The Characters:
MOM:
A whirling Tesla coil of Yuletide ornamentation, all Santa Claus and teeth.
DAD:
Not so much
The Scene:
A living room in Florida, twinkling aggressively.
SCENE ONE
DAD sits at a table, sorting pills.
Enter MOM, carrying a tea light.
MOM: Did someone try to light this?
DAD: Yes, I did.
MOM: It’s electrical. It’s got a battery.
DAD: It burns really nicely.
Fin.
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The Characters:
MOM:
A Midwestern savant
HANNAH:
A Floridian idiot
The Scene:
A TV room in Florida.
SCENE ONE
MOM and HANNAH watch television. The music indicates an interlude in the television program The Great British Bake Off, during which scenes of pastoral landscape are tradition. In this case, the characters perceive an animal of presumably British origin.
HANNAH: WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT?
MOM: [Incredulous, celebratory.] It was a chicken! [Beat.] There are all kinds of chickens.
Long pause.
MOM: You should look up chickens.
Fin.
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The Characters:
DAD, MOM
Cheerful Baby Boomers
HANNAH
Confused peasant
The Scene:
A dining room in Florida. Outside, rain.
SCENE ONE
The table contains a newspaper, a pile of reading glasses, a pile of watches with broken wristbands, a pile of coins. DAD, in a skullcap, sits at the table in his wheelchair, sorting.
Enter HANNAH
HANNAH: You’re wearing a yarmulke?
DAD: Yes. I was in the mood.
Enter MOM, on a knee scooter
MOM: Have you ever opened this garbage can and found a live opossum in it?
Fin
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