Friday, August 17, 2012

I've been writing some plays here's an excerpt from a one act.  It's still a work in progress.


Scene 2 - Jim and Will discussing about how they are going to convince the workers they’re in charge.
Lights on

(Will and Jim enter)

Will: All I’m saying is that they’re not listening to us.

Jim: Think positively Will.  This is only the first day Mr. Davis is gone.  We’ll get everything figured out by the end.

Will: You be positive, I’ll be realistic.
(John enters)

Jim: All we need to do is convince the workers that we’re in charge. 

Will: How?

Jim: Uh. . . We could get one of those big enforcer guys.  They’d be convinced for sure.
Will: You watch too many movies.
Jim: Hey, if it works for the movies why can’t it work here? 

John: Could just leave them alone.
Will: Leave who alone?

John: The workers.  They’ve been trained, they know what to do.

Will: Can’t do that.  We’re supposed to make sure quota is met, everything’s on schedule, and that the workers don’t kill each other.

John: They get along.

Will: Yeah. . . When they’re being watched.

John: They’re not fighting right now. 

Will: Because the fact that Mr. Davis is gone hasn’t sunk in yet.
(Jim is playing with his phone and suddenly Beethoven’s 5th Symphony rings out)

Jim: Oh sorry. 

John: You haven’t been listening to a word we’ve been saying.

Jim: So?
John: This is a seriously stressful matter.
Jim: No, when Bale was cast as batman that was a seriously stressful matter.  This is nothing compared to that.
John: You didn’t like batman?
Jim: No, I did.  It was stressful because I had a hard time believing Christan could measure up to Clooney.

John: That batman was pathetic.

Jim: So are you.
John: You need help.

Jim: You need a rain check

John: Would you just be serious for five seconds!?
Jim: Most certainly. . . (Jim’s quiet for five seconds). I want a cookie.

John: Don’t you take anything serious?

Jim: Yes. Lots of things. . . Just not you.
John: Don’t make me set you straight.

Will: We’ll have none of that.

John: Don’t look at me it’s all him.

Will: Anyway.  What should we do to convince the workers?

John: I say leave ‘em be.  (Sarcastically) It’s not like they could blow something up in the span of a week.

Jim:  Hey! That gives me an idea.  Come on Will lets go.
(Jim runs off stage)
Will: Let’s go see what he’s up to. . .

(Will and John exit)

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