1M,1F. One-Act (10 min) A young man and his fiance travel to his childhood home. While there, some very dark secrets emerge to the surface.
- Winner of the AuditionArt.com Female Monologue Competition for Rain's Monologue, 2013
- Actress Melanie Hatzenbühler won the KCACTF Region 8 Irene Ryan Award with a performance of Rain's Monologue, 2024
- Finalist in Arts & Letters One-Act Play Competition, 2015
- Finalist in Stageworks-Hudson's Play by Play Festival in Hudson, NY, 2013
- Published in The Best American Short Plays 2013-2014 by Applause Books, 2015
- Excerpt published in Best Women's Stage Monologues of 2015 by Smith & Kraus, 2015
"I could hear Rain's voice and cadence so clearly that it was like re-living a conversation I'd had or heard. I was in tears by the time I was halfway through it." (Maggie O'Brien, Columbus State Community College, 2013)
"I love this piece. Excellent story and excellent writing. Please take the time to check this out!" (Ashlee Elder, Marquette University, 2016)
"A poetic but none-the-less starkly truthful rendition of a childhood trauma, Guyton's play is bound to reverberate. This experience is relived into adulthood, and in Guyton's monologue, becomes darkly poetic. Sharing these memories with another is cathartic. This points to the importance of this play in helping us to process our own trauma." (Donna Gordon, New Play Exchange, 2021)
"Congratulations! Rain's Monologue has been selected for our Valentine’s Day Monologue Festival. More than one hundred monologues were submitted and we picked 23 for our festival, so again, congratulations for being among the participants!" (Susane Lee, Hudson Warehouse, 2015)
"Today I was announced as the 2024 Region 8 Irene Ryan winner and am now a national finalist!
I just got home from the award ceremony and wanted to share the news with you. Thank you so much again for giving me permission to perform [Rain's] monologue. Many people came up to me telling me how deeply the writing touched them!" (Melanie Hatzenbühler, Actress, 2024)
"MonologueBank is proud to recommend the writing of Daniel Guyton. There are a few monologues to be found in his play DAFFODILS. In one monologue from Rain, who comforts her fiancé after he shares a traumatic story from his past, Guyton manages to chisel an unforgettable image into the audience's mind. The writing is poetic, deeply moving and full of empathy for its characters who have both lost someone close to them. The tone is somber but ultimately full of hope and perserverance." (MonologueBank Review, 2020)
"I'm assigned to perform Rain's monologue from your play DAFFODILS at Hudson Warehouse's Valentine's Day festival. I love the monologue and came up to tears when I first read it. I am very excited to be performing the monologue at the festival." (Ayako Ibaraki, Hudson Warehouse, 2015)
"I recently found your 10-Minute play DAFFODILS and fell in love with Rain’s monologue. Even after reading it a dozen times it still makes me super emotional." (Melanie Hatzenbühler, actress, 2024)
- Staged Reading at the Process Theatre's New Play Read-A-Thon in Atlanta, GA, 2013
- Produced by Out of Box Theatre in Marietta, GA, 2014
- Excerpt produced by Hudson Warehouse in Manhattan, NY, 2015
- Produced by Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, 2016
- Excerpt featured on Kiaro Pictures Act It Out website, 2016
- Produced as part of Grief Dialogues in Seattle, WA, 2016
Article about DAFFODILS at Marquette University by Kristina Lazzara of Marquette Wire (2016)
Review of DAFFODILS at Out of Box Theatre by Playgoer of TheaterReview.com (2014)
