Pull
Cast:
Voice
Mike - non-speaking
Jessa - non-speaking
Mara - non-speaking
Tim - non-speaking
Laura - non-speaking
Setting: Bare stage, a rope hanging down in the center, just touching the floor)
(Enter Mike)
Voice: (loud, but smooth) Pull the rope. Get a surprise.
(Mike pulls down on the rope. Nothing happens. Pause.)
Voice: Surprise.
(Exit Mike shaking his head a little)
(Enter Jessa)
Voice: Pull the rope. Get a surprise.
(Same as before)
Voice: Surprise.
(Jessa stomps off)
(Enter Mara)
Voice: Pull the rope. Get a surprise.
(Same)
Voice: Surprise.
(Mara walks off laughing to herself)
(Enter Tim)
Voice: Pull the rope. Get a surprise.
(Same)
Voice: Surprise.
(Tim pulls again, harder. Nothing. He pulls again, very hard. Nothing. He now starts attacking the rope, pulling harder and harder. Nothing. He storms off, seething, muttering some choice words to himself.)
(Enter Laura, a young girl)
Voice: Pull the rope. Get a surprise.
(Laura looks at the rope, grabs it and pulls up)
(Disco lights and techno music start going, confetti and streamers shoot onto stage, applause, horns sounding, and then coins and cash start raining from the sky, girl picks up a lot of money, skips offstage, everything fades out, including stage lights)
Voice: Why was that so difficult?
(end)
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