The Waiting Room
A short scene demonstrating the theme’s theatrical shortcodes.
A waiting room. Two plastic chairs. A water cooler that gurgles intermittently. FIONA sits reading a magazine. DECLAN enters, looks around, sits.
DECLAN
Is this the right place?
FIONA
Depends what you’re waiting for.
DECLAN (hesitantly)
The… results?
FIONA
Everyone’s waiting for results. Sit down.
DECLAN sits. The water cooler gurgles. A long silence.
DECLAN
How long have you been here?
FIONA (not looking up)
Hard to say. The clock stopped working on Tuesday.
DECLAN
What day is it now?
FIONA
That’s the question, isn’t it.
Lights fade.