play of the week #3

Ginny: No no I can’t date Craig, nope…
Dan: Why not – things were going ok I thought…
Ginny: No yeah but we were on the subway and he pulled out one of those word search puzzle books- apparently he does them all the time…how can I date someone who still does word searches, you know?
Dan: Wait, [...]

play of the week #2 (final)

“Opening Up”
Josh and Colin stand over a closed casket in a funeral home, filled sparsely with old people, children playing nintendo, mothers wrapping up leftovers, etc…
COLIN starts to open the casket, but JOSH quickly grabs his arm.
Josh: Not the best idea.
Colin: Why?
Josh: It’s messy.
Colin: Which part exactly do you mean by ‘it’s messy? ‘ Like [...]

play of the week #2

Josh and Colin stand over a closed casket in a funeral home, filled sparsely with old people, children playing nintendo, mothers wrapping up leftovers, etc…
COLIN starts to open the casket, but JOSH quickly grabs his arm.
Josh: Not the best idea.
Colin: Why?
Josh: It’s messy.
Colin: Which part exactly do you mean by it’s messy? Like the [...]

play of the week #1 (final)

“The Accident on My Hands”
Francine: Ok Miffy, just, cool down there, I mean, there’s surgery, there’s always that, but there’s also, um, life beyond the whole this here and now, you know what I mean?
Miffy: How can you say cool down? I look like a used condom!
Francine: You do not. Listen, don’t freak: it’s just [...]

play of the week #1 (so far…)

So here’s what we have so far, it’s crazy-town, for sure…
Francine: Ok Miffy, just, cool down there, I mean, there’s surgery, there’s always that, but there’s also, um, life beyond the whole this here and now, you know what I mean?
Miffy: How can you say cool down? I look like a used condom
Francine: You do [...]

play of the week #1

This may be lame, but let’s try it perhaps. I’ll, each week, or maybe just this week if it doesn’t go well, start off with some character saying a line, or maybe a stage direction, or a location if it’s a screenplay, and you reply with the next line – and then I’ll post [...]