One Minute Plays

…wherein there are plays… that last one minute…

Summer Night

(Danny and Jon are in a car; the car pulls up to Danny’s house) DANNY Would you like to come up? JON It’s kind of late. DANNY Do you want to wrestle? JON Wrestle? DANNY Do you wanna? JON I mean… uhm… no? DANNY Okay. JON Okay. Have a good night. DANNY Would you like […]

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Catching Up

(JOANNA and STEPHANIE are walking down a street together, in New York City) JOANNA The city is so… uncrowded. STEPHANIE Yeah, since the pandemic – everyone is upstate. JOANNA In the woods? STEPHANIE I guess… yes, with trees, and squirrels… and bears. JOANNA Bears? STEPHANIE There are bears – I think. And coyotes. JOANNA Wow. […]

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LAURA Darling! JEREMY Hey there! LAURA What are you drinking? JEREMY Martinis. LAURA I need to catch up… JEREMY I just got here. LAURA Still, I’m ridiculously sober. JEREMY Javier, two martinis for my lady here. JAVIER (To Laura) How would you like them? LAURA Traditional; 5 partis gin; 1 part vermouth; stirred, not shaken… […]

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Hung Over

(SILVIA is slumped over at the kitchen table. JASON comes in) JASON What’s wrong? SILVIA I feel so bad… JASON Hung over? SILVIA Yeah… I’m not drinking again… ever… JASON You did drink a lot… SILVIA I’m still not over it… I might still be drunk… JASON How much did you have? SILVIA I drank […]

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Happy New Year, 2011

(JEREMY and STEVE are at a New Year’s Party, surrounded by FRIENDS. They’re both holding glasses of champagne. They clink glasses, and drink) JEREMY
 That’s not bad…
 STEVE
 Yeah… it’ll do, it’ll do…

 JEREMY
 Happy New Year!

 STEVE

 You too man… hope it’s a good one.

 JEREMY
 Yeah… wow… two thousand and eleven…

 STEVE
 Did […]

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