Scene: a long hallway, lined with doors. GIRL stands in the center of the hallway wearing a backpack. PROFESSOR, FRIEND, COWORKER, STUDENT, PARENT, DIRECTOR, and BOSS enter and exit the doors Scooby-Doo style. Each time one of that group delivers a line, he or she places a heavy medicine ball in GIRL's arms or backpack. At first only one of the group appears onstage at the same time as GIRL but as the scene progresses their entrances and exits overlap and their traffic patterns grow increasingly chaotic. GIRL's feet remain planted.
PROFESSOR: Exams are approaching, don't forget you have this project
BOSS: I'm going to need you to cover this shift
FRIEND: Can you help me with my presentation?
DIRECTOR: Research her history and decide on her motivations
COWORKER: I have to leave, will you come in early tomorrow?
PARENT: Did you forget about your cousin's birthday?
STUDENT: We really need to start our project, when can you meet?
entrances and exits begin to overlap
PROFESSOR: I really want you to register for my next class
FRIEND: I never see you anymore! Let's hangout this Friday!
DIRECTOR: Great, come in rehearsal shoes and dress tomorrow
COWORKER: Thanks for covering me!
PARENT: You should come home, I'm making your favorite
STUDENT: You're really better at revising than I am...
Increasingly chaotic. Some characters may shove or throw their medicine balls
PROFESSOR: Exams are in TWO WEEKS
BOSS: Where is your time sheet?
FRIEND: Are you avoiding me or something?
DIRECTOR: There's no energy in this scene, you gotta take the air out!
COWORKER: I forgot to check these in
PARENT: When are you going to clean your room?
STUDENT: Can you tell me where I can find-
FRIEND: Where have you been?
TEACHER: You have three papers due before-
BOSS: Why have you been coming in late?
Stack of medicne balls in GIRL's arms is becoming impossibly high
COWORKER: What's our policy on-
BOSS: Send an email to every-
FRIEND: Saturday, come to my-
STUDENT: Mandatory meeting this-
PARENT: Whatever happened to that-
DIRECTOR: Lines, lines, lines!
TEACHER: I hope you haven't forgotten-
GIRL: STOP!
All but GIRL freeze and slowly exit through doors. When all have exited, girl staggers under the weight of the medicine balls and falls backwards. They land on top of her. Blackout.
~Alicen
I just want to sleep
But now's when I remember
Forgotten homework
^That haiku was lame
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