I want to do a dramatic reading at a festival. Any suggestions?

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If it would not be too corny there are some wonderful patriotic ones that might work. I remember one done at a Scout gathering by an older scouter....it was memorable. I am sure he had done it more than once, because it was all from memory. Cannot remember the details, but the impression still remains. Made me proud of my heritage in a time when such feelings are poo-poohed by much of the people in society. Wish I could remember what it was or who wrote it..maybe you could find something just as good on your own. Good luck with it !...Show more

You could try this, there's something about this poem that I've always liked:

Villanelle - Late Summer - Marilyn Hacker

I love you and it makes me rather dull
when everyone is voluble and gay.
The conversation hits a certain lull.

I moon, rattled as china in a bull
shop, wanting to go, wanting to stay.
I love you and it makes me rather dull.

You might think I had cotton in my skull.
And why is one in Staithes and not in Hay?
The conversation hits a certain lull.

You took a fretful, unoriginal
and unrelaxing friend on holiday.
I love you and it makes me rather dull.

A sheepish sky, with puffs of yellow wool,
watches the tide interrogate the day.
The conversation hits a certain lull.

And I am grimly silent, swollen full
of unsaid things. I certainly can't say
"I love you." And it makes me rather dull.
The conversation hits a certain lull....Show more