The Lift
Thriller, stuck between two floors
- Thriller
- Two-hander
- 3 min
- Female role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
7 lines- L’HOMME Male role, Adult
- LA FEMME Female role, Adult your role
Excerpt
(A lift stuck between two floors. Harsh light. Two strangers.)
L’HOMME
Don’t worry. It happens, in these old buildings. They’ll get us out.
LA FEMME
You’re calm.
L’HOMME
I’m used to it. I come here often. The twelfth floor. To see a friend.
What you can do with it
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