The Afterlife Hotline
Absurd, please hold
- Satire
- Scene for 3
- 2 min
- Female role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
10 lines- AGENT No gender marker, Adult
- KENZA Female role, Adult your role
- SUPERVISEUR Male role, Adult
Excerpt
(Kenza holds a phone. Distant hold music.)
AGENT
Afterlife support, hello. For a complaint about an existence, press 1.
KENZA
Hello. I’d like to speak to someone. A real person. It’s been forty minutes.
AGENT
I understand your frustration. May I have your destiny number?
KENZA
My… destiny number? I never received one.
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