Play 182: Done!

CHARACTERS
BEN, 17
ALAN, 17

(The stage is empty except for two signs a few feet apart in the middle. The first says “AP’s” and the second says “SAT 2’s.” There is a button on the ground a few feet in front of each of them.)

(Ben walks on.)

(He looks at the AP sign, then walks up to the button in front of it.)

(He steps on it.)

(The “AP’s” sign explodes in a burst of smoke, pieces of it fly across the stage and scatter across the ground.)

(He walks over to the other button, and steps on it.)

(The other sign blows up like the first.)

(Ben smiles.)

(Alan enters.)

(He looks at the shards of what had been the signs.)

ALAN
Done with all your tests?

BEN
Yeah.

ALAN
Nice.

BEN
Definitely.

ALAN
I still got an AP left.

BEN
That sucks.

ALAN
Yeah.

(Beat.)

Anyways, well done.

(He gestures at the pieces of the signs.)

BEN
Thanks.

(Alan leaves.)

(Ben looks at the sign-shards.)

(He grins.)

BEN
(Muttering to himself.)
Thank god.

(He walks offstage, pausing to kick one of the larger pieces on his way.)

(Blackout.)