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:
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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