Monday, October 23, 2006

Play 323: It’s Funny

CHARACTES
1
2

1
Get it?

(Beat.)

It’s funny.

2
Okay.

(Pause.)

2
Know what’s weird I’ve noticed?

1
What?

2
Whenever someone has to say, “it’s funny”…it never is.

(Beat.)

1
It wasn’t funny?

(Beat.)

2
Sorry.

(Pause.)

2
It was just that joke.

1
What?

2
That wasn’t funny.

1
Okay.

(Beat.)

2
You’re funny in general.

(Beat.)

1
Thanks.

(Pause.)

(Blackout.)

1 Comments:

At 7:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like this. The disconnect between characters is a nice source of dramatic tension appropriately small for the size of the scene.

 

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