Tanya Taylor 
Cancer Monologue Project 

From their experience in theater, Tanya Taylor and Pamela Thompson know the power of dramatic monologues. Each of them also knows firsthand the tremendous impact cancer has on individuals and their families. Taylor and Thompson realized they had something to offer that wasn’t available in treatment centers or therapies groups — a workshop in which people affected by cancer write and perform monologues about their cancer stories. The stories that surface are honest and intimate. These monologues are about reawakened desire, dreams of flight and finding humor in the most unlikely places. Like letters from the frontlines, they capture the glory and darkness of life.