One Minute Plays

…wherein there are plays… that last one minute…

Being British

ALBERT Oh hello Rupert. RUPERT Hello there Albert. ALBERT How is everything then? RUPERT Oh well – if I must say it is all terribly terribly terribly good. ALBERT Oh well then that sounds not so bad! RUPERT Yes. If I must say. ALBERT Well then, what happened? RUPERT Well, do you know the 9th […]

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Rex Ryan coaching his kicker

(REX RYAN, the coach of the New York Jets, has a foot fetish. Here he is at the thirty yard line of the practice field, coaching his field goal kicker NICK FOLK). REX Hey, how’s it going? FOLK Oh pretty good, pretty good… was just finishing… REX Finishing? FOLK Yeah – I’ve been here for […]

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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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Getting ready for New Years Eve

(JOANNE and STEPHANIE are walking down a street in New York) JOANNE So what are you guys doing for New Years? STEPHANIE Oh the usual… he puts on the tux, I put on a gown, we head out to the Stevenson’s place for cocktails, and then to that thing at the museum, and then over […]

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Good and Evil

(JOANNE and STEPHANIE are sitting in a bar.  ALEX is bartending). JOANNE Do you think anything can be said to be clearly good or clearly evil? STEPHANIE Absolutely. JOANNE What for example? STEPHANIE Extra-large caramel mocha cappuccino with nutella cream. JOANNE Which one is that?  Clearly good or clearly evil? STEPHANIE Absolutely.   Clearly good or […]

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