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10 minute play scripts free4/1/2024 ![]() THE MAN: Oh for crying out loud! What am I doing? (He contemplates, looks around to make sure no one is watching, raises his fingers to his temples, glares at the trunk with all his might, trying to will it to move. THE MAN: Nothing is in my power except my own thoughts, huh? Yeah, well you can’t move a trunk with thoughts! (looking at watch) Boarding in nine minutes. I think it was Descartes who said, “Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.” So, you sit there with your thoughts and sort it out. But you’re the only one with the power to fix this. (The Station Agent starts to walk off but looks back and sees The Man clinging to the trunk sobbing and turns back.) I know you’re confused right now. You ain’t the first to exceed the baggage limit and you won’t be the last. STATION AGENT: (interrupting) Look, mister, I been doing this a long time. You want on that train, you leave that behind. (Before the agent can touch it, The Man throws himself across the trunk.) THE MAN: What makes you think this is MY trunk, anyway. (looking at a pocket watch.)Boarding in ten minutes. No baggage on any of the north-bound trains. THE MAN: What the Hell kind of rule is that? ![]() Look here, buddy, I don’t know what you got in there but you ain’t gettin’ on that there train with this here trunk. (He searches his jacket and hands the station agent his ticket.) STATION AGENT: (noticing the trunk) Oh great, another one of these. He plops down on the bench and hangs his head. (THE MAN tugs the trunk again to no avail.
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