Co-Da-Da and Other One Acts
Co-Da-Da and Other One Acts
Three One-Act Plays. | SYNOPSIS: Three one acts, one of which is movement oriented, that look at relationship dysfunction and delusion from the beginning to the end of a courtship. Scroll down for sample text.
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SAMPLE TEXT:
Lights rise on an empty stage. Tom runs through the space throwing on a robe or putting on his pants. He exits. Sounds of him urinating offstage. First lines of dialogue are from off stage.
TOM
Was that a mistake?
ANN
I don’t think so.
TOM
I forgot how intense you are.
Ann enters buttoning up her shirt or fixing her clothes
ANN
I feel like I should apologize for that. Tom enters
TOM
Don’t be silly
ANN
We still have our shoes on.
TOM
Pretty funny.
ANN
I think it’s sad. They embrace
TOM
This is familiar.
ANN
And different. Tom exits to get a piece of clothing or cigarette
TOM
Offstage. How long has it been?
ANN
You don’t remember?
TOM
Seems like yesterday.
ANN
Or a lifetime ago. He re-enters.
TOM
Nothing has really changed.
ANN
Everything has.
TOM
Your hair looks great like that.
ANN
Thanks.
TOM
It brings out your eyes.
ANN
Thanks.
TOM
You look great.
ANN
Thanks.
Blackout. Spotlight up on the two of them engaged in some erotic act. Blackout. Lights up with the actors in the same position they were in before the first blackout as the “realistic” scene continues.
ANN
Were you able to just shut me out when you left?
TOM
Yeah.
ANN
Hm.
TOM
Survival.
ANN
Whatever.
TOM
You didn’t do anything wrong.
ANN
Oh, really?
TOM
It just wasn’t the right time. He exits again to do something.
ANN
It wasn’t okay. The way you left me.
TOM
It was all I knew how to do.
ANN
It still wasn’t okay. He re-enters.
TOM
If we had been face to face, it would have turned into a blame session.
ANN
You should have let us have it.
TOM
Why? Exasperated, she exits to get clothing.
ANN
It took me a year to get over you.
TOM
Wow!
Blackout. Spotlight up on the two of them in some erotic act. Blackout. Ann re-enters, standing by the door.