I can do whatever the hell I want to!!!!!!

So....had a meeting with the professor and he said essentially..why are you asking for limits? You can do whatever you want to, only limit: one actor. BUT it can be billions of characters. And as far as linking it to the items we felt, I'm sure my subject will be inspired by what I remembered from feeling the letter, stuffed animal, cup, and shoe, but not directly correlated- that's just too limiting

Monodrama research: Camryn Manheim, Betty Shamieh- Chocolate in Heat, Spalding Gray, Danny Hoch....

Camryn Manheim's one woman show is about her life, being overweight, being an actress, always waiting for life to start happening instead of getting life started herself.
Her writing about her own particular burden that pervaded her life made me think of doing an ADD play- but with various characters- each affected differently and with a different attitude towards their "disability." I don't know if there have been many ADD plays, but it seems so interesting to portray. For me, the stereotypical AD/HD person has been hyperactive and crazy. While I do know thats one manifetation of ADD, I want to do the distracted kind, the can't organize thoughts kinds- all of them. Heck, I could even explore it across time- like Albert Einstein

Or just another thought- I could do two characters: a mom and her teenage son. The dynamic that I've seen between mother and son in high school can be so different from each other- some are really dependent, some don't even talk to their mom's. Also, the moms are so different- they can be doting, overbearing, distractedly caring, oblivious, accepting of every behavior...

Or the process of looking for a job- over a period of 5 years- the person who applies for the job is also the interviewer, the manager, the human resources personnel, and the person who calls with the rejection/acceptance.

There's also another way to go with a monodrama- one that I've seen Joseph Bamudi- he's amazing! He recites his own poetry, almost like rap, but acts out what happening- they're scenes from his own life or political commentary- hilarious at times, but also makes the audience seriously think