Play 314: A Realistic Reunion
CHARACTERS
JOHN, 17
FRANK, 17
JOHN
Frank?
FRANK
John?
JOHN
Hey!
FRANK
Hey man, how’s it going?
JOHN
It’s been okay. How are you doing?
FRANK
I’m good.
JOHN
I can’t think of the last time we saw each other.
FRANK
At least a year or two.
JOHN
Yeah, wow.
(Beat.)
FRANK
How’ve you been?
JOHN
I’ve been pretty good. You?
FRANK
Same.
JOHN
How you like your school?
FRANK
It’s pretty good. How about yours?
JOHN
Not too shabby.
FRANK
Cool.
JOHN
You been up to much lately?
FRANK
Just the usual.
JOHN
Cool.
FRANK
Yeah. How about you, still playing basketball?
JOHN
Yeah.
FRANK
That’s cool.
JOHN
Yeah.
(Beat.)
FRANK
It’s funny seeing you.
JOHN
You too.
FRANK
Middle schools seems like so long ago.
JOHN
Ages.
(Beat.)
FRANK
I hate to say this, but I should probably be going.
JOHN
Oh?
FRANK
Yeah, sorry.
JOHN
Don’t worry about it.
FRANK
But, we should hang out sometime.
JOHN
Oh yeah, definitely.
FRANK
Cool.
JOHN
So I’ll see you sometime soon then.
FRANK
Yeah. Take it easy.
JOHN
You too.
(Blackout.)
posted by Ben Rosbrow @ 4:14 PM
1 comments
1 Comments:
That's painful. Captures that all-too-familiar awkwardness quite well.
I notice you're doing a lot of one-note scenes. That's probably largely due to time and energy restrictions. But when you can, see if you can maybe take a scene one step further, maybe have a second part to a story (i.e. The next day...).
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