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Five One-Minute Plays – Number One: “D Is for Drink”

4/7/2017

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[Four actors: A, B, C, and D. D is further downstage center, with A, B, and C in a line upstage. They cross downstage to join D on their lines throughout the course of the play. All lines are given to D in pandemonium.]

B:
Hey, you should totally come out with us tonight and -.


ALL:
DRINK!


D:
No, I really don’t think that I should, I have to
-.


ALL:
DRINK!


A:
Congratulations on that thing, we need to celebrate and -.


ALL:
DRINK!


D:
Thanks, but I really need to -.


ALL:
DRINK!


C:
God, I can’t believe
that happened to you, let’s go -.


ALL:
DRINK!


D:
No, that’s okay, I’ll only -.


ALL:
DRINK!


A:
What a shit year, we should probably -.


ALL:
DRINK!


C:
Next year’s gonna be worse, we should
definitely -.


ALL:
DRINK!


B:
Nothing we can do, we might as well -. 


ALL:
DRINK!


D:
No, no, no, I really think that we can -.


ALL:
DRINK!


B:
Gonna be a shit show, we all have to -.


ALL:
DRINK!


A:
Who fucking cares, we just gotta -.


ALL:
DRINK!


C:
Let’s just give up, we can all go -.


ALL:
DRINK! DRINK! DRINK! 


D:
No, no, no -.


[A, B, and C continue shouting “DRINK!” as they encircle D. It is a frenzied bloodbath, and D has become the prey.]

ALL:
DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!


D:
No, please. Stop. Stop it. Please, please, please -.


ALL:
DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!


[They are now on top of D, who has disappeared within them, cowering in fear.]

ALL:
DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!


[They quickly exit, leaving D alone on stage, trembling. D slowly rises and looks out into the audience, speechless. Silence.]


D:
[A deep breath. Gasping for air.] - .


End.
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