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    A Sextet of Strange Stagings: Six Surprising Scripts
    A Sextet of Strange Stagings: Six Surprising Scripts
    A Sextet of Strange Stagings: Six Surprising Scripts
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    A Sextet of Strange Stagings: Six Surprising Scripts

    By Kevin Knights

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    A collection of short plays with a touch of romance, science fiction, mystery, surprise, and a whole lot of strangeness. All can be staged royalty-free with sets as simple or as elaborate as you want them to be. Adult language and situations make these scripts best for college-age folks or older.

    In The Lobby – Two guys just hanging out having a conversation until things go in an unexpected direction.

    Cityscape – An artist finishes his painting while chatting with his lover who is painting him.

    One Night in the Darkling Bar – A surreal meeting between an anarchist and the man who holds key information for sale, with a hand puppet as a third character.

    Room 1412 – Martin is having a rendezvous with his lover Karnie, and things are going great until her husband busts in. Then things quickly go downhill from there.

    Invasion – A lone soldier is guarding a post against invaders. All he knows is a rumor that aliens are invading Earth. Things get weird when he challenges another soldier who wants to pass.

    Making Luck – Two rival companies are genetically engineering clover plants, adding more and more leaves to increase the luck. But tampering with the natural laws of chance can cause some real problems.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKevin Knights
    Release dateMar 15, 2015
    ISBN9781310415890
    A Sextet of Strange Stagings: Six Surprising Scripts
    Author

    Kevin Knights

    Kevin L. Knights is a retired accountant who has moved on from creative mathematics to creative writing. He used to act on stage and screen but nowadays, he's more interested in writing than pretending he’s someone else for a while. He spends most of his time throwing darts, creating disturbing paintings, spending time with his husband Brian, and of course writing all manner of oddities.

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      A Sextet of Strange Stagings - Kevin Knights

      A Sextet of Strange Stagings

      By Kevin L. Knights

      Copyright © 2015

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. Except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. The works in this collection may be used and performed live royalty free with the stipulation that copies of the collection will be purchased in hardcopy or eBook format for every individual (cast, crew, staff, et al) involved in the project.

      On Royalties, and an Introduction by the Author

      The plays in this collection have all been staged previously. Actors said the words in front of an audience, and the audiences seemed to have a good time. So they have been tested, and they worked.

      You can use the plays in this collection royalty-free, in the classroom, workshops, on stage, or any live way that you want to.

      In return, I ask that you purchase a copy of the collection, in hardcopy or eBook, for each person involved in the production. Please don’t buy one book and run off copies for everyone.

      If you want to make a gender change to any character, I have no problem with that. Just swap a name as necessary, change the pronouns and other gender specific words. Try to keep any other changes to a minimum.

      The stage directions are all just suggestions that worked when the plays were produced. If you have different ideas, or need to alter things based on the space you’re working with, go with what works for you.

      I hope you have as much fun using these scripts as I did writing them and seeing them performed.

      In The Lobby

      CHARACTERS

      David Hampton

      Michael Gilroy

      Toby

      The time is early morning, just after dawn.

      The setting is the lobby of the Wintercrest Hotel, a once glorious place that has seen better days but is still holding on. There is a large couch facing the audience.

      The play begins with MICHAEL sitting on the couch and staring sullenly into the distance. After a moment, DAVID enters. He looks around for a moment and then approaches the couch.

      DAVID: Do you mind?

      MICHAEL: Pardon?

      DAVID: Do you mind if I sit here?

      MICHAEL: Oh. No. I don’t mind.

      DAVID: (Sitting at the opposite end.) Thank you.

      MICHAEL: There it goes again.

      DAVID: What?

      MICHAEL: Someone thanking me for nothing.

      DAVID: I was just being polite.

      MICHAEL: Politeness. I’m so tired of it.

      DAVID: I’m sorry.

      MICHAEL: Apology. More politeness.

      DAVID: Would it have been better if I walked up and said, Move it, I want the whole couch to myself now?

      MICHAEL: It would have been honest.

      DAVID: No, it wouldn’t. I don’t really need the whole couch to myself.

      MICHAEL: I don’t mean to argue. I’m just in a really foul mood today.

      DAVID: I would have guessed that.

      MICHAEL: This is where I should apologize.

      DAVID: Only if you want to be polite.

      MICHAEL: (Looks at DAVID sharply, and then slowly breaks into a smile.) You got me there. (Sighs.) What a day.

      DAVID: Anything I can do to help?

      MICHAEL: No. I don’t think so. Unless you know where my wife is.

      DAVID: I can’t say that I do.

      MICHAEL: It seems like I’ve been waiting for her forever.

      DAVID: What does she look like?

      MICHAEL: Tall, long legs, red hair down to her shoulders, and a face

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