage as they uncover dark secrets lurking in Neverland's past.

TINKER BELL

You have one job. You kill the pirate, you go home.

CONNOR

Why?

TINKER BELL

I could not have been more clear.

CONNOR

Yes you could have!

A beat.

TINKER BELL

OK, fine.

A beat.

TINKER BELL

Fine. What you gotta understand...

when a kid makes a perfect wish. That’s when a fairy is born, bound to their side until the dream is “complete”, but fairies only live as long as the dream does.

Most kids don’t focus long enough to have a dream you can really sink your teeth into. So none of us are living long enough to care, except lucky ol’ me.

Sixty years ago, some stargazin’ little skid-mark wished me into existence. The day he says playtime’s over... the dream is “complete”. And I recede back into the sky or wherever the hell I came from.

So pay no mind to the fairy doing everything in her power--at any cost--to keep that fool running in circles.

Not that I expect Connor Forsyth to appreciate that. Yeah, I saw you writing that--your little “statement”.

What was that, exactly?

CONNOR

A suicide note.

TINKER BELL

That’s right. You’ll fit right in.

One of the boys, finally. Watch that brain turn to mush on cheap beer and pretend food, just like all the others. Welcome to Neverland, kid. Stay as long as you like.

CONNOR

My life’s worth more than that.

TINKER BELL

Good boy.

She hands Connor a dagger.

TINKER BELL

Go live your dreams. Let me live mine.

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That's the end of the excerpt! If you want to read more from this play, go over to the plays page on this website. If you want to check out more monologues by Peter Fenton, there are a few on the blog.

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