Play 82: The Weekend

CHARACTERS
MAN
W

(Lights up. The stage is nearly empty, but on the right side on the wall there is a large sign that says “The Weekend.” On the ground in intervals of a few feet the days of the week are written in giant letters.)

(The man enters from the left side of the stage.)

(He starts walking across the stage.)

(As he gets to the “Monday” on the ground, and arrow suddenly flies in from offstage, whizzes by his head and embeds itself into the wall behind him.)

(He jerks his head towards where it came from and stays perfectly still for a few seconds. He then proceeds with caution.)

(He reaches the “Tuesday” written on the ground.)

(He pauses remaining perfectly still and looking around.)

(Nothing happens for a few seconds, and he starts to walk on again. Immediately as he starts to move, a textbook falls from above him and hits him on the head.)

(He falls over, and gets up, rubbing his head from where the book hit.)

(He kicks the book, and resumes his walking.)

(As he approaches the “Wednesday” he starts walking slower and more cautiously.)

(As soon as he puts his foot onto the word, a trapdoor opens and he falls through.)

(Pause.)

(His hands appear at the rim of the trapdoor, and he pulls himself back up.)

(He starts walking again, looking visibly nervous and physically exhausted from having lifted himself out of the pit.)

(He pauses for a few seconds before stepping on the “Thursday” then finally does so with visible reluctance.)

(He stands waiting on the word for a couple of seconds.)

(Suddenly a man dressed in a Mexican-wrestler costume runs in from offstage and dive tackles him.)

(They engage in a violent struggle, they roll over and over trying to pin the other down.)

(After a dozen or so seconds, the man manages to pin the wrestler down for a few seconds. He gets up, and the wrestler walks offstage in shame.)

(He pauses, exhausted and worn out, looking forward at the “Friday” on the ground a few feet in front of him.)

(He takes a few steps towards it.)

(He pauses a step away from it, and starts to lift his foot to put it down.)

(He pulls it back.)

(He looks up to the sign on the wall that reads “The Weekend” and starts to lift his foot again.)

(Pause.)

MAN
Fuck it.

(He retracts his foot, and walks back to the way he came from.)

(As he reaches the “Wednesday” he again falls into the pit, followed by a loud thud.)

(Blackout.)